Indian girls in traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, October 3, 2015. Navratri or nine night festival will begin on Oct. 13. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Kashmiri boy Uzair Ali holds on to his bicycle as his father paddles the Shikara, or traditional Gondola, past the interiors of the Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, October 1, 2015. Shikaras are small wooden boats used by locals living around water bodies in Kashmir for multiple purposes, including transportation of people, fishing, carrying harvest of aquatic vegetation. Decorated Shikaras provide a water taxi service to see the sights around the Lakes and to approach houseboats moored on the lake periphery. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





In this Friday, October 9, 2015 photo, a worker feeds cows at a 'Gaushala' or shelter for cattle, in New Delhi, India. Cows have long been sacred to Hindus, worshipped as a mother figure and associated since ancient times with the god Krishna. But increasingly, cows are also becoming a tool of political parties, an electioneering code word and a rallying cry for both Hindu nationalists and their opponents. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP Photo)





In this Friday, October 9, 2015 photo, a woman leads her cow across a road collecting alms from devout Hindus in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





An Indian artist works with an art installation at a pandal ahead of Durga Puja festival at local market in Calcutta India on October 5, 2015. Bengalis all over the world will be marking the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power. This year the festival will run from 18 to 23 October. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





A labourer drinks water as smoke rises from a chimney of a brick factory at Togga village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Chandigarh in this December 6, 2009 file photo. India has promised to make its economy more energy efficient and to cut emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, in a climate-change policy statement released ahead of a U.N. summit in Paris in December. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A passenger bus emits smoke as a commuter covers his face on a road in Kolkata, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A traffic policeman uses a face mask as he controls the traffic movement on a busy road in Kolkata, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Indian policemen stand guard near the house of Akhalaq Saifi, who was killed by a mob, at Bisara village in Uttar Pradesh, India, October 2, 2015. The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumored to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarizing agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, undermining his promise of development for all. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Relatives and family members of Akhalaq Saifi, who was killed by a mob, mourn his death at Bisara village in Uttar Pradesh, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Asgari Begum, mother of Akhalaq Saifi, who was killed by a mob, mourns his death inside her house at Bisara village in Uttar Pradesh, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A temple is pictured at Bisara village in Uttar Pradesh, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Sajida Saifi, daughter of Akhalaq Saifi, who was killed by a mob, mourns his death inside her house at Bisara village in Uttar Pradesh, India, October 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





An artist sprays paint on an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 5, 2015. (Photo by Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An artist applies finishing touches to a face of demon king Ravana in preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival at a pandal, a temporary platform, in Kolkata, India, October 6, 2015. The Durga Puja festival will be celebrated from October 19 to 22, which is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A cycle rickshaw puller waits for passengers under overhead power cables in an alley in the old quarters of Delhi, India, in this September 10, 2015 file photo. India's prime minister is to tell states to raise electricity prices in return for access to a financial bailout package, a politically contentious move that risks a backlash from farmers and consumers long used to free or cheap power. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Relatives and Indian police officers carry a coffin containing the body of police officer Altaf Ahmad during a wreath laying ceremony at the police control room in Srinagar October 7, 2015. Ahmad was injured on Wednesday morning after unidentified militants opened fire on his vehicle in North Kashmir's Bandipora district, and later succumbed to his injures in an army hospital, local media reported. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Women dressed in traditional attire pose after taking part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad, India, October 8, 2015. Navratri, held in honour of Hindu Goddess Durga, is celebrated over a period of nine days where thousands of youths dance the night away in traditional costumes. Navratri starts on October 13 this year. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Munesh Nagar, a housewife, cooks on a stove using a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder in her kitchen at Dujana village in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi October 7, 2015. Liquefied Petroleum Gas, long a niche product used by the poor to cook and the rich to barbecue, has become a rare bright spot amid a broad commodities rout, riding on the wave of strong economic growth in India and parts of Southeast Asia. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Geeta Nagar, a housewife, makes tea on a stove using a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder in her kitchen at Dujana village in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi October 7, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Munesh Nagar, a housewife, cooks on a stove using a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder in her kitchen at Dujana village in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi October 7, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A mechanic repairs a pipe of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank installed in a car outside his workshop in Ahmedabad, India October 6, 2015. Liquefied Petroleum Gas, long a niche product used by the poor to cook and the rich to barbecue, has become a rare bright spot amid a broad commodities rout, riding on the wave of strong economic growth in India and parts of Southeast Asia. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





