2014-05-11 Photo gallery

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman David Warner plays a shot during the IPL 7 match against Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo

 Delhi Daredevils player Kevin Pieterson plays a shot during their IPL 7 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo

M S Dhoni of the Chennai Super Kings being greeted by Mumbai Indians players after the victory during an IPL 7 match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo

Suresh Raina of the Chennai Super Kings gets stumped during an IPL 7 match against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo

Greater Noida: Burnt vehicles which were set ablaze by a mob at police beat in Greater Noida on Saturday. PTI Photo

A butcher cuts up portions of beef for sale in an abattoir at a wholesale market in Mumbai. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after general elections that end on Monday, threatening supplies fr...

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in a plastic factory at Mayapuri industrial estate in New Delhi. Dozens of fire tenders were rushed to the spot but no casualties were reported and the cause of the fire is unknown, firefighters sa...

A couple rows their boat in the waters of Nigeen Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet (1,700 meters) above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ra...

Srinagar: Shikarawallas trying to salvage their shikaras during a heavy wind storm at Dal Lake in Srinagar on Saturday. PTI Photo

Mirzapur: School children make human chain with diyas to create voting awareness in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. PTI Photo

Poonch: Army troops have recovered arms, ammunition and explosive materials including two AK series rifles from the possession of two slain infiltrating militants in Poonch on Saturday. PTI Photo

Mirzapur: Election officials arrive with EVM machines and election materials at the polytechnic ground in Mirzapur on Sunday. PTI Photo(

Gadhciroli: Police personnel inspect the debris of the mangled vehicle blown up by Naxals which killed seven policemen in Gadchiroli on Sunday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: Dalits staging a protest against the rise of rape of dalit women in Haryana at Haryana Chief Minister B Hooda's residence in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan

Gadhciroli: The debris of the mangled vehicle blown up by Naxals which killed seven policemen in Gadchiroli on Sunday. PTI Photo 

Srinagar: People ask for help after a fire broke out at Kaksari, Safakadal residential area in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo

Guwahati: Combo- Police with arrested five persons and recovered explosives from a rented house in Guwahati on Sunday. PTI Photo

Srinagar: A massive fire engulfs residential houses at Kaksari, in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo 

Sister Maricor (R) and Sister Shurovi, from Missionaries of Charity, take care of abandoned children at an orphanage in Old Dhaka May 11, 2014. Sister Maricor said she has dedicated her life to caring for children with autism, physically and mentally...

Sister Maricor, from the Missionaries of Charity, takes care of abandoned children at an orphanage in Old Dhaka May 11, 2014. Sister Maricor said she has dedicated her life to caring for children with autism, physically and mentally challenged childr...

Devotees with their mouth pierced with rods participate in an annual religious procession as part of a ritual to worship the Hindu goddess Maha Mariamman in  Amritsar May 11, 2014. Hindu devotees subject themselves to painful rituals during the reli...

Students performing folk dance at the valedictory of Summer Camp, organised at Makkala Koota in Bangalore on Sunday. DH photo

A Muslim bride speaks to her relative as they wait for the start of their mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai May 11, 2014. A total of 35 Muslim couples took wedding vows during the mass marriage ceremony organised by a Muslim voluntary organisation. Re...

A man sits on his erosion-affected land at Afala village in Sivasagar district of Assam on Saturday. PTI Photo

A member of a local band plays his instrument during a marriage ceremony in Mumbai May 11, 2014. Reuters photo

People participate in a bike rally in Gurgaon on Sunday. PTI Photo 

The 80-feet breach in Sirhind Canal being repaired by the irrigation department employees and local public near Deer Safari in Bathinda on Sunday. PTI Photo

Women and children collect water from a municipal water supply tanker in Ramol, outskirts of Ahmadabad, Sunday, May 11, 2014. AP Photo

Students during a protest against the killing of junior doctor Sarita Tashniwal, in Dibrugarh on Sunday. PTI Photo

Mother and child at the MummaMia Programme on the occasion of Mothers Day celebration, organized by Cloudnine, at Jayamahal Palace in Bangalore on Sunday. DH photo

An expectant mother holds on to her belly as she pauses on the ramp during a fashion show organized to mark Mother's Day in Bangalore, India, Sunday, May 11, 2014. AP Photo

Cheer girls of Kolkata Knight Riders showing a poster of Happy Mother's Day during an IPL 7 match between Kolkata Night Riders and Kings XI Punjab at Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. PTI Photo

Virendra Sehwag of Kings XI Punjab raises his bat after scoring 50 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. PTI Photo

Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrating after dismissing a wicket of Kings XI Punjab at Barabati stadium Cutack on Sunday. PTI Photo

Anil Kumble chief mentor, Jonty Rhodes during warm-up com practice session ahead of their match against Sunrises at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Uppal in Hyderabad on Sunday. PTI Photo

Fans of Royal Challengers Bangalore during the  7th edition of Indian Premier League at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday. DH Photo

Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) shakes hands with his fans upon arrival at Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi on Sunday ahead of their IPL 7 match. PTI Photo

An election staff member checks the tag of an electronic voting machine (EVM) at a distribution centre on the eve of the final phase of general election in Kolkata May 11, 2014. Reuters photo

 A securityman guarding EVMs in a van at distribution center on the eve of Lok Sabha poll in Vaishali, Bihar on Sunday. PTI Photo

Security personnel conducting a flag march on the last phase of the Lok Sabha election in Motihari on Sunday. PTI Photo

Labourers carry electronic voting machines (EVM) at an election material distribution centre on the eve of the final phase of general election in Kolkata May 11, 2014. Reuters photo

A woman washes clothes beneath a promotional hoarding of a television channel’s election coverage in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 11, 2014. AP Photo

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi arrive to pay tribute to BJP veteran leaderTarakant Jha in Patna on Sunday. PTI Photo 

Police personnel enjoy icecream on their way to polling station in Kolkata on Sunday. PTI Photo 

A polling official carrying EVMs at a polling station on the eve of last phase of Lok Sabha election, in Kolkata on Sunday. PTI photo

People checking their names in the electoral list on the eve of the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Azamgarh on Sunday. PTI Photo