Loading...
Done
A Hindu holy man is reflected on a mirror as he prepares a bowl of vermillion powder for devotees near “Sangam”, the confluence of holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

A Hindu holy man is reflected on a mirror as he prepares a bowl of vermillion powder for devotees near “Sangam”, the confluence of holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)




Indian paramilitary force soldiers listen to their marching commander before they begin rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Republic Day will be celebrated on Jan. 26. In the background is the Rashtrapati Bhawan, or Presidential Palace. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

Indian paramilitary force soldiers listen to their marching commander before they begin rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Republic Day will be celebrated on Jan. 26. In the background is the Rashtrapati Bhawan, or Presidential Palace. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




India's Border Security Force Daredevils team performs as they rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

India's Border Security Force Daredevils team performs as they rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




Indian Sikh warriors display traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, January 5, 2015. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, will be marked on Jan. 7 this year. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Indian Sikh warriors display traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, January 5, 2015. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, will be marked on Jan. 7 this year. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




An Indian border girl displays a mortar shell allegedly fired from the Pakistan side of the border at Bainglad village in Samba sector, about 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jammu, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Pakistani troops fired gunshots and mortar shells that killed an Indian soldier in northern Kashmir on Monday after a lull in the countries' cross-border firing, an Indian paramilitary official said. Pakistan blamed India for the violence and said two civilians were killed by Indian shelling. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

An Indian border girl displays a mortar shell allegedly fired from the Pakistan side of the border at Bainglad village in Samba sector, about 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jammu, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Pakistani troops fired gunshots and mortar shells that killed an Indian soldier in northern Kashmir on Monday after a lull in the countries' cross-border firing, an Indian paramilitary official said. Pakistan blamed India for the violence and said two civilians were killed by Indian shelling. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




Men wearing shawls look on as they stand in a market place on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Men wearing shawls look on as they stand in a market place on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Indian Sikh children participate in a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, will be marked on Jan. 7 this year. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian Sikh children participate in a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, January 5, 2015. The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, will be marked on Jan. 7 this year. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)




A vendor wrapped in a shawl carries flowers for sale at a market place on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A vendor wrapped in a shawl carries flowers for sale at a market place on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, reads a newspaper along a roadside in a market on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, reads a newspaper along a roadside in a market on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Labourers work during the early morning at the construction site of a road in Mumbai January 2, 2015. India's annual infrastructure output growth accelerated to a five-month high of 6.7 percent in November, driven by higher production of cement and refinery products, government data showed on Wednesday. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Labourers work during the early morning at the construction site of a road in Mumbai January 2, 2015. India's annual infrastructure output growth accelerated to a five-month high of 6.7 percent in November, driven by higher production of cement and refinery products, government data showed on Wednesday. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Children sit around a fire to keep themselves warm during the early morning hours along a road in Mumbai January 2, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Children sit around a fire to keep themselves warm during the early morning hours along a road in Mumbai January 2, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Female Indian civil defence personnel share a moment before taking part in the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata January 4, 2015. India will celebrate its annual Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Female Indian civil defence personnel share a moment before taking part in the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in Kolkata January 4, 2015. India will celebrate its annual Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




A plain-clothes policeman (L) escorts two men who were arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a Japanese tourist, outside a court in Kolkata January 3, 2015. Indian police have arrested five men in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a 23-year-old Japanese tourist, officials said on Saturday. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A plain-clothes policeman (L) escorts two men who were arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a Japanese tourist, outside a court in Kolkata January 3, 2015. Indian police have arrested five men in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a 23-year-old Japanese tourist, officials said on Saturday. The woman had filed a complaint through the Japanese consulate in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata saying she had been staying in a budget hotel in the city in November when three local men who spoke Japanese befriended her and took her to the seaside resort of Digha in the state of West Bengal. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) take part in a drill on the last day of their three-day workers' meeting in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 4, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) take part in a drill on the last day of their three-day workers' meeting in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 4, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A youth volunteer of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) runs as others sit on the ground during a drill on the last day of their three-day workers' meeting in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 4, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A youth volunteer of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) runs as others sit on the ground during a drill on the last day of their three-day workers' meeting in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 4, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A homeless man covered in a blanket looks on inside a government-run night shelter on a cold winter night in the old quarters of Delhi December 30, 2014. An intense spell of cold weather has forced hundreds of homeless to seek refuge in the shelters. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A homeless man covered in a blanket looks on inside a government-run night shelter on a cold winter night in the old quarters of Delhi December 30, 2014. An intense spell of cold weather has forced hundreds of homeless to seek refuge in the shelters. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




