Buses stranded at Jawhar Tunnel, 125 kms south of Srinagar on January 18, 2012. The mountainous 300-km long key Srinagar-Jammu highway which connects Kashmir with the rest of the country, was reopened on Wednesday after 10 days of closure. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna enters a house contructed under the Indian Housing Project for the Internally Displaced Persons at Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochi, on Wednesday. Photo: R.K. Radhakrishnan
U.S. actor and talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses for a photograph in front of the Gateway of India in Mumbai. Photo: PTI
The cruise ship Costa Concordia lays on its side off the tiny Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy on Wednesday. Italian searchers suspended operations on Wednesday after an enormous cruise ship grounded and partially submerged off the coast of Tuscany shifted slightly, creating concerns for the safety of divers and firefighters scouring the cruise ship for more than 20 passengers and crew still missing. Photo: AP
Students at the last day of Hyderabad Literary Festival-2012, at Taramati Baradari in Hyderabad. Photo: M. Subhash
A 30-feet Buddha stupa gets ready for a colourful Republic Day Centenary Horticultural show organised by Mysore Horticultural Society at Lalbaugh Glass House in Bangalore. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launches the socio-economic caste census in New Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Chairman of ISRO K. Radhakrishnan and Chairman of Karnataka Knowledge Commission K. Kasturi Rangan, at the inauguration of National Seminar on Geospatial Solutions for Resource Conservation adn Management, in Bangalore. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Students at the inauguration of the seminar on Geospatial Solutions for Resource Conservation and Management, in Bangalore. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu pays tribute to N.T. Rama Rao on his death anniversary in Hyderabad. Actor-turned-politician Nadamuri Balakrishna waits for his turn. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
BSF Jawan "Dare Devils" motorcycle team, rolling down Rajpath during a Republic Day rehearsal parade in New Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Heavy fog disrupts normal life in New Delhi on Wednesday. A scene at Akshardham flyover. Photo: V. Sudershan
Tamil Nadu Ranji players L. Balaji (middle), S. Badrinath and J. Kaushik seen during a practice session at MAC stadium in Chennai. Photo: K. Pichumani
Marianito Dimaadal, prepares to tkae the witness stand as the second witness in the impeachemnt trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona on the third day of the trial at the Philippine Senate in Manila. Corona is facing impeachment before the Senate acting as an impeachment court, the first such impeachment of a chief justice in Philippine history. Photo: AP
Madame Tussauda visitor Laura Burks, poses with a waxwork of British actress Kate Winslet at Madame Tussauds, London, as they unveil their award season celebrity line-up in preparation for the oncoming award season with the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Oscars coming up the next month, in London. Photo: AP