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A spotted owlet takes cover in the hollow of a tree. If disturbed during the day, the bird is known to bob its head and stare at the intruder.

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Wary of predators, the spotted deer is a common prey animal found in most of India's national parks. Kanha is also the only home for the rare hardground swamp deer, the barasingha, which the park has successfully rescued from extinction.

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A Crested Hawk-Eagle or Changeable Hawk Eagle is on the lookout for prey. The raptor usually feasts on junglefowl, pheasants, hare and other small animals.

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The common grey hornbill in flight. The specie is found mostly on the subcontinent's plains.

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A black stork, a migratory bird from Europe, is a frequent visitor to Kanha during the winter. The bird can fly an average of 100 to 250 km a day.

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A Racket Tailed Drongo takes off into the wild. The bird is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips.

 

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Marine commandos demonstrating their warfare abilities at Ramakrishna Beach during the full dress rehearsals for the Navy Day, in Visakhapatnam. Photo: K.R. Deepak

 

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The BrahMos missile takes off from India's main missile testing center in Balasore district, Orissa. India on Thursday successfully test-fired the supersonic cruise missile, designed to carry conventional warheads, jointly developed with Russia to fine-tune its ability to hit targets, the defense ministry said. Photo: AP

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Team MRF''s Gaurav Gill (L), Red Roosters's Vikram and Naren Kumar (R) poses for a photograph during a press preview of the K-1000 car rally organised by the Karnataka Motor Sports Club at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on Thursday. Photo: PTI

 

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Tamiraparani river flows close to the Kurukkuthurai Murugan temple, near Tirunelveli on Thursday. Heavy rains lashed most parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Photo: A Shaikmohideen

 

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Security personnel patrol the Dal Lake on a boat during a high alert sounded after Monday's gun battle in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: PTI

Marigold flowers colourfully blooming in Khammam, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: G. N. Rao.

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Brahmaputra river shows signs of drying up, in Guwahati, Assam. Photo: PTI

 

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A woman farmer attempts to salvage her paddy crop after torrential rains at Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Photo: B. Velankanni Raj

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School children attend the inauguration of the five-day-long Mega Science Fair in Bangalore, Karnataka. Photo K. Murali Kumar.

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Devotees play with Siberian migratory birds at Sangam in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTI

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A flock of Black Winged Stilts feeding on the shallow waters at Chilka lake in Ganjam district of Orissa. Photo: Lingraj Panda

 

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A BJP worker flies kites bearing pictures of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Bhopal during the party’s 'Karyakarta Gaurav Diwas' celebrations on completion of five years of Chauhan’s government in the State. Photo: A. M. Faruqui

 

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School girls in colourful dresses participate in 56th National School Games at Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar, Punjab. Photo: PTI

Siberian migratory birds at river Ganga in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTI

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A view of illuminated fountains at Brindavan Gardens in Mysore, Karnataka. Photo: M. A. Sriram

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A woodpecker looks out from its nest in a tree, in Nagaon, Assam. Photo: PTI

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A farmer looks at the rain water logged Samba paddy field near Needamangalam in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. Photo: M. Srinath

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Workers busy making sweets as a part of preparations for BJP's Karyakarta Gaurav Divas celebrations at Jamboree ground in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Photo: PTI

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A golden sunrise in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: S. Harpal Singh

 

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A commando stands guard outside the Taj Mahal Palace on the second anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Photo: PTI

 

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Punjabi folk artistes take a break to taste sugarcanes during Chandigarh Carnival. Photo: Akhilesh Kumar

Artistes perform during Octave 2010 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Photo: AP

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A participant creates an edible peacock during Vegetable carving contest in Kozhikode, Kerala. Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup

 

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Security personnel march in a commemorative parade in Mumbai. Photo: AP

 

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Guess what for they waiting?

 

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The motorcycle display team of the Army Service Corps are on their way to creating two world records by being the only team to achieve a distance of 1100 metres with 54 persons on a single moving 500 CC Royal Enfield motorcycle, at the runway of the Air Force Station Yelahanka, in Bangalore. Photo: K. Murali Kumar

 

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Guess what for they waiting?

Don't tell that it is for Rajini's movie.