Cadets at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) help each other out before taking part in the 'Dikshant parade', at Hakimpet, in Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. DC/ S.Surender Reddy
Kochi Mayor Toni Chamminy, Dominic Presantation MLA, Hiby Eden MLA, IG K Padmakumar during the Show run as part of the Kochi Marathon, on Saturday. DC/ Arunchandra Bose
BCCI president N Srinivasan leaves after attending an emergent working committee meeting to discuss the possible implications of banned former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi’s re-entry into RCA, in Chennai, on Saturday. -PTI
A cage installed by forest officials to trap a tiger at Bandipur reserve forest in Gundlupet taluk in Chamarajanagar District, on Saturday, following an attack by the animal. –KPN
Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj inaugurates The XV National annual Convention organised by National organisation of Students of planning, Delhi and Institute of development students, University of Mysore, at Manasagangotri in Mysore, on Saturday. –KPN
The race was held for charity collection at Narendra village in Dharwad, Karnataka, on Saturday. –KPN
Farmers participate in a bullock-cart race at Narendra village in Dharwad, on Saturday. –KPN
Bangalore civic body BBMP Mayor B S Satyanarayana, former deputy mayor S Harish, K.V.Nagaraj and others during 109th Birth Anniversary celebration of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu at Freedom park in Bangalore, on Saturday. –KPN
A bus fell off a small bridge in Mandya killing five travellers and injuring 32 others, on Saturday. –KPN
Members of ‘Thungabhadra Maralu Saganikedarara Sangha’ rally in protest against the new sand extraction policy in Hubli, on Saturday. –KPN
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC President G Parameshwara, Minister HK Patil and others during Congress Foundation Day Celebration in Bangalore, on Saturday. –KPN
Cultural procession during Kittur Channamma 190th Vijayotsava in Bagalkot, Karnataka, on Saturday. –KPN
Police lathi charge during a communal clash in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, on Saturday. –KPN
Gujarati women during the auditions for Miss and Mrs Gujarati-India Contest in Hyderabad, on Saturday. -PTI
NTR's daughter and Union Minister Daggubati Purandeshwari greets Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Rao Reddy during her husband D Venkateshwera Rao's book launch function, in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
TRS leader KT Rama Rao interacts with Daggubati Venkateswara Rao MLA and son-in-law of late NTR during the latter's book launching function, held at Jubilee Hills club, on Saturday.
TRS leader KT Rama Rao shakes hand with AP chief minister Kiran Rao Reddy during the book launch ceremony of Dr D Venkateshwer Rao MLA, on Saturday.
Justice J. Chelameswar Judge, Supreme court of India (first left) looks on as AP Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy felicitates Daggubati Venkateswara Rao after releasing his book at Jubilee Hills club, on Saturday. DC/Pavan Kumar
Railways officials carry a body of one of the victims out of the coach that caught fire, near Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam railway station in Anantpur, on Saturday. <a href="http://bit.ly/1dJr0J7">Full story here</a>
A cutout of a traffic policeman is kept at a junction in Hyderabad. The new sign boards are installed at many places in the city indicating the spots where a free left can be taken. DC/ P.Surendra
AP Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana and other party leaders remember late Congress leader P. Janardhan Reddy on his 6th death anniversary, on Saturday, at Gandhi Bhavan. DC/ by P. Surendra
MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi MP distributes bags and note books to Urdu Medium school children of Old Hyderabad, on Saturday.
Governor of Uttarkhand Dr Aziz Qureshi during a function 'Jashan-e khusrau', at Jubilee Hall in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
A man drinks water from a broken pipe in Alwal near Hyderabad, on Saturday. DC/ S.Surender Reddy.
Cadets take part in a drill at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), on Saturday. Dc/ S.Surender Reddy
A cadet at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) performs a jump as part of a drill, on Saturday. DC/ S.Surender Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 28