March 14: Day in pics

Updated On Mar 15, 2012 10:47 am IST
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Mukul Roy, the general secretary of Trinamol Congress, is tipped to replace Dinesh Trivedi as the railway minister. (AFP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 15, 2012 10:47 am IST

Mukul Roy, the general secretary of Trinamol Congress, is tipped to replace Dinesh Trivedi as the railway minister. (AFP Photo)

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Gujarat CM Narendra Modi congratulates Parkash Singh Badal after he was sworn in as chief minister of Punjab at Chappar Chiri. HT/Rajnish Katyal expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Gujarat CM Narendra Modi congratulates Parkash Singh Badal after he was sworn in as chief minister of Punjab at Chappar Chiri. HT/Rajnish Katyal

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A boundary wall around the controversial land purchased by General VK Singh. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A boundary wall around the controversial land purchased by General VK Singh.

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Chinese police patrol Tiananmen Square on their segways during the final session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Chinese police patrol Tiananmen Square on their segways during the final session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Sheet metal hangs from the Brooklyn Bridge after a crane being carried on a vessel struck the scaffolding attached to the underside in New York. AP Photo/John Minchillo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Sheet metal hangs from the Brooklyn Bridge after a crane being carried on a vessel struck the scaffolding attached to the underside in New York. AP Photo/John Minchillo

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Republican presidential candidate, former US senator Rick Santorum greets supporters after winning both Alabama and Mississippi primaries in Lafayette, Louisiana. AFP Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Republican presidential candidate, former US senator Rick Santorum greets supporters after winning both Alabama and Mississippi primaries in Lafayette, Louisiana. AFP Photo

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Milos Raonic of Canada returns a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Milos Raonic of Canada returns a shot to Roger Federer of Switzerland at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

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China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures as he delivers a speech at a news conference after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Reuters/Jason Lee expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures as he delivers a speech at a news conference after the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Reuters/Jason Lee

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US President Barack Obama and Britain Prime Minister David Cameron attend the Mississippi Valley State versus Western Kentucky first round NCAA tournament basketball game in Dayton, Ohio. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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US President Barack Obama and Britain Prime Minister David Cameron attend the Mississippi Valley State versus Western Kentucky first round NCAA tournament basketball game in Dayton, Ohio. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

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US First lady Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron, wife of British Primer Minister David Cameron, talk with United States Women's National Soccer Team midfielder Lori Ann Lindsey (L) and defender Becky Sauerbrunn as they join with students participating in a mini-Olympics competition in celebration of the 2012 London Summer Olympics and Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative in Washington. AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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US First lady Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron, wife of British Primer Minister David Cameron, talk with United States Women's National Soccer Team midfielder Lori Ann Lindsey (L) and defender Becky Sauerbrunn as they join with students participating in a mini-Olympics competition in celebration of the 2012 London Summer Olympics and Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative in Washington. AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari

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Toro Rosso Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia kicks an Australian rules football during a press event at Visy Stadium in Melbourne ahead of the Australian F1 Grand Prix. Reuters/Brandon Malone expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Toro Rosso Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia kicks an Australian rules football during a press event at Visy Stadium in Melbourne ahead of the Australian F1 Grand Prix. Reuters/Brandon Malone

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Chinese hostesses wait by the buses ferrying the delegates for the final session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 15, 2012 10:47 am IST

Chinese hostesses wait by the buses ferrying the delegates for the final session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Samajwadi Party leader and designate chief minister for Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav being felicitated by industrialists in Lucknow. HT/Arvind Yadav expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Samajwadi Party leader and designate chief minister for Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav being felicitated by industrialists in Lucknow. HT/Arvind Yadav

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Noori, a cloned pashmina goat, stands inside a sheep breeding center at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Alastang, some 25 kilometers from Srinagar. Scientists at the University successfully cloned the world's first pashmina goat, prized for its fine wool. AP/Dar Yasin expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Noori, a cloned pashmina goat, stands inside a sheep breeding center at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Alastang, some 25 kilometers from Srinagar. Scientists at the University successfully cloned the world's first pashmina goat, prized for its fine wool. AP/Dar Yasin

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A 32 volume set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is shown in this undated publicity photograph released to Reuters. The Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been in continuous print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1768, announced it will end publication of its printed editions and continue with digital versions available online. The flagship, 32-volume printed edition, available every two years, was sold for $1400. An online subscription costs around $70 per year. expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 15, 2012 10:47 am IST

A 32 volume set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is shown in this undated publicity photograph released to Reuters. The Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been in continuous print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1768, announced it will end publication of its printed editions and continue with digital versions available online. The flagship, 32-volume printed edition, available every two years, was sold for $1400. An online subscription costs around $70 per year.

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