People look at the body of Telugu film actor Uday Kiran, who committed suicide, at his house in Hyderabad Sunday night. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1cEIfcf">Read more here</a></b>. For more pictures, <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1dlK1oW">click here</a></b>
The Macca Masjid is brightly decorated with lights on the eve of Milad-Un-Nabi in Hyderabad on Sunday - DC/P. Surendra <b><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140113/news-current-affairs/article/hyderabad-gears-milad-un-nabi">Read here: Hyderabad</a></b>
Bohra Muslims took out Milad procession at Red Hills in Hyderabad Sunday evening to mark Milad-Un-Nabi, the Birth Anniversary of Prophet Mohammad. Many children from the community too took part in the procession in their traditional attire - DC/P.
Thanks to Sankranti, the prices of vegetables have come down in Hyderabad. A kilogram of onion costs Rs 10 now. Picture taken at a vegetable market on Sunday.
A vendor with Modi kites in Mangalhat, Hyderabad. Over ten thousand kites sold out in the area. <b><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140112/news-current-affairs/gallery/pictures-kites-colour-indian-skies">Kite festivals in pictures</a></b>
With the kite festival around, kites featuring BJP's PM candidate and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is on much demand in Hyderabad. Picture taken from Mangalhat in the city on Sunday.
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh garland the statue of late P. Janardhan Reddy on his birth anniversary in Khairatabad, Hyderabad on Sunday - PTI
Another woman makes her way too with the help of others - DC/ Deepak Deshpande <b><a href="Andhra Pradesh witnesses huge Sankranti rush">Link text</a></b>
Phew, she finally made it! Bus and railway stations in the city have been witnessing massive rush of people as they jostled for space in the buses and trains heading to various districts, mainly Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, to reach their
Here, a woman is seen trying to get inside a train through the emergency window on the eve of Sankranthi festival on Sunday. DC/ Deepak Deshpande.
Lakhs of people headed to their native places from Hyderabad in all available modes of transport for 'Sankranti' festival to be celebrated on Tuesday. Picture taken from Secunderabad Railway station shows people vying among each other to get into a
The police of Charminar Division too took out a peace rally on Sunday - DC/P.Surendra <b><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140113/news-current-affairs/gallery/tight-security-cover-hyderabad">For more pictures</a></b>
Armed Forces personnel take out a flag march and peace rally near the historical Charminar in Hyderabad Old City on the eve of Milad-un-nabi and Sankranti festivals on Sunday - DC/P.Surendra
A free dental camp was set up at the event.
A Sikh devotee taking picture on his mobile during the event.
Golden temple main priest Giani Jaswinder Singh participated in the Vishaal Diwan (congregation) at the Keys High School in Hyderabad where thousands of Sikhs participated in the Kertans on Saturday.
A statue of Swami Vivekananda in Hyderabad looks new after being painted ahead of the social reformer's 151st birth anniversary that falls on January 12.
Activists and supporters of LGBT community protest against article 377, which criminalises gay sex, at KBR Park in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad on Saturday - DC/Pavan
YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a child during his Samaikya Shankaravam yatra in Chittoor district on Saturday.
A boy greets a jawan at Musheerabad Area in Hyderabad during the Flag March and peace rally ahead of Eid-e-Milad and Makara Sankranti on Saturday - DC
BSF soldiers march during a peace rally urging citizens of various communities to maintain peace in Hyderabad on Saturday. The soldiers marched past through sensitive areas to dispel communal fear ahead of Jan 14 when two festivals, Eid-e-Milad, the
Hyd police arrested two persons in connection with the gang rape of a Mumbai-based model in the city on the eve of the new year on Saturday. Police recorded the statement of the victim, who was brought from Mumbai on Friday, and arrested Venkata
Bus stations in Hyderabad witnessed heavy rush on Saturday as people left for their homes for Sankranti holidays. Picture from LB Nagar on Saturday - DC/P.Surendra
Devotees stand in queue to have a darshan at Lord Venkanteshwara Temple in Vivekanandanagar Colony on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi while a man plays music as he roams with a decorated bull. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/19mbTIc">Read here</a></b> -
The long queue saw people standing on the streets waiting for their to have darshan. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1hbqXbR">Read here</a></b>
Devotees taken part in a holy procession of Lord Venkateswara at Venkanteshwara Swamy temple on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi in Vivekanandanagar Colony in Kukatpally on Saturday. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1lPVbEu">Read here: Devotees throng</a></b>
Women collect Tulasi saplings which were distributed free of cost to devotees who came to have a darshan at Lord Venkanteshwara temple on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi in Vivekanandanagar colony in Kukatpally, Hyderabad on Saturday - DC/Pavan
Aam Aadmi Party supporters pose for a photo during their membership campaign at Moghalpura in Old City of Hyderabad on Saturday - PTI <b><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140106/news-politics/article/telugu-desam-man-join-hands-aap">Telugu</a></b>
Participants at the 'Rangoli Making Competition' organised ahead of the Sankranthi festival in Hyderabad on Friday - PTI
Five Nigerians were among six persons arrested from Bangalore on charges of hacking bank accounts of several people and fraudulently transferring money from such accounts, Hyderabad police said on Friday. Picture shows the accused being produced
Activists of Telangana Vidyarthi Parishad stage a protest against the linkage of Aadhar to scholarships in Himayatnagar, Hyderabad on Friday - DC/Gandhi
The Mumbai-based model who was allegedly gang raped in Hyderabad was brought to the city on Friday for further investigation in the case. Here, she is seen with police personnel around her as she makes her way at the Nampally Railway station in
YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy addresses crowd of supporters during his Samaikya Sankharavam Yatra in Chittoor district on Friday. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1ew4OVv">Read here</a></b>
MLAs submit copies of the amendments to Telangana Bill to Speaker Nandela Manohar in Hyderabad on Friday. -PTI <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1afFRsB">Read here: Debate on draft Bill turns into political slugfest</a></b>
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy comes out of the AP Assembly after session on Telangana Bill in Hyderabad on Friday. There were some light moments in the AP Assembly during the debate on draft Telangana Bill on Friday when the CM's response
Anji Reddy from Patancheru joins BJP in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh in Hyderabad on Thursday - PTI
People warm themselves by a fire on a cold morning in Hyderabad on Thursday. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January - AP
AP Congress MLA Shankar Rao and his daughter Sushmita stand next to a nine-feet statue which he calls 'Goddess Sonia', built in gratitude for the Centre's decision to create a Telangana state, on Tuesday. The 'Goddess Sonia' statue, to be cast in
Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar greets policemen outside Gandhi Bhavan, in Hyderabad, on Wednesday. The MP from Telangana recently created flutter for threatening to shoot down helicopter of Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Reddy
Lok Satta party MLA Jayaprakash Narayan interacts with TRS MLAs who gheraoed his office on Wednesday. The party chief reportedly met Aam Aadmi Party founder and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on January 11 to discuss ways for the two parties
MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA looks at a kite that fell in the Assembly premises on Tuesday. Kite is the MIM's party symbol. <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140111/news-politics/article/mim-asks-31-changes"><b>Read here: MIM asks</b></a>
MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA with Congress whip G Venkatramana Reddy at Assembly on Wednesday.
Photographers rush to take pictures of Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad as he steps out of Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad answers media as he steps out of Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday. Read more: <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1ah9vBg">Parliament has 10 days to clear Telangana</a></b>
Staff and students of Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Hyderabad protest the appointment of new principal violating the norms, on Wednesday. DC/ P Surendra
YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a baby at a mass public meeting during his Samaikhya Shankaravam yatra in Chitoor district, on Tuesday. Jagan's yatra has been witnessing huge crowds indicating his increasing support base in Seemandhra.
Telangana joint action committee (TJAC) convenor M. Kodandaram plays drum during a protest at Indira Park, demanding Telangana bill be introduced in Assembly, on Tuesday.
A woman clicks photo of her kin while enjoying Haleem at the Exhibition Grounds at Nampally, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. DC/ P Surendra
Police detaining CPI leaders Syed Azeez Pasha, K. Ramakrishna, V. Ramnarshima Rao and others during the 'Chalo Assembly Rally' to demand justice to Palem accident victims, in Hyderabad, on Tuesday. -PTI
Sikh devotees praying on the occasion of 348th Birth anniversary of 10th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji at Gurudwara Saheb, Gowliguda in Hyderabad on Tuesday. -PTI
Police officials prevent a Buddhist monk from entering the archives department, at Public Gardens, Hyderabad, as Assembly Session was going on, on Tuesday.
Pro-Telangana activists of Osmania University carry an injured student from the clash scene.
The violent protests continued on Tuesday too. Picture shows pro-Telangana students of Osmania University engaged in a clash with the police after introduction Telangana Bill in the Assembly, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. <b></b>
A girl child looking at armed police force as they make their way in front of the Osmania University during the agitation on Monday. DC Online also conducted a caption contest for this picture.
Osmania University students supporting the creation of a separate state of Telangana shout slogans during a protest in Hyderabad on Monday. Protests broke out after the students were prevented from taking out a rally towards the Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Minister Sake Sailajanath addresses the media after the BAC meeting in Hyderabad on Monday. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1drxkmZ">Speaker opens Telangana gates</a></b>
TRS MLAs share a lighter moments as they address the media the Media Point in the Assembly premises on Monday. The beginning of the week again witnessed disruptions in AP Assembly over the draft Telangana Bill and the House could not start with the
MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA shares a lighter moment with others after the Business Advisory Meeting on Telangana Bill in the Assembly premises on Monday.
The blaze started in the agro-chemical factory at around 11.15 AM and the flames spread rapidly. The workers immediately noticed the fire and informed the police. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/JPGylX">Read report here</a></b>
Firemen busy dousing the fire which broke out in a chemical factory in Bibinagar area in Nalgonda, district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday - PTI
The Rastrapati Nilayam at Bolarum will be opened for public viewing from January 6 to 12 between 10 am and 5 pm. For more pictures: <b><a href="http://bit.ly/KzlHnz">Rashtrapati Nilayam abuzz with visitors</a></b> - DC/P.Surendra
Interior of the Rashtrapati Nilayam is seen in the picture. The department has installed CCTVs and has made arrangements for snacks stalls at C-II garage by local vendors. -DC/P. Surendra
Schoolchildren peep through a window to see the interiors of Rashtrapati Nilayam during their visit on Monday. The Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bolarum was opened for public viewing between 10 am and 5 pm. - DC/P.Surendra
Andhra Pradesh last week in pictures: January 6-12