2014-08-12 Photo gallery

Thiruvananthapuram : Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses the special convention of the party's Kerala state unit at the party office in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Leh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during foundation stone laying ceremony for Leh-Kargil-Srinagar transmission system in Leh on Tuesday. Modi also dedicated the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Project to the nation. PTI Photo 

Bengaluru : Jogappa (transgenders) Samudaya people from North Karnataka dance during a conference in Bengaluru on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Hyderbad: Armed personnel rehearsing for the Independence Day parade at Golconda Fort where Telangana's first chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will hoist the national flag, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Kargil: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his arrival at the airport in Kargil on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Mumbai: Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Neha Dhupia taking a 'selfie' during a promotional event for the forthcoming film 'Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami' in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo 

New Delhi: Actress and Rajya Sabha member Rekha at Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist

Bengaluru: Vice President, Marketing, Bajaj Auto, Sumeeth Narang (L) along with Ashwin Jaykant (R), GM (South) at the launch of Bajaj Discover150F in Bengaluru on Tuesday. PTI Photo 

Noida : Sugarcane farmers lock the gate of Bajaj Bhawan during a protest for the payment of their pending bills in Noida on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks upon his arrival in Kargil, India, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Modi on Tuesday accused Pakistan of waging a proxy, terrorist war because it was too weak to fight a conventional one, a day after India accused i...

Chennai: Ratan Tata, Chairman-Emeritus, Tata Sons Ltd. and N Srinivasan, Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., at the function of Amalgamations Group presenting the ''18th MMA Amalgamations Business Leadership Award'' in Chennai on Tuesday. Ra...

Hyderabad: Telangana CM K Chandra Sekhar Rao launches the logo of State Police in Hyderabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: A BSF Jawan keeps vigil ahead of the 68th Independence Day function at Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

A male tiger seen in joyful mood at Bandipura Tiger Reserve Forest (National Park) at Bandipura of Chamrajnagar District. DH Photo

Lucknow: Gen Rajan Bakshi (L), Army Commander, Central Command honours shooter Jitu Rai who won gold at Glasgow Commonwealth Games, in Lucknow on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Leh: Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh presenting a memento to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Leh on on Tuesday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: CRPF DG Dilip Trivedi with cricketer Virender Sehwag and boxer Mary Kom at a press conference to announce 'CRPF Half Marathon- Run for Unity' in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

An Indian Hindu priest performs evening prayers in the flooded banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the largely agrarian economies of...

Varanasi: A bomb disposal squad member checking a briefcase for suspected bomb at Varanasi Cantt Railway Station in Varanasi on Tuesday. PTI Photo