MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi outside the MIM office in Hyderabad on Wednesday. On the eve of the AP Assembly session, pro-Telangana leaders met with Owaisi to seek his support to the Telangana Bill. Read full story
Namratha Khona Samra, chairperson of the Kochi chapter of Young Indians, placing a sticker on a bus as part of observing the 'No-Honking day’, in Kochi on Wednesday. DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Members of St. Teresa's College alumni association organising a Christmas sale inside the college premises, in Kochi on Wednesday. DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Malayalam movie director Madhupal accidentally meets the South Korean director at Vazhuthakkad junction, in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Kim Ki-duk poses for photographs with schoolchildren, in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Renowned South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk spotted while on a morning walk in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The director is in Kerala to attend the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Tennis star Sania Mirza arrives for the launch of the special Tennis Collection of Rado watches, in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI
Union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan receiving the Guard of Honour during the commissioning ceremony of ICGS Rajdhwaj into the Coast Guard, in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI
Vince Cable, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, United Kingdom, attending the 'Great British Festival', in Chennai on Wednesday. PTI
A man, part of a group of South African nationals of Indian origin currently on a tour of India, carries a portrait of former South African president Nelson Mandela as they perform ‘Tarpanam’ - a Hindu ritual for ancestors - at the Bay of Bengal
Cultural procession as part of Valmiki Jayanti celebrations, organised by Akhila Karnataka Valmiki Nayaka Mahasabha in Chikballapur on Wednesday. KPN
Actress Roopika, Minister Ramalinga Reddy, writer Kamala Hampana, and Sri Prakash Yogi of Patanjali Yogasrama Trust during Karnataka Vaibhava Samskritika Utsava, organised by Kannada Samskriti Pratistana at Nayana in Bangalore on Wednesday. KPN
Actors Jayamala and Bhavna during the inauguration of ‘Brushstrokes’ - an art exhibition organized by Hebron properties and Standard Chartered Bank - at Chitra Kala Parishad in Bangalore on Wednesday. KPN
KR Market wears deserted look as shopkeepers observe voluntary shut down mourning the death of the scion of Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, in Bangalore on Wednesday. KPN
Religious rituals being performed during the funeral of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, at Maduvana in Mysore on Wednesday. KPN
People stand in queues to pay tributes to the mortal remains of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, outside the Mysore Palace on Wednesday. PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays last respects to Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar at Mysore Palace in Mysore on Wednesday. KPN
Rituals being performed as part of the funeral proceedings of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, in Mysore on Wednesday. PTI
People take part in the funeral procession of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, the last descendant of the Wodeyar dynasty, at Mysore Palace on Wednesday. PTI
The trio, who were arrested by SR Nagar police for the murder of a techie, at West Zone DCP office on Wednesday. Read full story <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131211/news-crime/article/mms-helps-nab-hyderabad-techie’s-killer">here</a>
A 10-year-old boy, who had a liver failure, speaks to the media after a successful liver transplant surgery at Global Hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday. This is the first time in India that this surgery was performed using an unsuitable donor's
Transport commissioner G. Anantha Ramu presents high security registration plates to a car owner, Gayatri (left), while inaugurating the system on Wednesday. DC/Pavan Kumar
High security registration number plate being affixed on a new car at the RTA office in Khairtabad. The new number plate system, which makes its debut today, was inaugurated by Transport Commissioner Anantha Ramu on Wednesday. DC/Pavan Kumar
City police officials inspect the security arrangements at the Legislative Assembly premises. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Bomb and dog squads checking vehicles parked at Legislative Assembly premises for possible threats ahead of the Assembly session scheduled to start on Thursday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
MIM MLA Ahmed Pasha Quadri inspecting the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) restoration works on the Charminar on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha arrives for talks at MIM office in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
YSR Congress honorary president Y.S. Vijayamma addressing the media on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 11