Pujas being performed at the 'Panchami Theertham' on the final day of the nine-day long religious fete at the Tiruchanoor temple in Tirupati on Saturday.
Ernakulam Law College students greeting a traffic cop in front of the Revenue Tower on Saturday. EGS, a forum of law students, felicitated all cops deployed on traffic duty at different junctions in Kochi city. DC/Arunchandra Bose
CPM Politbureau member Brinda Karat greets a woman on a wheel-chair on the occasion of a conference on a national platform for the rights of disabled in Kochi on Saturday. DC/Arunchandra Bose
Artistes from Tholpavakoothu Sangam performing the Tholppavakoothu show at the Vyloppilly Samskiti Bhavan in Thriuvananthapuram on Saturday. DC/Anand Shinde
Actress Shabana Azmi coming out from the Kairali theater after watching a movie during IFFK at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. DC/Anand Shinde
Actress Gouthami seen coming out from the Kairali theater after watching a movie during the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. DC/Anand Shinde
Devotees performing ‘Made Snana', also called the Spit Bath, on the second day during the annual Champa Shasthi festival at the Kukke Subrahmanya temple on Saturday. For more unusual rituals, click
Actress Shubha Punja, MP Ananth Kumar, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and others take part in a walkathon organised to commemorate World Disability Day at Jayanagar in Bangalore on Saturday. KPN
Parents pose with their twin children during the 'Twins Walkathon' programme held at Cubbon Park in Bangalore on Saturday. KPN
Twin children take part in the 'Twins Walkathon' on the occasion of World twin to twin transfusion syndrome Awareness Day programme organised by IMA Fetal Care with Bangalore Fetal Medicine, at Cubbon Park in Bangalore on Saturday. KPN
Participants of the state-level 'Makkala Habba' (Children's Fest) organised by the Karnataka Balavikasa Academy in Dharwad on Saturday. KPN
Union Textiles Minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao addressing the media on Saturday. The minister claimed that there is still scope to stall the state's bifurcation. Read full story
Managing Director of India Infoline Ltd R.Venkataraman addressing the media at the company office in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Flowers being showered upon the guests from Kuwait, at the school premises in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Kuwaiti businessman and royal family member Sheikh Jassim Al Yacoub being welcomed by students of Nalanda School in Hyderabad on Saturday. Nalanda School Vice Chairman Srinivasa Raju is also seen.
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) B. Prasada Rao addressing a Meet the Press meeting at the Press Club in Hyderabad on Saturday. DC/P. Surendra
Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers (TNGOS) Association leaders addressing the media on Wednesday.
MIM MLAs meeting Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma on Saturday demanding the immediate arrest of the culprits behind the violent incidents at Mecca Masjid on Friday.
1971 Indo-Pak war veteran A. Mallaiah being felicitated by the staff of the city based Swamy Vivekananda High School on the eve of Armed Forces Day in Warangal on Saturday.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) convenor M. Kodandaram greet each other on getting the Cabinet nod on Telangana.
TDP leader and former corporator Chennupati Usharani climbs on top of a police jeep during a protest against AP bifurcation in Vijayawada on Friday.
Bank employees holding a protest meet near the State Bank of Hyderabad office in Gunfoundry, against the proposed banking sector reforms. Bank employees also served a strike notice for December 18th. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Glorious Light, a pre-Christmas concert, was held at the Hari Hara Kala Bhavan in Secunderabad on Saturday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Book lovers visit the Hyderabad Book Fair organised by the National Book Trust of India at NTR Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy rides in a bullock cart during his visit to Pulichintala Dam site in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. PTI
A sea of devotees turn up for the holy dip on Saturday.
People taking a dip at the 'Panchami Theertham' pond on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 7