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Dr. Janaki Rangarajan performing Bharatanatyam during the Mudra National Classical Dance Festival at Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. DC/Anand Shinde
Actor and film maker Balachandra Menon arrives for a press conference in connection with his upcoming project 'Ithiri Neram' on Thursday.
Deaf artists share their views during an all India Deaf Painting Exhibition at the Durbar Hall in Kochi on Thursday. The exhibition organised by All Kerala Association of the Deaf will conclude on Saturday. DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Transport Commissioner Rishi Raj Singh seen practicing ahead of their match in the Journalists' Premier League cricket tournament. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor brushes up on his bowling skills ahead ahead of their match in the Journalists' Premier League cricket tournament in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Celebrity team led by captain Shafi Parambil MLA (second from left) arrive at the central stadium to take part in the Journalist Premier League cricket tournament on Wednesday. Transport Commissioner Rishiraj Singh (left), Union Minister Shashi
A scene from a drama - Chavittunatakam - being staged at the Pastoral Orientation Centre near Palarivattom in Kochi on Thursday. DC/Vinod Karimatt
Bodies of bomb blast victims at Idinthakarai being taken to the cemetery for the funeral mass on Thursday. DC/M. Aruloli
The Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, at Arulmigu Subramanyaswami temple at Tiruchendur on Thursday. DC/M. Aruloli
Princess Astrid of Belgium and Celine Frenault, Minister of Economy (L) at an event for signing of MoUs between Indian and Belgian companies in Chennai. PTI
Princess Astrid of Belgium with members of business chambers at an event for signing of MoUs between Indian and Belgian companies in Chennai on Thursday. PTI
Picture shows an old tree that fell down at Palace Guttalli bus stop on Bellari road in Bangalore on Thursday. No casualties were reported. KPN
Actress and MLC Tara interacts with workers at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum on Thursday. KPN
A goods lorry that got stuck in an underpass being pulled near Maharani College in Bangalore on Thursday. KPN
Members of the Karnataka State Disabled and Care Givers Federation (KSDCF) taking a rally ‘Rajabhavana Chalo’ to press their various demands at Anandrao Circle in Bangalore on Thursday. KPN
Devotees taking part in the Kartikotsava celebrations at Sai Mandir in Hubli on Thursday. KPN
Preparations for Kadalekayi Parishe (groundnut fair) at Basavanagudi Dodda Basavanna Temple in Bangalore on Thursday. KPN
Visitors at an art exhibition organized by JS Art Gallery at Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore on Thursday. KPN
KJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Shobha Karandlaje at the funeral ceremony of farmer Vittal Bhimappa Arabhavi, who committed suicide by consuming poison during a protest in front of Suvarna Soudha, in Belgaum district on Thursday. KPN
People from various walks of life, including children, taking part in a candle light rally against atrocities on women, particularly the recent Tehelka incident, in Hyderabad on Thursday. DC/Gandhi
A woman addressing the crowd during a workshop on dowry harassment in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Union Minister of State for Labour K Suresh inaugurates the national skill conference in Hyderabad on Thursday.
YSR Congress president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy along with party leaders Gattu Ramachandra Rao and G Srikanth Reddy paying tributes to Jyothirao Phule on his 124th death anniversary, at the party's Lotus Pond office here on Thursday.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy coming out after offering prayers at Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati on Thursday. Kiran completed three years as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister on November 25. PTI
Actor Durga Jasraj addressing a press conference as Ramakrishna B, Chief Operating Officer, Andhra Pradesh Idea Cellular, looks on, in Hyderabad on Thursday. PTI
Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration Minister Maheedar Reddy (centre) visits the Hyderabad Mayor Majeed Hussain's (left) office, on Wednesday.
Office furniture and computers kept outside as cantonment officials carry out demolitions near Bowenpally check post in Medchal road on Thursday.
Fishermen sit idle on an anchored fishing boat waiting for developments after a cyclone alert at Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. The Indian Meteorological Department withdrew its cyclone warning as Lehar weakened from 80 kmph to 20-30
Fishing vessels stand anchored as boys play by the shore in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Read detailed report <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131129/news-current-affairs/article/andhra-pradesh-third-time-lucky-spared-lehar">here</a>
A fisherman casts his net into the Bay of Bengal in Visakhapatnam. AP
A boy rides a horse on the beach in Visakhapatnam after news that cyclone Lehar, which was to hit AP coast in the evening, had weakened into a deep depression, on Thursday. AP
People walking through the middle of the road to avoid the overflowing drain water.
An overflowing roadside drain in front of Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: November 28