AP Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana during a press meet at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday. He said about 30 MLAs were ready quit Congress and move to other parties. <a href="http://bit.ly/1eIcg2n">Story here</a>
Kerala minister VS Sivakumar visits a book exhibition organised by 'Bala Sahitya Accademy' in Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Southern Air Command Headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram say farewell to Air Marshal RK Jolly with the traditional Guard of Honour, on Friday. He moves on to the Eastern Air Command to assume the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief’s post. DC/
NCC cadets undergoes training in a school in Kannur, Kerala, on Friday. 700 cadets from four North Kerala districts are attending the 10-day camp which commenced on December 21. DC/ Venugopal
A Theyyam performance at a temple Kozhikode, Kerala, on Friday. DC/ Venugopal
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurates the Cochin Export Processing Zone Industries Association's silver jubilee celebrations at Kochi on Friday. -PTI
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia with wife Isher Ahluwalia at the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, on Friday. -PTI
French tennis player Benoit Paire arrives to participate in ATP Chennai Open 2014 in Chennai, on Friday. -PTI
Tennis player Somdev Devvarman during a practice session for ATP Chennai Open 2014 at SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, on Friday. -PTI
BJP National President Rajnath Singh arrives for BJP Special State Executive committee meeting, in Bangalore, on Friday. -KPN
Kannada actor Roopika, Hardhika Shetty and others at the inauguration of 'Avarkai Mela' in VV Puram, Bangalore, on Friday. The 'Mela' is an annual event in which farmers from rural districts around Bangalore bring the beans to city for trade. -KPN
Artists perform during the inauguration of the Bangalore International Film Festival in Bangalore, on Thursday. -PTI
An activist caught on fire during a protest by Sand lorry loaders, drivers and workers at KC Circle in Hubli, Karnataka, on Friday against the new sand extraction policy. -KPN
Fire-men douse blaze at a hotel in Belgaum, Karnataka on Friday. Police suspect that short circuit caused the fire. -KPN
Peacocks walk freely on a busy road in Hyderabad. Concerned over the dwindling number of national birds, the city seems to have accomplished the impossible by showing significant increase in the population of the birds.
V. Hanumantha Rao MP addressing telangana MLAs MPs in a meeting at Banjara hills Ministers quarters, Hyderabad, on Friday.
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Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 27