2014-05-17 Photo gallery

New Delhi: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi with BJP President Rajnath Singh releasing balloons on his arrival at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist(

Kozhikode: Congress workers offer sweets to MK Ragavan for his win in the Parliament elections in Kozhikode on Saturday. PTI Photo

Hyderabad: TDP President N Chandra Babu Naidu with a TDP worker dressed up as the party founder NT Rama Rao at NTR Ghat in Hyderabad on Saturday after the party's victory in the elections. PTI Photo 

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the next Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks blessings of senior party leader L K Advani during the party's parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla

New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee shakes hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who submitted his resignation at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo 

New Delhi: Workers prepare for the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo by Atul Yadav

Mumbai : Bollywood actress Rekha and Director Subhash Ghai at Whisling Wood Institute in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo

Patna : BJP senior leader Shatrughan Sinha receiving a bouquet from his wife Poonam as he celebrates his win in Lok Sabha polls in Patna on Saturday. PTI Photo

Imphal : Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh felicitates Thokchom Meinya during a reception for the newly elected Congress MPs at Congress Bhawan in Imphal on Saturday. PTI Photo 

Hyderabad: MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi with Muslim leaders at a meeting at Darussalam in Hyderabad on Saturday. PTI Photo 

Tral: Army personnel use a sniffer dog to carry search operation in Tral area of J&K on Saturday. PTI Photo 

Kolkata: Peoples carrying fans during a hot day in Kolkata on Saturday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik

Hyderabad: A security person guards in a street at curfew-bound Kisan Bagh in Hyderabad on Saturday. PTI Photo

Visakhapatnam : Two ships of the PLA Navy, Zhenghe and Weifang, on their arrival at Visakhapatnam on Saturday. PTI Photo

Cannes: Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik looks at a sand sculpture of Satyajeet Ray created by him along with film actor Kamal Haasan at Cannes Film festival in France on Friday. PTI Photo 

Bengaluru : Former International athlete Carl Lewis with actor Neha Dhupia during the pasta party on the eve of the World 10 K Marathon in Bengaluru on Saturday. PTI Photo

Varanasi: BJP leader and the next Prime Minister Narendra Modi with party leader Amit Shah attend Ganga Aarti in Varanasi on Saturday. PTI Photo