2015-06-04 Photo gallery

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav being felicitated by UPCA Secretary Rajiv Shukla after signing an MoU in Lucknow on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda during a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI Photo

President Pranab Mukherjee with his counterpart from Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at Palace of Independence, during his state visit in Minsk, Belarus on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan with producer Vidu Vinod Chopra during the trailer launch of film 'Wazir' in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

DMK President M Karunanidhi pays floral tribute at the memorial of party founder C.N. Annadurai during his 92nd birthday celebrations at Marina Beach in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Men relax after applying mud on their bodies to cool themselves off on a hot summer morning on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, June 3, 2015. Reuters Photo

Fishermen throw in their nets into the River Mahanadi on the outskirts of Cuttack, India, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Fishing is one of the main sources of livelihood for inhabitants living along the River Mahanadi. AP Photo

 Popular Nicktoon channel characters Motu-Patlu interact with children to promote the launch of their 6th movie 'Kung Fu Kings' in two years , in Bhopal on Wednesday. PTI Photo

 Crowd gather around an advanced jet trainer aircraft of the Air Force which crashed at a paddy field in Baripada, Odisha on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A Kashmiri shepherd sits near his herd of sheep as it rains on the outskirts of Srinagar. There was a considerable drop in temperatures across the Kashmir valley following overnight rain on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A boy jumps into a water canal on a hot summer day in Uttar Pradesh. Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday dismissed fears of the first drought in six years, just days after the weather office downgraded the forecast for monsoon rains this summer...

A farmer winnows a paddy crop after harvesting on the outskirts of Agartala. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey

A boy reacts after catching a fish in a dried-up pond near the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad. Temperature in Allahabad on Thursday is expected to reach 44 degree Celsius, according to India's metrological department website. India's earth sc...

Kolkata: The 'India-Bangladesh-Agartala Bus during the flag off ceremony at Nabanna in Kolkata on Thursday. PTI Photo

A boy holds his father's hand as they walk on a beach in the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds in Kochi. Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday dismissed fears of the first drought in six years, just days after the weather office downgraded the forec...

Mathura: Girls take part in an awareness campaign on the eve of World Environment Day in Mathura on Thursday. PTI Photo

Nagpur: A worker cleaning a lake on the eve of World Environment Day in Nagpur on Thursday. PTI Photo 

Jammu: Sikh protesters clash with the police after they removed a poster of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale at Rani Ragh near the airport in Jammu on Thursday. PTI Photo

A woman carries an improvised plastic can to fetch water from a well outside Denganmal village, Maharashtra. In Denganmal, a village in Maharashtra state, some men take a second or third wife just to make sure their households have enough drinking wa...