A woman carries her child wrapped in a shawl on a cold morning in Hyderabad on Monday - AP
Sreenith Mohan of GHSS Elamakkara sets a new meet record in the senior boys high jump in the athletics meet - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Arya T.S. of SNMHS Vannappuram sprints to gold in the senior girls' 100 metre hurdles in Kerala School Athletics meet - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Nalacharitham Kathakali organised by Drisyavedi as part of a week-long Kathakali festival at Theerthapada Mandapam in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday - DC/Anand Shinde
Excise Minister K. Babu launching a students anti-drug rally at Panangad in Kochi on Monday. Also seen are ACP Muhammed Rafique and Director Major Ravi - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Children belonging to Malavetan caste participating in a dharna in Thiruvananthapuram demanding to include their caste in the Schedule Tribe on Monday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Commuters found themselves trapped in the heavy rain in Thiruvananthapuram Monday evening - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Vehicles wade through the flood water in front of the press club in Thiruvananthapuram Monday night - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Another picture of the flooded road at East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram. People tussle with an unexpected rain in the Kerala capital on Monday - DC/Anand Shinde
An auto-rickshaw tries to make its way on a flooded road in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday - DC/Anand Shinde
The luxury ship Aida Aura is seen anchored at the Kochi port on Monday - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Actor Anushka Shetty speaks at an AIDS awareness programme in Chennai on Monday - PTI
Viswanathan Anand and his wife Aruna Anand at the prize distribution ceremony of FIDE World Chess Championship 2013 in Chennai on Monday. Anand had to settle for the runner-up prize money of Rs 6.03 crore, a silver plaque and silver medal - PTI
New world chess champion Magnus Carlsen gestures while receiving the FIDE World Chess Championship trophy in Chennai on Monday. Carlsen won the match in Chennai Friday beating Indian title holder Viswanathan Anand.
Norway's Magnus Carlsen is presented the prize check by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalitha after his win over India's Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in Chennai on Monday. At center is FIDE (World Chess Federation)
A car that went out of control hit a goods vehicle and another car in a serial accident at Sumanahalli Bridge on Magadi road in Bangalore on Monday. Two people were killed and four others injured in the accident - KPN
RAF personnel positioned for security at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha during winter assembly session in Belgaum, Karnataka on Monday - KPN
Actor Radhika Kumaraswamy (centre) inaugurated the '8th Wonder', a photography exhibition by K. Venkatesh at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore on Monday - KPN
Forest team captures a wild elephant that was spotted at Maradikere village, Alur Taluk in Hassan district, Karnataka on Monday - KPN
People stand in front of an ATM kiosk at Shivajinagar in Bangalore, which was closed down following the recent security guidelines issued by the government, on Monday - KPN
Youth Congress workers stage a protest at Anandrao Circle in Bangalore on Monday making fun of the KJP’s recent dharana regarding Shadi Bhagya scheme - KPN
KJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa stages a dharna sitting in the well of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum during the winter session of Karnataka Assembly on Monday - KPN
Now, it is the turn of these car riders to stun us - KPN
Bike riders perform daredevilry stunts as part of the Karavali Utsav 2013 at Rabindranath Tagore Beach in Karwar, Karnataka on Monday - KPN
A prospective buyer checks out Volvo's new luxury sport utility vehicle XC60 soon after its launch in Bangalore on Monday.
Volvo's new luxury sport utility vehicle XC60, right, and sedan S60 are on display after their launch in Bangalore on Monday. Volvo's XC60 and S60 come with Laser Assisted Automatic Braking and are prized at US$ 67,913 and US $49,536 - AP
Punjagutta police arrested two persons, namely Kumawath and Bhaskar NaiK in a theft case and recovered Rs 25 lakh worth jewellery from them. The accused were presented before media at the West Zone DCP office in Hyderabad - DC
Cops seized a flat, a car, a bike and other materials worth Rs 70 lakh from the arrested. Picture shows the cash seized from the gang - DC/S.Surender Reddy
Five persons were on Monday arrested from Hyderabad for allegedly duping investors to the tune of Rs 80 lakh in name of running a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme. The accused included Sunil Kumar Singh who is allegedly the mastermind of the fraud
A view of the audience at the Women Commission's event.
Andhra Pradesh Women's Commission discussed the safety of women, their development and their empowerment in an event attended by Union minister Killi Kruparani (centre) and state minister Sunitha Laxma Reddy (right) on Monday. Indira Priyadarshini
Another picture from the demolition - DC/S. Surender Reddy
Secunderabad Cantonment Board officials demolish illegal structures in the Millenium Gardens Function hall premises at Tivoli Crossroads in Secunderabad on Monday - DC/S.Surender Reddy
A foot-over bridge in Dilsuknagar that is helpful for many college students and shoppers in the area will have to be removed as soon as the Metro Rail makes its way there. Pillars have already been erected for the construction at the site - DC/P.
Jagan greeted by supporters as he arrives at the domestic airport in Mumbai on Monday - PTI
YSR Congress party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy submits a memorandum to Union minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar during his visit to Mumbai on Monday to support 'united' Andhra Pradesh.
Former Mrs India Shilpa Reddy during an event in Hyderabad on Monday - PTI
Seemandhra employees in the Secretariat put up a banner appreciating Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday for speaking out against bifurcation of the state before the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana - DC/S.Surender Reddy
CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy garlanded at the event on Monday.
Kiran completed three years in his office on Monday.
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy addressing a Rachabanda event at Kadapa in Anantapur district on Monday.
A woman ragpicker, wrapped in a shawl, stands near her cycle on a cold morning in Hyderabad. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January - AP
A woman worker sweeps a road on a cold and foggy morning in Hyderabad on Monday - AP
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: November 25