An Indian Air Force soldier (R) stretches the arms of her colleague during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold and foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India, in this December 30, 2014 file photo. India is opening the way for women pilots to fly fighter jets in combat, its air force chief said, as one of the world's biggest military forces shakes off its reluctance to give greater responsibilities to women. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)





Dancers dressed in traditional attire pose with a motorcycle during a full dress rehearsal for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad, India, October 9, 2015. Navratri, held in honour of Hindu Goddess Durga, is celebrated over a period of nine days where thousands of youths dance the night away in traditional costumes. Navratri starts on October 13 this year. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





An artisan shows an effigy of demon king Ravana, to a customer (not pictured) in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in Chandigarh, India, October 9, 2015. Effigies of the 10-headed demon king "Ravana" are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A security woman stands guard outside the Group of TB Hospitals in Mumbai, India, September 28, 2015. Campaigners and a former official overseeing Asia's largest tuberculosis hospital in Mumbai say staff deaths there are being under-reported, highlighting India's growing struggle to contain multi-drug resistant forms of the contagious, airborne disease. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Children wait for customers inside a shop at a slum in Mumbai, India, in this July 6, 2015 file photo. India is expected to release inflation numbers this week. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Girls wearing turbans wave as they take part in celebrations to mark the International Day of the Girl Child at a school premises in Chandigarh, India October 12, 2015. The International Day of the Girl Child is observed on October 11 every year. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





An artist adorns idols of the Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 5, 2015. The Durga Puja festival will be celebrated from October 19 to 22, which is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An Indian artist Manik Pal makes holy decorative items ahead of Durga Puja festival at local market in Calcutta India on October 5, 2015. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





A fisherman prepares his net on the shores of the Arabian Sea, littered with plastic bags, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct0ber 1, 2015. Thursday marks one year since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan" or "Clean India Mission." (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An Indian village woman makes cow dung cakes in Allahabad, India, Friday, October 2, 2015. Cow dung cakes are popularly used as fuel for cooking in rural India. India has plans to boost renewable energy capacity in the next five years to 175 gigawatts, including solar power, wind, biomass and small hydropower dams. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri flower vendor rows his boat at the floating vegetable market on Dal lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Vegetables traded in this floating market are supplied to Srinagar and many towns across the Kashmir valley. It's one of the major sources of income for the lake dwellers who spend years carefully nurturing their floating gardens from the weed and rich soil extracted from the lake bed. Sometimes a boat will weave through, selling flowers to the tourists who stay in the houseboats. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian woman farmer dries the maize crop at Aloli village, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Ajmer, India's western state of Rajasthan, Thursday, October 8, 2015. Maize is an important cereal crop in the world after wheat and rice. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)





An Indian boy offers prayers as others gather near a dead elephant at Bagulamari, in Goalpara in the eastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, October 7, 2015. The wild adult elephant was killed when a tree that he had uprooted to eat fell on an electric tower just past midnight on Tuesday. Locals told the photographer that the rest of the herd of 20-25 elephants tried to help but were scared by the jolts of power and finally had to abandon the pachyderm. (Photo by Vishma Thapa/AP Photo)





Indian Muslim children, who study at Jamia Masjid or the Grand Mosque, play at a ground in front of the mosque in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The chief cleric of Bangalore's main mosque said Tuesday that he has advised the heads of hundreds of mosques in India's technology hub to actively counter propaganda by extremist Islamic groups by reaching out to young people in colleges and on social media. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





An Indian artist uses a fire torch to dry a statue of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the forthcoming Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on October 9, 2015. Durga Puja, the annual Hindu festival that involves worship of the goddess Durga who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in hindu mythology, culminates in the immersion of idols in water bodies. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





An artist takes a break to smoke as he prepares idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India, India, Wednesday, October 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Indian policemen honour a killed police officer during the wreath laying ceremony of of their killed police officer on October 7, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian controlled Kashmir, India. An Indian police officer was killed October 7, in a militant attack in Bandepoor district of north Kashmir. Sub-Inspector Altaf was critically wounded when militants travelling in a load carrier opened fire at his car near village Gund Dachina in Aragam area at around 12.30 pm, police said, adding Altaf later that he succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)





Indian voters queue to cast their ballots at a voting centre in the village of Banbira in Samstipur district on October 12, 2015. The first of five phases of voting in the state assembly elections in Bihar, one of India's largest and poorest states, begins on October 12. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)