Microsoft IT India Managing Director Raj Biyani and other officials during the launch of a new app 'Guardian' in Hyderabad, on Thursday. The app lets users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real
A child enjoys plays at the Naval Base ground in Kochi, on Thursday. Children are having a whale of a time with schools closed for Christmas vacations, till December 29. DC/ Arunchandra Bose
Malayalam actors Govind Padmasoorya and Gimi George take part in a Flash mob themed 'Don't do drugs, Dance instead', at Sankhumukhom beach, Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Sabarimala chief priest receives a box carrying sacred golden attire of Lord Ayyappa called ‘Thanka Anki’ for Mandala pooja at Ayyappa temple, on Wednesday. -PTI
People pour milk into the sea to mark the ninth anniversary of Tsunami at Marina Beach, in Chennai. -PTI
People look at sand sculptures to mark the ninth anniversary of Tsunami at Marina beach in Chennai, on Thursday. -PTI
Japanese tourists paying homage to tsunami victims on the occassion of 9th Tsunami annivesary at Marina beach, in Chennai, on Thursday. -PTI
Vice President (Sales) of Isuzu Motors India Kishimoto at the launch of company’s new SUV in Coimbatore, on Thursday. -PTI
Karnataka Home Minister KJ George shares a light moment with Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradker and others officials as he inspects the seized items by Bangalore police during a recovered property parade in the city, on Thursday. -KPN
A teacher, who allegedly attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison during a protest at Freedom Park in Bangalore, is being treated at a hospital, on Thursday. -KPN
A woman enjoys a drink from roadside in Bangalore.-KPN
Sand lorry loaders and workers during the third day of strike in Hubli, Karnataka, on Thursday. -PTI
KJP President BS Yeddyurappa pays his last respect to Rastrakavi GS Shivarudrappa at Ravindrakala Kshetra, in Bangalore on Thursday. –KPN
Dancers perform during the inauguartion of the 6th Bengluru International Festival at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium in Bangalore, on Thursday. -KPN
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, actors Kamal Haasan, Sudeep, Ministers Dinesh Gundurao, President KFCC, HD Gangaraju during the inauguration of the 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival, on Thursday. -KPN
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Tamil actor Kamal Haasan during a meeting in Bangalore, on Thursday. -PTI
Tribal children performs at the 'Regional Girijana Sammelanam' organised as part of Balasaheb Deshpande's 100th birthday celebrations, on Thursday.
Tribal men attends the 'Regional Girijana Sammelanam' celebrating Balasaheb Deshpande's 100th birthday celebrations, on Thursday.
YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy shows a copy of the affidavit which he submitted to President of India recently for united Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday.
Residents of Golkonda protest the obscene indulgence of youth couples in parks near 7 Tombs main entrance. The protests are a chain reaction to a Hyderabad Police Inspector who made couples do sit ups in front of the park. DC/ P.Surendra
Andhra Pradesh Congress MLA JC Diwakar Reddy talks to media on Thursday, after he received show cause notice from the party on his recent remark on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
TDP supremo N Chandera Babu Naidu releases TDP new Year calendar along with other members at the party office in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
TRS President K Chandrashekar Rao with Panchayat Raj minister K Jana Reddy and Telangana MPs for discussion with President Pranab Mukherjee in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
Telangana Rashtirya Samithi (TRS ) President K Chandershekar Rao with Panchayath Raj Minister K Jana Reddy arrives for a meeting on the Bill, on Thursday.
MIM Floor Leader of AP Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA visits a boy who got injured in a train accident, in a hospital in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
Geeta, wife of one of the 4 deceased workers, breaks down in tears at the rubber factory where overhead pipe carrying raw material exploded on Thursday. DC/ P.Surendra
Policemen inspect the rubber factory where an overhead pipe carrying hot liquidised rubber exploded in Hyderabad, on Thursday. -PTI
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 26