President Pranab Mukherjee being received by Governor of AP E. S. L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy on his arrival at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on Thursday - PTI
Amartya Sen had to stop his speech as protesters grabbed the the attention of the audience and the media present at the function - DC/P. Surendra
The protests interrupted Amartya Sen's speech. Students started shouting slogans and the economist was disturbed by the unexpected turn of events - DC/P. Surendra
But things took an ugly turn when students inside the hall raised placards in protest against the varsity authorities over the recent suicides of students - DC/P.Surendra
Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen being conferred Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) by Chancellor Hanumanth Rao (right) and Vice Chancellor Rama Krishna Ramaswamy at an investiture ceremony of University of Hyderabad on Thursday - DC/P. Surendra
TRS leader Harish Rao MLA addresses media in the Assembly premises on Thursday. Speaker adjourned the session of the Assembly till January till after the House failed to take up discussion on Telangana Bill amid the ruckus.
This TDP leader too had innovative idea of protest. TDP MLC Nanapaneni Rajakumari walks with a piece of cloth on her head in protest against bifurcation of the state at the Council and engages in conversation with other leaders - DC/Gandhi
Karunakar Reddy described Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu as betrayers of Andhra Pradesh and said that they were hand-in-glove with the process of State's division. Picture shows MLAs engaged in
Speaking to media persons at the Assembly media point, YSRCP MLA P. Karunakar Reddy said that the YSRCP has specifically placed its demand during the meeting of Business Advisory Committee (BAC) and would insist on passing of resolution in the House
YSR Congress MLAs staged a novel protest in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday. Dressed in black, they were carrying 'cauliflower' in the Assembly premises.
Left Party activists hold placards during a protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the U.S Consulate in Hyderabad on Thursday - AP
Left party activists shout slogans from inside a truck after being detained during the protest in Hyderabad - AP
A protester taken away by officials during the protest - DC/Gandhi
Policemen detain a Left Party activist during the protest in Hyderabad. The Indian diplomat said she faced repeated 'handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches' following her arrest in New York City on visa fraud charges in a case that has
Students holding placards during a protest against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to India's deputy consul general in New York Devyani Khobragade in the US, outside the American Consulate in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Left party activists shout slogans during a protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the U.S Consulate in Hyderabad on Thursday - AP
Jnanpith Award winner MT Vasudevan Nair hands over Mathrubhumi Sahitya Puraskaram to Punathil Kunjabdulla at a function in Kozhikode on Thursday. Chairman and managing director of Mathrubhumi M. P. Veerendra Kumar is also seen - DC/Venugopal
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy, flanked by health minister V.S. Sivakumar, MLA Hibi Eden and excise minister K. Babu at the inauguration of the Regional Drug Testing Laboratory in Kochi on Thursday - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Another picture from the celebration - DC/Venugopal
Students celebrate Christmas along with Santa Claus in a function held at St Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode on Thursday - DC/Venugopal
Students of Malapparambu AUP School formed a human chain near the school on Thursday protesting against the management's decision to close the school. The school management said that they were forced to take the decision as the school building faces
Dejected and tired, Krishnan sat by the road for sometime. He waved at a car for lift and the driver obliged saving the senior citizen from further trouble - DC/Anand Shinde
Krishnan, a senior citizen and a retired employee of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, had a harrowing experience during the LDF women's agitation in Kerala capital on Thursday. Picture shows he pleading with LDF workers to allow him to cross the road
Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram K. Chandrika is also seen sitting among the women protesters as LDF leader Pinarayi Vijayan speaks - DC/Anand Shinde
Police asking school students to take another route in view of the LDF women's agitation near the Cliff House in Thiruvananthapurm on Thursday - DC/Anand Shinde
LDF women activists marching to Cliff House demanding Kerala CM Oommen Chandy's resignation in connection with the solar scam as part of their 'home maker's stir' in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday - DC/Anand Shinde
Chrystine, a student of Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, is coming out with her mother Litty and her four-month old brother, after the Christmas celebrations at the School. The baby played the role of infant Jesus at the crib put up in
Two elephants share a friendly moment at the Mettupalayam Rejuvenation Camp for temple elephants in Coimbatore - PTI
Temple elephants at the 'Rejuvenation Mettupalayam Camp for temple elephants' in Coimbatore on Thursday - PTI
YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy addresses a press conference at his residence in Hyderabad on Thursday - DC/Gandhi
Chief Justice of AP High Court, Justice Kalyan Joyoti Sengupta (left), judge in the AP High Court and president of AP Judicial Academy Justice R. Subhash Reddy (second left) pose for a photograph with trainee civil judges of Uttarakhand and AP at
Army officers and others look at electronic exhibits developed by 31 officers of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) in Secunderabad. The officers were awarded Bachelor of Technology Degree from the Jawaharlal
Legislators inquired Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on his health condition when he appeared at the AP legislative council meeting in Hyderabad on Thursday. The CM had abstained from the Assembly citing his poor health recently.
Amartya Sen receives a momento at the function - DC/P. Surendra
Amrtya Sen being welcomed to an event by (from left) Pinky Reddy, Fast FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) Chairperson, Jyotsna Angara, Chairman of FLO and Sangita Reddy, Chairperson of FICCI APSC in Hyderabad on Thursday - DC/P.Surendra
The protesters were taken out of the hall by the police - DC/P. Surendra
A student protester cries as police take them away from the hall - DC/P. Surendra
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 19