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Modi’s yoga, Obama’s visit, India’s poorest district: Best of Express photographers in 2015
1 / 85Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during the Parliament Session on 7th May 2015 in New Delhi. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
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2 / 85Priyaka Vadra clicking a photo of a disabled person with her brother Rahul Gandhi during a function organized by Rajiv Gandhi foundation on 23rd Aug. 2014. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
3 / 85People at Shakur Basti slums where a kid died during a demolition drive. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
4 / 85A person seeking alms sit on the stairs of Jama Masjid on a rainy day on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
5 / 85As winter approaches migratory birds have started to arrive along the banks of the river Yamuna. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
6 / 85Dadri lynching victim Akhlaq's sister Shahista (pink suit) at Bisara in Dadri on Wednesday. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
7 / 85Shahista (pink), sister of Akhlaq who was killed in a communal clash in Dadri area, is consoled by a relative at her place on Friday, October 2, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
8 / 85Two widows greet each other as they celebrate Holi in Vrindavan on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
9 / 85President Pranab Mukherjee during the preview of Mughal Garden on 13 th feb 2014. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
10 / 85Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit at the 69th Independence Day celebrated at Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
11 / 85Induction ceremony of MI-17 V5 Helicopters of BSF at Safdarjung airport. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
12 / 85People get their photographs clicked with the froth from Yamuna as backdrop near Okhla barrage and road bridge, Kalindi Kunj on Sunday, March 15, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
13 / 85MP and Film Actress Rekha during the Parliament Session 0n 11 May 2015 in New Delhi. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
14 / 85A fireman sprays water during a cooling operation at the slums in Samaypur Badli on Friday, December 18, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
15 / 85Acid attack survivor Laxmi with daughter Pihu. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
16 / 85Schoolchildren paying floral tributes at the Samadhi of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on his 125th birth anniversary at Shanti Van in New Delhi. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
17 / 85An employee pays respect to former president APJ Abdul Kalam everyday at Kalam residence at 10 Raja ji Marg in New Delhi. (Express photo by Prem nath Pandey)
18 / 85Villagers from Atali offering namaz at Ballabhgarh city police station on Thursday, May 28, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
19 / 85Pilgrims have started to offer prayers to the boulder (left) that diverted the flow of water and rocks and thereby reducing the stress on the temple during the flash floods of 2013. (Source: Express Photo by Oinam Anand)
20 / 85Prime minister NarendraMmodi during the Diwali Milan at BJP Head office in New Delhi. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
21 / 85Evening picture of Ram Kund on the Shahi Snan Day during Kumbh Mela festival at Panchavati, Nashik. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
22 / 85As a part of Transgender Awarness Week 'Dancing Queen', a group of dancers from transgender community perform at Godrej India Cultural Lab on November 18, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
23 / 85A girl enjoys at Comic Con India in Delhi on December 6, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
24 / 85Bollywood's King Khan Shah Rukh Khan dances who is joined by Amar Singh and other celebrities at Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 in Mumbai on April 4, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
25 / 85Mumbaikars use Sanjay Gandhi National Park as their walking track in the wee hours of the morning . This is one of the few remaining green enclosure in the city where man and animal co-exist. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
26 / 85Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor with designer Gaurav Gupta at the Lakme Fashion Week grand finale at Mehboob Studio in Mumbai. Kareena was the show stopper and the brand ambassador for Lakme on August 30, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
27 / 85Bollywood actor Salman Khan along with his driver Ashok Singh en-route to Mumbai session court for the hearing of 2002 hit-and-run case on May 5, 2015. Later in this year he was acquitted of all the charge in the same by Mumbai High Court. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
28 / 85Its selfie time for the Kapoors clan during Dadasaheb Phalke Award ceremony at Prithvi Theatre. Seen here, veteran actor Shashi Kapoor with Rekha, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
29 / 85Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor was conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the Prithvi theatre on May 10, 2015. A photo ops with all the leading actresses who he worked with. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
