Uttar Pradesh minister Swami Prasad Maurya flags off the Metro train from Vaishali station in Ghaziabad on Thursday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets newly-inducted Cabinet ministers and ministers of state as President Pratibha Patil looks on after the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on T

Newly-inducted ministers of state Charan Das Mahant, touching the feet of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi during the oath-taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photos: G.N. Jha

Activists take out a candlelight protest march demanding justice in the Neeraj Grover murder case in New Delhi on Wednesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Women take cover under a banner during a sudden downpour in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak and the bishop of Sacred Heart Cathedral pictured with “liberated” manual scavengers, who are from Rajasthan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Congress leaders Janardhan Diwedi, Karan Singh and Rahul Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee meeting at 10, Janpath in New Delhi on Friday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee shakes hands with French finance minister Christine Lagarde in New Delhi on Tuesday.

BJP president Nitin Gadkari offers sweets to Uma Bharti as he welcomes her back into the party in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

BJP leaders L.K.