President Pranab Mukherjee talks with AP Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in Hyderabad, on Monday. -PTI
Defence Minister A K Antony presents a shawl to Kerala opposition leader V S Achuthanandan as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Assembly Deputy speaker N Sakthan look on, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Monday. -PTI
Police use water cannons to disperse a march taken out by activists of the Student Federation of India (SFI) in Kochi, on Monday. -PTI
Padmanabhaswami temple and its premise seems in a festive mood as part of the" Murajapam", a ritual of chanting mantras, conducted once in every six years. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
Folk Dancers from Rajasthan performing at the Gujarati Hall in Kozhikode, on Monday as part of the New Year celebration. -DC/ Venugopal
Oscar award winner enters the stage to address the students of a school in Kozhikode, during a felicitation. DC/ Venugopal
Students competing among each other to shake hand with music maestro A.R. Rahman as he arrives for a function at their school, in Kozhikode, on Monday. DC/Venugopal
Music maestro AR Rahman arrives for a function at Nadakkavu Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode, Kerala, on Monday. DC/ Venugopal
Over 1,000 auto-rickshaw drivers take part in a protest in Chennai, on Monday. -PTI
Tennis player Leander Paes and former champion Vijay Amritraj during a practice session for the ATP Chennai Open 2014 in Chennai, on Monday. -PTI
Sugarcane stacks are left unattended at ISR sugar factory during a protest by farmers in Hospet, Karnataka, on Monday. -KPN
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev demonstrates another yoga position during the event in Bangalore, on Monday. –KPN
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev performs yoga during 'Adamya Chetana Mahotsav' at a school in Bangalore, on Monday. –KPN
Youth Congress workers stage a protest at Anandrao Circle in Bangalore on Monday against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. –KPN
Calendars being sold on Avenue Road, in Bangalore on Monday, ahead of New Year's eve. –KPN
An official works at the newly inaugurated Traffic Management Centre (TMC) on Infantry Road in Bangalore, on Monday. -KPN
Folk artist performs during Karnataka Tourist Motor Cab, Maxi Cab Owners welfare Association Convention in Bangalore, on Monday. –KPN
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Home Minister KJ George, City police commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar, MLA Roshan Baig at an photo exhibition during Golden Jubilee celebration of Bangalore City Police Commissionerate at Vidana Soudha, in Bangalore,
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaih inaugurates a community centre in Bangalore, on Monday. -KPN
Hyderabad Boat Club is brightly illuminated for the New Year Celebrations in the city, on Monday .DC/ P.Surendra
An illegal building in Jubille Hills, Hyderabad is being demolished by GHMC after the rightful owner of the land won a court battle about its ownership. DC/ S.Surender Reddy
A giant wheel being prepared for the 'Numaish', annual industrial exhibition, on Monday, at the Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad. The exhibition is scheduled to begin on January 1. DC/ P.Surendra
A road in Hyderabad is engulfed in smoke as piles of garbage are being burned by the roadside, on Monday. DC/ P.Surendra
President Pranab Mukherjee meets people during the reception hosted by him at Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad, on Monday. -PTI
Police arrest contract workers when they tried to seize AP Genco office in Hyderabad, on Monday, demanding to regularise their jobs. DC/ S.Surender Reddy
An employee of APGENCO lie in front of a vehicle during a protest demanding regularisation of work contract, at Vidyut Soudha, in Khairathabad. DC/ S.Surender Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation contract workers protest demanding regularisation of their jobs, at Vidyut Soudha in Khairathabad, Hyderabad, on Monday. DC/ S.Surender Reddy
The fire, caused by an electrical fault, has completely destroyed the timber factory.
Fire-fighters douse fire that broke out in a timber factory in Musheerabad area in Hyderabad, on Monday. <a href="http://bit.ly/19wQSeq">More pics</a>
AP Minister for IT&Communication Ponnala Lakshmaiah, launches the 'Telugu Mata' application for Anroid and iOS based smart phones & tablets as part of 'Telugu Vijayam Project', at the Secretariat, on Monday.
AP Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy releases Government Diary at Secretariat, on Monday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: December 30