Workers level the banks of the Ganges river in preparation for the upcoming Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 4, 2015. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of Hindu devotees take a dip in the holy waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Workers level the banks of the Ganges river in preparation for the upcoming Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 4, 2015. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of Hindu devotees take a dip in the holy waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




Men bathe at a roadside municipal tap in Kolkata January 5, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Men bathe at a roadside municipal tap in Kolkata January 5, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




A vendor gets dressed under a mosquito net at his roadside shop in Mumbai January 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A vendor gets dressed under a mosquito net at his roadside shop in Mumbai January 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Children get down from a water pipeline used as a path on the way to school in Mumbai January 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Children get down from a water pipeline used as a path on the way to school in Mumbai January 5, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)




Sikh devotees show off their fire blowing skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu January 5, 2014. Guru Gobind Singh was the last and the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

Sikh devotees show off their fire blowing skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu January 5, 2014. Guru Gobind Singh was the last and the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)




Visually impaired students of a school for the blind listen to their instructor before the start of a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi January 5, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

Visually impaired students of a school for the blind listen to their instructor before the start of a soccer match inside their school in New Delhi January 5, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




Nihangs or Sikh warriors perform “Gatkha”, a traditional form of martial arts, during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh January 5, 2015. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

Nihangs or Sikh warriors perform “Gatkha”, a traditional form of martial arts, during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh January 5, 2015. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)




A child rides in a remote-operated toy car at the India Gate in New Delhi January 5, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A child rides in a remote-operated toy car at the India Gate in New Delhi January 5, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman arrives to take a holy dip at Sangam during Magh Mela in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 5, 2015. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman arrives to take a holy dip at Sangam during Magh Mela in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 5, 2015. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of devotees take a holy dip in the waters of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




Indian soldiers rehearse for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

Indian soldiers rehearse for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




Indian soldiers listen to their instructor (not pictured) during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Indian soldiers listen to their instructor (not pictured) during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Indian soldiers take a break during their rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Indian soldiers take a break during their rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 6, 2015. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Schoolchildren offer prayers to Sun god during a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Schoolchildren offer prayers to Sun god during a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




Indian Sikh warriors display traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, January 5, 2015. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Indian Sikh warriors display traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Monday, January 5, 2015. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




An Indian Muslim boy carries a religious flag during a religious procession to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad at old quarters of New Delhi, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian Muslim boy carries a religious flag during a religious procession to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad at old quarters of New Delhi, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier salutes to the marching ground as his camel mounted contingent practices a march during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier salutes to the marching ground as his camel mounted contingent practices a march during rehearsals for the Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




India's Border Security Force Daredevils team perform as they rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

India's Border Security Force Daredevils team perform as they rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade amidst the morning fog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




A Kashmiri devotee prays as a head priest displays a holy relic of Islam's Prophet Muhammed at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the Prophet, in Srinagar, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the prophet. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)

A Kashmiri devotee prays as a head priest displays a holy relic of Islam's Prophet Muhammed at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the Prophet, in Srinagar, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the prophet. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)




An Indian Hindu devotee walks to take a holy dip at “Sangam”, the confluence of holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

An Indian Hindu devotee walks to take a holy dip at “Sangam”, the confluence of holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, January 6, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)




An Indian Border Security Force soldier from camel mount division adjusts his collar at a practice for the upcoming Republic day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

An Indian Border Security Force soldier from camel mount division adjusts his collar at a practice for the upcoming Republic day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)




An Indian man gets a shaves as rest pray on the banks of the Yamuna River on a foggy morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Several parts of north India shivers as severe cold wave conditions and fog has thrown normal life out of gear, disrupting rail, road and air traffic. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian man gets a shaves as rest pray on the banks of the Yamuna River on a foggy morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Several parts of north India shivers as severe cold wave conditions and fog has thrown normal life out of gear, disrupting rail, road and air traffic. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




Indian policemen rehearse for the Republic Day parade amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

Indian policemen rehearse for the Republic Day parade amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi January 2, 2015. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




An Indian Hindu Holy man carries a glass as he walks out of his tent to perform a ritual ahead of the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela”, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

An Indian Hindu Holy man carries a glass as he walks out of his tent to perform a ritual ahead of the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela”, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, January 4, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
07 Jan 2015 13:41:00