Andhra Pradesh CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy, K H Muniyappa, Union Minister for State for MSME at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of National Institute for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Hyderabad, on Saturday. -PTI
G Karthikeyan, Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly, inaugurates the 7th Trivandrum International book fair, on Saturday. A total of 200 individual book stalls have been set up at the book fair organised by the Kerala Institute of Children's
A large machinery being transported by specially designed container to the Kochi Refinery from the Ernakulam Wharf, on Saturday. DC/ Arunchandra Bose
A vendor in Kochi displays Christmas stars for sale. The city has been already gripped with festive spirit, ahead of Christmas. DC/ Arunchandra Bose
Activists of demanding implementation of Madhav Gadgil report which is against the economic activities on Western Ghats, light candles near Kochi High Court on Saturday evening. The activists' one-day-long standing protest was inspired by the
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. (India) Marketing Manager Gaurav Parikh, at the launch of the new Rapide S, in Coimbatore, on Saturday. -PTI
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader and Lok Sabha MP Thol Thirumavalavan meets DMK Chief M Karunanidhi at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai, on Saturday. -PTI
Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa cuts a cake during Christmas function, in Chennai on Saturday. -PTI
Members of various student organisations protest outside the US consulate in Chennai against the alleged humiliation of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, on Saturday. -PTI
DYFI members burn a US flag in protest outside the US consulate in Chennai against the alleged humiliation of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, on Saturday. -PTI
Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra at the inauguration of a jewellery showroom at Jayanagar, in Bangalore, on Saturday. –KPN
The winners of Indian National Rally Championship Arjun Dev and Satish K Rajgopal celebrate on the stand along with their team in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, on Saturday. –KPN
Activists stage a protest against a festival procession in Bangalore, on Saturday. Police controlled a clash that broke out betweeen activists and devotees. –KPN
Cultural procession during Adda Pallakki Utsava of Sri Prasanna Renuka Veerasomeshwara Rajadeshikendra Swami of Rambapuri Mutt and Sri Beema Shankara Shivacharya Swami of Himavat Kedara at Basavanagudi, in Bangalore on Saturday. -KPN
Corporation Bank officer Jyothi Uday, who was brutally attacked with a machete inside an ATM kiosk, speaks during a press conference before she was discharged from hospital, in Bangalore, on Saturday. -PTI
Serial killer 'Cyanide' Mohan being brought out of a court in Mangalore, after being sentenced to death, on Saturday. –KPN <a href="http://bit.ly/19Exjyx">Read story here</a>
JDS National President HD Devegowda during party office-bearers meeting at JDS Office in Bangalore, on Saturday. –KPN
Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde, writer Ko Chennabasappa and Director ISRO S K Shivakumar after receiving ‘Nadoja’ award, during 22nd ‘Nudi Habba’ (convocation) of Hampi Kannada University, in Hampi, Karnataka, on Saturday. –KPN
Inaugural function of Malkajgiri RDO office takes place in the suburban Hyderabad area, on Saturday. DC/S.Surender Reddy
Police barricades are placed at Vayupuri colony on Saturday in view of inauguration of Malkajgiri RDO office. The blockage has caused severe inconvenience to the residents as the stage is set up on the road. DC/ S.Surender Reddy.
Police examines the blast site at Ramkoti, on Saturday. DC/ P.Surendra
Sunil, a 30-year-old Balloon vendor, from Uttar Pradesh, is being shifted to hospital, after his hydrogen cylinder blasted near Ramkoti, on Saturday. DC/P.Surendra
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation commissioner Somesh Kumar addresses the civic body's general body meeting in Hyderabad, on Saturday. DC/ P.Surendra
Former Mayor Banda Karthika Reddu and other women corporators involve in a chat at the corporation premises during a general body meeting, in Hyderabad, on Saturday. DC/ P.Surendra
AP Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Pepsico India's Beverage Manufacturing Facility in Chittor district on Saturday. -PTI <a href="http://bit.ly/194hKj7">Read story here</a>
A rickshaw puller wrapped in a blanket, smokes in Hyderabad, on Saturday. Though Andhra Pradesh is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January. -AP
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 21