2015-01-09 Photo gallery

Labourers carry bricks at a brick factory on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, January 7, 2015. A weak recovery from India's longest growth slowdown in decades is pushing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advis...

 Indian tennis player Leander Paes and South African tennis player Raven Klaasen rejoice after winning their match against India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Saketh Myneni at ATP Chennai Open 2015 at SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. PTI Photo

 Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty Kundra along with Neha Dhupia and Mandira Bedi during a social event in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI Photo

 Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and TV anchor Reham Khan after their marriage in Bani Gala, Pakistan on Thursday. PTI Photo

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture to condemn the terrorist attack at a media office in Paris, at Puri beach of Odisha on Thursday. PTI Photo

 People keep themselves warm around a bonfire on a chilly foggy morning in Allahabad on Thursday. PTI Photo

 A Kashmiri boatman rows his shikara boat at the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Thursday. PTI Photo

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal at a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi releasing the special postage stamp and coin to commemorate 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi's homecoming, during 13th edition of 'Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Thursday. PTI Photo

South Africa's Dale Steyn, left, forming part of the fifteen member Cricket World Cup 2015 team pose for a team photo in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo

In this Wednesday, Sept, 17, 2014 file photo, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq holds the cricket World Cup 2015 trophy in front of the historical Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani selectors named Misbah as captain on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 201...

The 15 member Indian Squad for the forthcoming Cricket World Cup 2015- (from left to right in top row)- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma; Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, R Ashw...

Students rehearse for the Republic Day Parade 2015 at Rajpath in New Delhi

Miss Universal Peace and Humanity Ruhi Singh at a jewellery exhibition in Hyderabad

Photo by Manjula Dollin

Photo by Manjula Dollin

Photo by Manjula Dollin

People are silhouetted as they walk on a beach along the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai

Cricketer Anil Kumble gives advice to junior spin bowlers at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru

Chief of the Army Staff General Dalbir Singh inspecting the Guard of Honour after inaugurating the DGNCC Republic Day Camp 2015 at Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt

Indian journalists hold placards showing solidarity with those killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, at the Press Club in Bangalore,

Kashmiri Muslims pray as they look towards a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, being displayed by a priest at the Hazratbal shrine

 India's Border Security Force Daredevils team rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi

A Naga man wraps himself and a baby in a blanket to stay warm in the early morning at Yansi village, Donhe township in the Naga Self-Administered Zone

French special forces sharp shooters take position on a rooftop of the complex at the scene of a hostage taking at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goele