A Kenyan national and four others were arrested in connection with a drug bust by the Central Zone Task Force sleuths in Hyderabad on Tuesday night. 60 grams of Methaqualone powder and 40 Mescaline pills were seized from the arrested, during the
Kerala Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar releasing the Journalist Primer League (JPL) logo by handing it over to singer Rajalakshmi at Fourth Estate Hall Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Press Club President P.P. James, ATE Group Chairman E.M. Najeeb
Gold ornaments and biscuits to the tune of about 3.5 kilogram that were seized from eight passengers from Singapore displayed during a press meet at the Thiruvananthapuram airport - DC/A.V. Muzafar
Even though Kerala Transport Commissioner Rishi Raj Singh had informed High Court the other day that he had not issued directions to his subordinate officers to suspend the licenses of two wheeler riders who are caught riding without helmet, people
Malayalam film actor Nedumudi Venu releasing 'Thirike Nee Varumbol', a book of poetry written by former minister and CPI leader Binoy Viswam's daughter Rashmi Binoy, by handing over a copy to writer T P Rajeevan at the Press Club in
The man comfortably settled in the 'pool' as people pass by. DC/Vinod Karimatt
An unidentified man, probably in an inebriated condition, spent hours immersed in a muddy rainwater pothole at SRM Road in Kochi. After several hours, cops arrived at the scene and shifted him. DC/Vinod Karimatt
A vendor sells peacock feathers at Marine drive in Kochi on Wednesday. Capturing and killing peacocks, and possession and sale of peacock feathers are non-bailable offences, punishable under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Tourists staying at the five star Taj Vivanta hotel in Kochi had a harrowing time when the entrance to the hotel was blocked by the city police owing to a protest march by the Hindu Aikya Vedi to the City Police Commissioner office opposite to the
People enjoying the festivities as part of the Kittur Utsav - 2013. Thousands of people take part in this three-day annual event. KPN
Folk artistes performing during the Kittur Utsav 2013 procession in Belgaum. KPN
Cultural procession during the Kittur Utsav -2013 at Kittur in Belgaum district on Wednesday. KPN
Vehicles wade through a flooded street in Mandya on Wednesday. KPN
'Free Chinese workers' activists group stage a protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru on Wednesday demanding the release of Wu Guijun, a migrant worker in Shenzhen, China. KPN
People take part in the BJP's ‘NaMo Brigade’ rally to create public awareness against corruption, internal security and anti-national activities in Hubli on Wednesday. BJP called upon the people to support it's PM nominee Narendra Modi as their next
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Agriculture Kanna Lakshminarayana with IT&C Minister Sri Ponnala Lakshmaiah, reviewing the arrangements for the 'World Agriculture Forum', with concerned officials at the Secretariat on Wednesday.
A flooded bus stand after heavy rains inundated the area, at Ongole on Wednesday. PTI
A school van moves through a flooded road near Parsigutta in Secunderabad on Wednesday.
Vehicles move through the waterlogged Raj Bhavan Road after heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Wednesday - DC/S. Surender Reddy
A woman balances herself on a railing as she tries to move to drier grounds after heavy rains inundated the area, in Hyderabad on Wednesdasy. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Motorists having a tough time navigating the road during heavy downpour in Hyderabad on Wednesday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
BJP activists protest against the recent gang rape incident in the city at Tank Bund near Ambedkar statue on Wednesday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Police remove agitators from the site of the protest in a police van.
A BJP woman protester being forcibly removed from the site of the protest by policewomen.
Security personnel try to block angry protesters from climbing the Secretariat wall.
Protesters try to scale the closed wall of the AP Secretariat during the agitation.
The rape of a techie by two cab drivers spurred a protest by BJP workers at the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat on Wednesday. The IT worker, for fear of embarrassment, had kept the incident a secret. However, the incident came to light once the rapists
Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma poses for the camera with drugs, cash and mobile phones seized from the gang.
The accused were running the drug racket for over seven years, supplying drugs to addicts for a hefty price. They group was active in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: October 23