Pics of the day

JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda, Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad, former CM Siddaramaiah, JD(S) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy with JD(S) and Congress party supporters and MLAs stage dharna in front of Gandhi Statue near Vidhan Soudha to protest against Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's invitation to BJP to form the government, in Bengaluru on Thursday. PTI Photo

Newly-elected Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa seeks the blessings of Shivakumara Swami, at Sree Siddaganga Matha in Tumkur, on Thursday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Aditi Rao Hydari take selfie during a phone launch in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI Photo

Security personnel try to disperse a mob after clashes between BJP and TMC activists during the counting of votes for Panchayat polls, at Mallarpur in Birbhum district of West Bengal, on Thursday. PTI Photo

All India Trinamool Congress supporters celebrate with a poster of TMC Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to celebrate their win in Panchayat elections, in North 24 Parganas, on Thursday. PTI Photo

Folk artists join BJP supporters as they celebrate the swearing-in of new Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, outside Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, on Thursday. PTI Photo

Muslims break their fast at dusk on the first day of Ramadan, in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. PTI Photo

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) President and actor Kamal Haasan during a rally at Panagudi town in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. PTI Photo