30 / 85Local Photographer Mousin Shekh clicking picture of the livestock on behalf of the Malegaon police at Azad Nagar police station area on April 10, 2015. The police to avoid communal tension started registering livestocks along with passport photos of them. This is first time in India that passport photos were been taken of cows by the authorities of Malegaon after beef ban in Maharashtra. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
31 / 85An incident in front of Salman's Khan house last night. As veteran actor Dilip Kumar's car approached around 10 pm. All hell broke loose. Media person, Salman fans, Bouncers all pounced upon his car to have a glimpse of the couple. The cops struggled to control the crowd. From inside Saira Banu fanitically waved her hand to state that they didnt come to see Salman rather enroute to some other place. It was a complete pandemonium on the street. A test of physical strength and tenacity to hold ones fort and get a shot through the tinted glass of the sedan.Coincidentally today is Dilip Kumar's birthday on November 12. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
32 / 85Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in the session of International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
33 / 85Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays down with other participants during the session of International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
34 / 85PM Narendra Modi arrives at the Red Fort for the 69th Independence day celebrations on Saturday, August 15, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
35 / 85Devotees offers prayers during Chhath Puja on the banks of river Yamuna in New Delhi on Tuesday, November 11, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
36 / 85US President Barack Obama interacts with the audience after delivering a speech at the Delhi Townhall event at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi on January 27 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
37 / 85PM Narendra Modi at parliament house, on the first day of Parliament budget session, in New Delhi on February 23, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
38 / 85The Dalai Lama awaits to greet a delegation of Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka, on the second and final day of Theravada Nalanda Tradition Dialogue on Vinaya in the capital New Delhi on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
39 / 85SK Chabbra, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the VB Patel Chest Institute in the North Campus of Delhi University, New Delhi, March 31, 2015. (Source: Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
40 / 85Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (R) hugs his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar during the Bihar Samaan Sammelan program held in the capital New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
41 / 85Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress leader Shiela Dixit at the memorial of Gandhiji on his birth anniversary at Rajghat in New Delhi. (Source : Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
42 / 85Geeta meets Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
43 / 85The India Gate is lighted up in Orange as a symbol to end violence against women, a projection organised by the UN Women in the capital New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
44 / 85The Indian Navy Commandos show their skills during the rehearsal for Naval Day celebrations (on 4th Dec) at the Gatway of India in Mumbai.(Source: Express Photos by Pradip Das)
45 / 85Victoria carraige in Mumbai. (Source: Express Photo by Pradip Das)
46 / 85Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Bano sharing some light moments after the receiving award ceremony program at their Bandra House - Legendary actor Dilip Kumar on December 13 was presented the Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the Thespians residence in suburban Bandra. - The 93-year-old legend was presented a medal, a certificate and a shawl by Singh, in the presence of the actors wife Saira Bano.Dilip Kumar's wife Saira Bano said, "I am the proudest wife in the world today. It's both an emotional, proud and happy moment for me." (Source: Express Photos By Pradip Das)
47 / 85Acid attack victim Reshma at her Kurla Resident.(Source: Express Photos By Pradip Das)
48 / 85Night race at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai. (Source: Express photos by Pradip Das)
49 / 85Beauty of Monsoon- Rain clouds at the sky line of Mumbai. (Source: Express Photos By Pradip Das)
50 / 85CST is full lit up in Tricolour on eve of Republic Day and people are celebrating. (Source: Express Photos By Pradip Das)
51 / 85People are gather and carrying of Yakub Memon's body, the sole convict on death row for the 1993 serial blasts outside Mahim Dargah where prayers are being said for Yakub Memon in Mumbai. (Source: Express Photos By Pradip Das)
52 / 85A Rainy Day - The Children after school to go home at Bandra in Mumbai. (Source: Express Photos by Pradip Das)
53 / 85Evening at Laiya beach, Batangas in Philippines. (Source: Express photo by Cheena Kapoor)
54 / 85Sunset at Laiya beach at Batangas in Philippines. (Source: Express photo by Cheena Kapoor)
55 / 85A young girl poses at Victoria harbour in HongKong, China. (Source: Express photo by Cheena Kapoor)
