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Bhutanese Minister of Economic Affairs Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk meeting Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Anand Sharma, in New Delhi on February 3, 2012.

Singer Shaan and WHO Representative Nata Menabde look on as Keshav Desiraj, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, launches the media campaign in New Delhi on February 2, 2012.

President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with other dignitaries at a prayer meeting at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Martyr’s Day at Rajghat, in Delhi on January 30, 2012.

Kodiyancha Karvan Dance performed by the children of Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Hastsal, Delhi which won the first prize in the Republic Day Awards- 2012 in the Best Schoolchildren's item category.Read story.

President Pratibha Patil with the Tableaux Artistes, who participated in Republic-Day Parade-2012, in New Delhi on January 27, 2012.

President Pratibha Patil addressing the nation on the eve of the 63rd Republic Day, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.

A painting by Disha Roy Choudhury of Siliguri, West Bengal which won the first prize of Rs 1 lakh in the second National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board on the theme "Role of Children in Water Conservation", in New Delhi on January 21, 2012.

The Indian Coast Guard's first Inshore Patrol Vessel "Rani Abbakka", which was commissioned by Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju at Visakhapatnam on January 20, 2012.

National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers with Vice-President,M Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on January 18, 2012. They are part of the contingent which will take part in the Republic Day parade on January 26.

A moment of action during the main attraction and distinct feature of Kambala (Buffalo Race), at Pilikulanear Mangalore as part of the 17th National Youth Festival on January 15, 2012. UNI PHOTO

Pigeons sitting on a snow-clad roof top of a house in Srinagar on January 14, 2012 where the minimum temperature dipped to -7.8 degree Celsius, the lowest in the season so far. UNI PHOTO

Tribal women participating in community fishing at Tamulidhafa Lake, at Sonapur, some 65 Kms away from Guwahati on Friday. UNI PHOTO

School children braving cold wave rehearsing on Rajpath for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 8, 2012. UNI PHOTO

A view of Gondola ski lift during snow at the ski resort of Gulmarg in Kashmir on January 5, 2012. UNI PHOTO

Children forming the figure 2012 to welcome the New Year in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on December 31, 2011. UNI PHOTO

A flooded road after heavy showers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on December 31, 2011. UNI PHOTO

High waves at Marina beach in Chennai due to the cyclone "Thane" in the Bay of Bengal on December 28, 2011. UNI PHOTO

Defence Minister A. K. Antony and the three Service Chiefs paying homage to the heroes of the 1971 war, at Amar Jawan Jyoti to mark Vijay Diwas, in New Delhi on December 16, 2011.

Singer Sonu Nigam performs during the launch of his album "Icchapurti Gayatri Mantras" in Mumbai on December 14 night. UNI PHOTO

Students dressed-like Santa Claus forming a Christmas Star at an awareness programme on 'Save Mother Earth' at Velammal Matric School, in Chennai on December 10, 2011. UNI PHOTO

Cold intensified in the entire Chinab valley after rains lashed the towns and upper reaches had moderate snowfall in Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on December 9, 2011. UNI PHOTO

Girls from Purulia district of West Bengal - Bina Kalindi, Mukti Majhi, Sangita Bauri, Afsana Khatun and Sunita Mahato, who resisted child marriage - join hands with President Pratibha Patil during their meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 7, 2011. UNI PHOTORead story.

People in Patna paying homage to legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand on December 4, 2011. The actor had died the previous night in London. UNI PHOTORead story.

Students of Patna Women’s College displaying yoga skills during annual sport day function in their college on December 3, 2011. UNI PHOTO