From team India's win to Vice Presidential election: India this week in pictures

Indian players are reflected in the goggles of team captain Virat Kohli before the start of the fourth day's play of their second cricket test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Eranga Jayawardena / AP)

Updated on: Aug 06, 2017 6:28 PM IST

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Indian players are reflected in the goggles of team captain Virat Kohli before the start of the fourth day's play of their second cricket test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Eranga Jayawardena / AP)

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Elected Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu with his wife and family members after vice president's election result at his residence in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Indian residents affected by flooding naviagate flodwaters to collect relief materials in Udaynarayanpur, some 83kms west of Kolkata. Lightning killed 21 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years that have left hundreds dead and millions displaced, officials said July 31. (Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)

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Villagers help a Kashmiri militant to climb on a stage as he appears at a funeral to pay tributes to slain rebel Suhail Ahmed, who was killed in an ambush by Indian government forces in Tantraypora, south of Srinagar. (Dar Yasin / AP)

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Bronze medallist Gagan Narang of India competes in the Men's 10m Air Rifle Shooting final on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Royal Artillery Barracks in London, England. (Lars Baron / Getty Images)

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A dumper dumps rotten onions at a ditch on the outskirts of Bhopal on Monday. (PTI)

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People have resorted to superstition and use green chillis and lemon to hang outside their doors, and also other things like neem leaves and make hand marks. In a rather unique case, women of Kangaan Heda village have lost their ponytails suddenly after a severe headache in New Delhi, India. (Saumya Khandelwal/HT PHOTO)

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Delhi Congress Trade Union and Congress Workers Protest Against GST Bill At Town Hall in Chandni Chowk in New Delhi, India. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing a press conference in Patna. (PTI)

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A farmer cleans his ox as he ploughs a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati. (PTI)

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People were caught in the light rain at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Kashmiri women watch the funeral procession of slain rebel Abid Ahmed during his funeral procession in the village of Hajinar in the district Bandipora north of Srinagar . (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

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BMC building lit-up for completing 124 years and it is entering its 125th year on August 1, in Mumbai, India. The building, a listed Grade II A heritage structure, was constructed in the Gothic style and its designs were prepared by FW Stevens. The construction commenced on December 9, 1884 and was completed on July 31, 1893. (Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

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Swapna Barman of India and Evelis Aguilar of Colombia in action. (John Sibley / REUTERS)

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A clay idol maker is busy to finish face of Durga at Kumartuli, a hub of artists in Kolkata. (Samir Jana/HT PHOTO)

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People walking with umbrellas on fog covered Ridge during rainfall, Shimla. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)

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A tailor stiches Indian national tricolour flag, ahead of the Independence Day, in Agartala on Thursday. (PTI)

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A masked villager holds a wooden stick and a stones during a protest following the funeral procession of Akeel Ahmed Bhat, a teenage boy in Haal village, about 47 Kilometers (29 miles) south of Srinagar. (Dar Yasin / AP)

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Indian boxer and WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight champion Vijender Singh trains in Mumbai. Singh will fight WBO Oriental Super Middleweight champion China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali in a double title fight on August 5 in Mumbai. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

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After the heavy rainfall on Friday morning the valleys near Shimla enveloped by fog and make the beautiful scenario of hills from Ridge, Shimla. (Deepak Sansta / HT Photo)

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A Kashmiri woman lies on the ground after fainting fainted during the funeral procession of slain militant Yawar Nissar at Shipora in Anantnag, South of Srinagar. (Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

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Cyclists wade next to an auto rickshaw along a flooded street after heavy rains in Patiala. (AFP)

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An Indian man reads a newspaper as he sits inside a pipe in New Delhi. (Money SHARMA/ AFP)

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Villagers taking water to their homes in water wheel drums in village Patharihaveli in Vidisha District, India. (Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

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India's Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin run between wickets. (Dinuka Liyanawatte / REUTERS)

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An idol of Hindu goddess Dashama stands among offerings and worship materials on the bank of river Sabarmati after the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India. (Ajit Solanki / AP)