Hundreds of paan shop owners, including Mumbai vendors, gathered at Azad Maidan to protest the alleged misuse of MCOCA and Section 328 against small traders. The Maharashtra Pan Vyapari Mahasangh said the demonstration represented over seven lakh vendors and called for a uniform national policy (Pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi)

A spiritual atmosphere fills the Himalayas as preparations peak for the reopening of the sacred Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand tomorrow. (Pics/PTI)