Day in pics: Gambhir battles ban, Advani demands POTA

Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was banned for one test on Friday for elbowing Australian bowler Shane Watson during the first day of the third test. The family of the dead Patna-boy Rahul Raj has demanded a judicial enquiry into his death following his act of holding a bus hostage at rush hour in Mumbai on Monday. The nation paid homage to slain former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary. BJP leader L K Advani has demanded POTA be revived after he visited the blast sites in Assam. Violence in Congo has put the lives of millions of women and children in peril says UN report.