Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit cuts a cake to celebrate her 74th birthday in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: Asian Age

Members of the Chengara Samaram stage a protest against the LDF government. PHOTO: Asian Age

Students block traffic in Dhaula Kuan after a second-year student of Ramlal Anand College was shot dead from point blank range in broad daylight in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Asian Age

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit with sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan during the inauguration of a road in the name of the latter’s father, Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PHOTO: Asian Age

When it’s February, nothing is cooler than pretending you couldn’t care less about Valentine’s Day and would rather burn the cards, roses and anything red that reminds you of it. Well of course, you are in a happy relationship and you don’t need some day to tell when to celebrate love.

Legendary vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is laid to rest with a ceremonial gun salute in Pune on Monday afternoon. External affairs minister S.M.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (from right), finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, defence minister A.K.

A 160-foot-long, 30-foot-wide sand sculpture of Santa Claus by artist Sudarshan Patnaik on Puri beach on Friday. PHOTO: Asian Age

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar with British high commissioner Richard Stagg at Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: Asian Age

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit flags off a students’ rally to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: Asian Age