People stand in queue to buy tickets for Republic Day Parade outside Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: G.N. Jha

Mrs Salma Ansari (centre), wife of vice-president Hamid Ansari, with IAS Officers’ Wives Association president Jaya Chandrashekhar (left) at the inauguration of the

A worker gives the final touches to the Delhi tableau before a press preview of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Friday. PHOTOS: G.N. Jha

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a function to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev head for a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

AICC central election authority chairman Oscar Fernandes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi (foreground) during the subject committ

Sarod player Ayaan Ali with his wife Neema during the National Museum Day in New Delhi on Saturday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Shahnawaz Hussain and L.K.

Actress Shabana Azmi at the opening ceremony of Oxfam International Youth Partnership Kaleidoscope 2010 in New Delhi on Monday. PHOTO: G.N. Jha