Notwithstanding the absence of any clear timeline on the Telangana state coming into existence, the race for the chief minister's post is hotting up. Though not openly, hectic lobbying is reported in Congress and other party circles for the most
A woman's umbrella is turned inside out as the storm hits Copenhagen on Thursday. - AP
A woman and her dog are rescued by the RNLI or Royal National Lifeboat Institute, from floods as heavy seas and high tides sweep across the country, in Rhyl. - AP
Emergency workers attend the scene of a fatal truck accident as a lorry sits on top of two cars near Bathgate, Scotland, after strong winds hit the region early Thursday. - AP
A rescue vessel is on a control tour on a rough sea in front of the North Sea island Norderney, Northern Germany. - AP
Pedestrians make their way during heavy snowfalls near Berlin's central station Friday Dec. 6, 2013. Weather forecasts predict ongoing stormy weather with low temperatures in Germany. - AP
Seagulls paddle among abandoned cars on the flooded Harbour Road in Helsingborg, Southern Sweden. - AP
Icy winter storm Xaver lashed Northern Europe with hurricane-force winds, where the death toll rose to 10 while hundreds of thousands suffered power blackouts and road, rail and air transport chaos. - AFP
People gathered in front of the snow blanketed Brandenburg gate during the winter storm in Berlin. - AFP
Paris Street Department employees use a bull dozer to clear the street of a large tree that fell blocking the road. - AFP
A wave breaks over the flooded Harbour Road in Helsingborg, Southern Sweden. - AP
Two men walk down a flooded street, in Helsingborg, Sweden. - AP
A woman stands in front of a huge wave on the seafront, in Rhyl, Wales as winter storm Xaver approaches.- AP
An aid worker tries to remove a tree blown down by the wind onto a car, in Davidsons Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland. - AP
Europe witnessing one of its worst winter storm Xaver