MIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi sign on grievance applications to various government departments by supporters in Hyderabad on Thursday.
A child plays around a huge chessboard model erected to mark the FIDE World Chess Championship at the Marina beach in Chennai on Thursday - AP
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah lighting a traditional lamp during the inauguration of the 2nd All India Conference of Police Commissioners of Police in Bengaluru on Thursday - PTI
Another picture from the inauguration of the International Krishi Mela 2013 - PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and State Agriculture Minister Krishna Byregowda at a stall during the inauguration of the International Krishi Mela 2013 at GKVK campus in Bengaluru on Thursday - PTI
Farmers having a look at food grains displayed at the International Krishi Mela 2013 at GKVK campus in Bengaluru on Thursday - PTI
Police look through a hole of Lord Shaneshwar temple after a metal statue was stolen at Chikmagalur in Karnataka on Thursday - PTI
Indian Squash Player Dipika Pallikal poses during a product launch in Bengaluru on Thursday - PTI
Birds searching for fish in Pulicat lake near Sriharikota on Thursday - PTI
P. Sudhakar Reddy MLC addressing the media at a press conference in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Asaduddin Owaisi holds talks with Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board officials at Darussalam in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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A volunteer helps children before the dress rehearsal of 'I Believe'. The show will be held from November 10 to 19 - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
The dress rehearsal of 'I Believe', a light
A shot of Janangulude Police (People's police), a play staged by Janamaitiri of Kerala Police, at Hassan Marikar Hall in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday - DC/A.V. Muzafar
Chandy interacts with youth parliament members at CM's conference hall in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Oommen Chandy greets Thiruvananthapuram Loyola School student Nikhil Ramakrishnan, who bagged two gold medals at the chess tournaments recently held in Sri Lanka - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Differently abled children from Ollur Ashabhavan school in Thrissur interact with Kerala CM Oommen Chandy at his chamber in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI(M) Kerala secretary Pinarayi Vijayan (R), Qutubuddin Ansari(3rd left) release ‘Mukhyadhara’ magazine at a function in Kozhikode on Thursday - PTI
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy leaves Kerala High Court in Kochi on Thursday - PTI
Dancer Shweta Prachande from Pune performs Bharatanatyam at the Soorya Parampara Dance Festival at Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday - DC/Anand Shinde
Kerala Assembly Speaker G. Karthikeyan and Deputy Speaker N. Sakthan handing over the JC Daniel award to actor Chandini who donned the role of P. K. Rosy in the movie ‘Celluloid’. While veteran actor G. K. Pillai (right) received the lifetime
A young Srihari helps his father and noted Koodiyattam expert Margi Madhu undo the costumes after the performance - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Noted Koodiyattam expert Margi Madhu performs at the Maharajas College in Kochi on Thursday. Rendering the music is his wife Indu - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Chief Justice of India Justice P. Sathasivam delivering speech at Coimbatore Bar Association function in Coimbatore on Thursday - PTI
Jayalalithaa greets Magnus Carlsen during the inauguration.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa shows white piece after picking it from the second bowl during the inauguration function of 'FIDE World Championship Match-2013' at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Norway's Magnus
Reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, and world's top-ranked player Norway's Magnus Carlsen will play their first match of the 12-match series from Saturday - PTI
India's Viswanathan Anand shakes hands with Norway's Magnus Carlsen during their joint news conference ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Chennai on Thursday - PTI
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: November 7