CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy arrives to inaugurate the AP Formation Day celebrations in Hyderabad on Friday.
The TDP chief interacted with cotton farmers who lose their crops in the rain fury.
TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu meeting people in the flood-affected areas in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
Pro-Telangana activists, including daughter of TRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao K. Kavitha, shouting slogans during the protest.
Pro-Telangana students shout slogans during a protest in support of TJAC's 'Black Day' call for Telangana, at Gun Park in Hyderabad on Friday.
BCCI President N. Srinivasan comes out after appearing before the CBI court in Hyderabad in connection with the case - DC/P. Surendra
YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy comes out after appearing before a special court in Hyderabad on Friday in illegal assets case - DC/P. Surendra
A view of the illuminated historic Charminar on the occasion AP Formation day in Hyderabad on Friday.
School students cheer with the trophy that they received.
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy presenting awards to school children at a cultural programme held on the occasion of AP Formation Day in Hyderabad on Friday.
Special Police members from Nalgonda district rejoice with their trophy after their contingent was selected as the best one in the parade at the AP Formation Day celebrations.
Senior police officers from Nalgonda district receive the award for the best contingent in the parade from CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.
Band orchestra members perform at the event. "The state and the people are in... uncertainty. There is confusion whether we will celebrate the Formation Day festival again or not. I pray to 'Telugu Talli' (Telugu mother) that this festival continues
The CM distributed various awards at the event.
Another picture from the parade by Special Police. With the approval of the creation of Telangana, which would split the state in two, triggering widespread protests in Andhra Pradesh, this year's celebrations for Andhra Pradesh Formation Day may be
Students perform a dance during the celebrations in Hyderabad.
School student dressed as Mahatma Gandhi (C) sits with fellow students as they take part in state formation day celebrations in Hyderabad on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) personnel march during Andhra Pradesh state formation day celebrations.
Students performing during the event. Andhra Pradesh, which was created in 1956, was India's first state to be set up on grounds of a shared language and laid down a precedent for establishing states along linguistic lines.
CM Kiran Kumar Reddy along with senior police officers salute the Indian flag.
In his address on the occasion, Reddy remarked that the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had been a staunch integrationist as he reiterated his views against the state's bifurcation.
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy (centre) hoists the national flag during Andhra Pradesh state formation day celebrations in Hyderabad.
Dancer Mythili Prakash performing Bharatanatyam at Dharani Kalotsav-2013 at the Fine Arts Hall in Kochi on Friday - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Kerala governor Nikhil Kumar, a cricket fan that he is, grabs a book on the game, after inaugurating the 19th international book fair organised by DC Books at Marine Drive Ground in Kochi on Friday. Publisher Ravi Deecee (left) and N.E. Sudheer,
A traditional lamp made using vegetables, fruits, flowers and rice grain exhibited on the pedestrian path before the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Keralappiravi Day. The 'agriculture lamp' has been prepared as part of the 'Agriculture
Serpentine queue in front of the SL Theatre Complex in Thiruvananthapuram where Tamil movie Arrambam is being screened on Friday - DC/A.V. Muzafar
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy watering a coconut sapling planted by him in the Secretariat premises at 'Kerasamrudhi' programme. Ministers K.P. Mohanan, V.S. Sivakumar, MLA K. Muraleedharan MLA and Chief secretary E.K. Bharat Bhooshan are also seen - DC/
Kerala Transport Commissioner Rishi Raj Singh takes the footpath at Kanakakkunnu in search of his official vehicle. Most of the vehicles were parked far away from the CM's event venue on Friday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Women in traditional wear walk past police officials at Kanakakkunnu in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Police had upped the security ahead of an event attended by CM Oommen Chandy in the capital city in the wake of the recent stone pelting attack
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy offers a piece of cake to Speaker G. Karthikeyan celebrating Keralappiravi Day at the inauguration of the family welfare sub centers at an event in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
The students decorated their college campus with palm leaves to celebrate Keralappiravi Day - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
College students in traditional Kerala attire going through a Malayalam book exhibition on Keralappiravi Day on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Airline officials playing with Alex, the newly procured sniffer dog of Customs department, at Cochin International Airport in Kochi on Friday after the official launch of the dog squad - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Newly elected Shabarimala chief priest PN Narayanan Namboothiri (C) and Malikappuram chief priest PM Manoj Embranthiri (R) being welcomed at a function in Kozhikode on Friday - PTI
Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh presents land documents (pattayam) to a beneficiary at a programme in Kannur district on Friday. Kannur in Kerala has become the first district in the country where every family owes a piece of land
Kerala CM Oommen Chandy honouring poet Sugathakumari at the 'Sreshta Bhasha Day' observation to mark Keralappiravi on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram. Information secretary Rani George, Poet Puthussery Ramachandran, K. Muraleedharan MLA, Ministers K.C
The Malayalam film director-actor couple had decided not to have a lavish wedding and donated Rs 10 lakh towards the welfare of poor cancer patients.
Malayalam film actor Rima Kallingal with director Aashiq Abu after their marriage at the Sub-Registrar's office in Kochi on Friday.
The accident site in Kumbakonam.
People rush an injured victim of a fire at a cracker factory to hospital near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.
Police officials at the fire cracker unit after a fire accident near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nandu on Friday. 9 people were killed in the accident.
India's Ravindra Jadeja with Coach Duncan Fletcher during the practice session.
Team India players warming themselves up in Bengaluru on Friday.
India's Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli play football during a practice session at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday, ahead of the 7th ODI against Australia which will take place on Saturday. The winner of Saturday's match will lift the title.
A police person drives away a herd of donkeys from a road during a Kannada Rajyotsava procession in Chikmagalur on Friday.
Students dressed up as freedom fighters take part in a procession on the occasion of Karnataka 'Rajyotsava' in Hubli on Friday.
Traditional sky lanterns 'Goodudeepas' displayed at Kudroli Gokarnatheshwara Temple ahead of Diwali in Mangalore on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: November 1