MNS chief Raj Thackeray with his Pug Simba outside his residence after the press conference at Shivaji Park. (IE Photo: Prashant Nadkar)

Joginder Singh, president and managing director of Ford India at the launch of Figo's celebration edition in New Delhi. (IE photo: Ravi Kanojia)

President Pranab Mukherjee looks at historic photos of Bangladesh''s founder and first President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial museum in Dhaka. (AP)

President Pranab Mukherje during the 47th convocation of the university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (PTI)

President Pranab Mukherjee and HM Ershad, Chairman of Jatiya Party, at a meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai on Monday pats a dog that won an award at All India Police Duty Meet (AIPDM) held in Bhopal recently. (PTI)

Social activist Irom Sharmila after appearing in the Patiala House court in Delhi on Monday under IPC 309 (attempt to commit suicide) for fasting at Jantar Mantar in 2006. (PTI)

Social activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast for about 12 years demanding the repeal of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), arrives at IGI airport Delhi. (PTI)

Pakistani medics and civilians gather at the site of a bomb blast that has killed dozens of people in a neighborhood dominated by Shiite Muslims in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP/PTI)

Pakistani medics carry the lifeless body of a man from the site of a bomb blast. (AP/PTI)

Participants perform Classical Instrument Veena-during 'An Unique Essemble of 108 Veena''s', an event to promote South Indian Classical Music in Hyderabad. (PTI)

A bride interacts with a relative during a mass marriage of 162 Muslim couples in Ahmadabad. (PTI)