YSR Congress Party legislators tear Telangana bill papers before mediapersons demanding United Andhra Pradesh at the Legislative Assembly in Hyderabad, on Monday. While legislators from Telangana cheered the tabling of the Bill, those from coastal
Actor Suhani Kalita feeds cake to a child at an event in Hyderabad on Sunday - PTI
President Pranab Mukherjee with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy during their meeting in Secundrabad, on Sunday. -PTI
Models pose during the Hyderabad International Fashion Week in Hyderabad on Saturday night - PTI
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
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
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
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation commissioner Somesh Kumar addresses the civic body's general body meeting in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
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
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>
CCMB director CH Mohan Rao, welcomes Nobel Laureate Prof. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to a lecture on Antibiotics and the cell's protein at Osmania University, on Friday. DC/ P.Surendra
TDP activists and police clash during the protest outside US Consulate in Hyderabad, on Friday.
TDP activists shout slogans against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the US Consulate in Hyderabad, on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, accompanied by an all-party delegation from the State, coming out after submitting a memorandum on Brijesh Kumar Tribunal verdict to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7 RCR in New Delhi on Friday. -
Andhra Mahila Sabha student K.S.V. Sindhu (right), who won six medals with her friends during the convocation ceremony of the institute in Osmania University, on Friday. DC/ P.Surendra
18 gold bars worth Rs 4.5 crores were seized from three Singapore nationals at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad in Hyderabad, on Friday. <a href="http://bit.ly/1joaEg9">Read story here</a>
Chief Justice of AP High Court, Justice Kalyan Joyoti Sengupta (left), judge in the AP High Court and president of AP Judicial Academy Justice R. Subhash Reddy (second left) pose for a photograph with trainee civil judges of Uttarakhand and AP at
Army officers and others look at electronic exhibits developed by 31 officers of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) in Secunderabad. The officers were awarded Bachelor of Technology Degree from the Jawaharlal
This TDP leader too had innovative idea of protest. TDP MLC Nanapaneni Rajakumari walks with a piece of cloth on her head in protest against bifurcation of the state at the Council and engages in conversation with other leaders - DC/Gandhi
Speaking to media persons at the Assembly media point, YSRCP MLA P. Karunakar Reddy said that the YSRCP has specifically placed its demand during the meeting of Business Advisory Committee (BAC) and would insist on passing of resolution in the House
YSR Congress MLAs staged a novel protest in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday. Dressed in black, they were carrying 'cauliflower' in the Assembly premises.
Policemen detain a protester outside the American Consulate in Hyderabad on Wednesday - DC/Gandhi
Students holding placards during a protest against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to India's deputy consul general in New York Devyani Khobragade in the US, outside the American Consulate in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Left party activists shout slogans during a protest against the alleged mistreatment of New York based Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, near the U.S Consulate in Hyderabad on Thursday - AP
Amartya Sen had to stop his speech as protesters grabbed the the attention of the audience and the media present at the function - DC/P. Surendra
But things took an ugly turn when students inside the hall raised placards in protest against the varsity authorities over the recent suicides of students - DC/P.Surendra
Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen being conferred Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) by Chancellor Hanumanth Rao (right) and Vice Chancellor Rama Krishna Ramaswamy at an investiture ceremony of University of Hyderabad on Thursday - DC/P. Surendra
President Pranab Mukherjee being received by Governor of AP E. S. L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy on his arrival at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on Thursday - PTI
Tennis star Sania Mirza and DGP Prasada Rao stand near to a miniature model of a police check post during the event - DC/Deepak Deshpande
YSR Congress MLAs arrived at the Assembly on Wednesday carrying cartoons against AP CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Delegates interacting with each other at the TIE Summit in Hyderabad on Wedneday - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Seemandhra employees working in AP Secretariat stage a protest against the bifurcation of the state on Wednesday - DC/Gandhi
Tennis star Sania Mirza and DGP Prasada Rao stand near to a miniature model of a police check post during the event - DC/Deepak Deshpande
Tollywood actor Manchu Vishnu takes part in a cake-mixing ceremony at a hospital ahead of the Christmas festivities in Hyderabad on Wednesday - PTI
Syeda Falak, student of Villa Marie Degree College for Women, Hyderabad, demonstrates her martial arts skills during the College Sports Day on Wednesday as other students look on with bated breath.
Seven persons, arrested in a murder case, are being produced before the media by the West Zone police in Hyderabad on Wednesday - DC/Gandhi
CPI state secretary Dr K. Narayana addressing party workers at Makhdoom Bhavan in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A blind child dressed as Santa Claus distributes candies during Christmas celebrations at the Devnar School for the Blind in Hyderabad on Wednesday - AP
TRS legislator K.T. Rama Rao greets YSRC MLA Srikanth Reddy and others on Tuesday. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Students of City College in Hyderabad boycott their class in protest against the incident in the AP Assembly on Monday during which Seemandhra legislators tore copies of the Telangana Bill. DC/P. Surendra
A woman Maniyamma working in Sri Medha college at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, cries after her son committed suicide on Tuesday. The boy, Sai, was a Class IX student. DC/P. Surendra
Police put up barricades at the media point - where clashes broke out between MLAs on Monday - in the Assembly premises to prevent clashes. DC/S. Surender Reddy
Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Aamir Khan at a press conference on their latest film 'Dhoom 3', in Hyderabad on Tuesday. PTI
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy paying condolences to TRS General Secretary K Keshava Rao whose wife passed away on Monday night.
Andhra Pradesh Assembly speaker Nadendla Manohar addressing the Business Advisory Committee meeting which was also attended by various party floor leaders, in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
A few students were also taken into custody when they tried to break the security cordon.
Hyderabad City Police controlled the attempt of the students to take out a rally which otherwise could have gone worse.
Pro-Telangana students of Osmania University during a clash with the police after introduction Telangana Bill in the Assembly, in Hyderabad, on Monday. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bTWM7S"> <b>Story here</b></a>
S G K Kishore (centre) of GMR with Laster Ledema (right) of Tigerair and Sanjiv Kapoor (left) Chief Operating officer of SpiceJet at a media conference to announce their tie-up, in Hyderabad, on Monday.
Activists of various organisations staging a silent protest near US Consulate office in Hyderabad, on Monday over the diplomatic standoff between India and US over Devyani Khobragade's immunity.
Telugu Desam MLC Nannapeneni Rajakumari and party colleague Satish Reddy are jostled by TRS MLC Swami Goud at the media point in the Assembly on Monday even as a few cops tried to stop the TRS MLC.
Legislators against Telangana burn a copy of the bill in protest. Big ruckus was witnessed in the Assembly by legislators favouring and opposing it.
While legislators from Telangana cheered the tabling of the Bill, those from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions tore the copies in protest and anger.
Andhra Pradesh last week in pictures: December 16 - 22