The Army’s Daredevils team rehearses for the Republic Day show in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Women celebrate Lohri at a city hotel in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata shakes hands with Bharti Enterprises vice-chairman and MD Rajan Bharti Mittal as Spice Corporation CEO and chairman Dilip Modi looks on during a pre-Budget meeting with

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy after attending a meeting with home minister P. Chidambaram on the Telangana issue in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Supporters take part in a candlelight march to express their solidarity with jailed human rights activist Binayak Sen on his birthday at India Gate in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav and RLD chief Ajit Singh before a meeting to end the deadlock in Parliame

Finance minister Pranab Singh and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the AICC meeting at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Members of the All-Bodo Students’ Union raise slogans demanding a separate state of Bodoland during an awareness rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Actress Deepika Padukone (from left), Yash Chopra, his wife Pamela, Swiss ambassador Philippe Welti and his wife Mrytha during a function to felicitate Chopra with the Swiss ambassador’s Award 2010 a

Models showcase a creation by designer duo Jenjum and Jasleen during a Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week show in New Delhi on Saturday.