56 / 85A couple gets their pre-wedding shoot done at Victoria Harbour in Hongkong, China. (Source: Express photo by Cheena Kapoor)
57 / 85Tribals watch a hen fight at a local shandy on the outskirts of Kanker town in Chattisgarh. The districts are among the worst in terms of human development index in the country and in the grip of a severe naxal conflict. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
58 / 85Melted road due to heat in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
59 / 85For EYE Story...Indian Junior Women Wrestler Divya collecting money from villagers after fight in a Dangal with a Male Wrestler in a Village of Uttar Pradesh. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
60 / 85Besides the risk to the life, railways miss the revenue due to these passengers, who travel without tickets in General or Local trains. The sight of passengers sitting atop trains is very common near UP Delhi border. Railway Police Force is helpless in controlling these local crowd or the passengers without tickets. Stopping the train (by pulling the chain or shunting) by passengers is also a big problem and causes train delays. This picture taken near Noli Railway Station, Ghaziabad. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
61 / 85Policemen pull a police booth by a Police car to shift in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
62 / 85Room of A four years old girl who was raped on Friday, near Railway Track at slum area of Keshav Puram, in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
63 / 85Muslims refuges look through a tent as they are staying inside the police station after the clash with Hindu community, in Ballabhgarh on June 1st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
64 / 85Feets of Farmer Mom Raj, at village Parsaul, in Greater Noida (UP) on March 3rd 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
65 / 85AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal show his inked finger afgter cast the vote during Delhi Assembly elections, at B.K. Dutt colony, in New Delhi on Geb 7th 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
66 / 85People take part in the mega reheasal for International Yoga day event, by Yoga guru Baba Ramdev at Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium in New Delhi on June 14th 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
67 / 85Nirbhya mother detains by the police during their protest against Juvenile release, near India gate in New Delhi on December 20th 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
68 / 85Prime Minister Narendra modi take part in the International Day of Yoga at Rajpath in New Delhi on June 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
69 / 85A worker cleans a pond, ahead of US president Barack Obama visit at Tajmahal in Agra, on Jan 21st 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
70 / 85Geeta with External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj after a press conference in New Delhi on oct 26th 2015. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
71 / 85Abhinandan Pathak look alike of PM's Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Jan 29th 2015. (SourceL Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
72 / 85Hardik Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) holds a sword as he felicitate by Gujjar community at Kotla village in Delhi on August 30th 2015. (SourceL Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
73 / 85A tribal woman returns home after fetching firewood and water from the near by forest in Tundagudda village in Papparhandi in Nabrangpur district, the most backward district in the country. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
74 / 85Women praying at a Dargah in South Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Cheena Kapoor)
75 / 85Lions are seen sitting around burnt bush in forest area at Krakach village in Amreli district in gujarat. (Source: Express Photo Javed Raja) 7-4-2015
76 / 85Lions walk past a bush on fire at Krakach village in Amreli district on sunday. Frequent fire in the forest area has become a cause of concern for locals and forest department officials as they damage both tree and anals. There has been nine such incidents of fire in the last two months, which villagers allege is man-made as locals cause fire to generate charcoal. (Source: Express Photo by Javed Raja)
77 / 85Lakhs of Patidars participated in a rally at GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday, seeking OBC status. (Source: Express Photo by Javed Raja)
78 / 85A statute of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is depicted in saffron colour during a light and sound show that was inaugurated by the Gujarat chief minister Anandi Patel at Swarnim Park near Udhog Bhavan at Gandhinagar on Saturday evening. (Source: Express Photo by Javed Raja)
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80 / 85A young girl washes herself (ghusl) before breaking the Ramdan fast at Jama Masjid, New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Cheena Kapoor)
81 / 85Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi during the opening of new building for Police station Yamuna Depot Metro at Yamuna Bank Metro Station in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
82 / 85A monkey on a Sadhu partaking in a protest for the cleaning of the River Yamuna in New Delhi on saturday. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
