People look at the body of Telugu film actor Uday Kiran, who committed suicide, at his house in Hyderabad Sunday night. <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140106/news-current-affairs/article/telugu-actor-uday-kiran-commits-suicide">Read more</a>
Foreigners from across the globe arrived at Thiruvananthapuram in auto-rickshaws on Monday as part of Rickshaw Challenge – an adventure-vacation trip on three wheels - organised by Chennai Event Management Services (CEMS) from Chennai to the Kerala
Army aspirants take part in a recruitment drive held at Pangode military camp in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Monday - DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
College students preparing for Pongal festival in Coimbatore on Monday - PTI
Union Railway Minister Mallikarjan Kharge (R), Congress leader Digvijaya Singh (C) and KPCC President G. Parameshwara during the inauguration of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee SC Cell meeting in Bangalore on Monday - PTI
Dalai Lama waves to the crowd as he leaves after delivering his lecture - AP
Dalai Lama poses for photographs with members of the college choir after his lecture - AP
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (left) has a light moment with Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos (centre) and Fr Thomas C Mathew after delivering his lecture on 'Bounds of Ethics in a Globalized World' at Christ University in Bangalore on
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama laughs as he delivers his lecture on 'Bounds of Ethics in a Globalized World' at Christ University in Bangalore on Monday. The 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner travels across the world to give talks - AP
Huge crowd gathered to listen to Jagan during the yatra.
YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy greeted by his supporters during his Samaikhya Shankaravam yatra in Chittoor district on Monday.
People found it difficult to commute due to the security arrangements made at the OU campus - DC/S.Surender Reddy.
Kids looking at armed police force as they make their way in front of the Osmania University during the agitation on Monday - DC/ S.Surender Reddy
Policemen protect themselves with shields as student throw stones at them - AP
Police stop two-wheel riders at the exit of the Osmania University due to the agitation by students - DC/S.Surender Reddy
A policeman prepares to throw a tear gas shell at students during the protest in Hyderabad on Monday - AP
"The pro-Telangana students hurled stones at police afterthey were stopped near the NCC Gate on the OU campus," OU Inspector P Ashok said - DC/S.Surender Reddy
Protests broke out after the students were prevented from taking out a rally towards the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and this resulted in students resorting to stone pelting against police - AP
A protester pleads police with folded hands as they were stopped from proceeding with their Chalo Assembly agitation at the exit of the Osmania University at Vidyanagar in Hyderabad on Monday - DC/S.Surender Reddy
Osmania University students supporting the creation of a separate state of Telangana shout slogans during a protest in Hyderabad on Monday - AP
Andhra Pradesh Minister Sake Sailajanath addresses the media after the BAC meeting in Hyderabad on Monday. <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140107/news-current-affairs/article/speaker-opens-telangana-gates">Speaker opens Telangana gates</a>
YSR Congress MLAs having a word with TDP MLA Dayakar Rao at the Media Point in AP Assembly premises on Monday.
Another TRS MLA K.T. Rama Rao is seen in Assembly premises after the BAC meeting on Telangana Bill.
TRS MLA T. Haris Rao leaves after the BAC meeting in Hyderabad on Monday.
TRS MLAs share a lighter moments as they address the media the Media Point in the Assembly premises on Monday.
Telangana MLCs protest against Samaikyandhra and Seemandra MLcs at Council premises in Hyderabad on Monday.
MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA shares a lighter moment with others after the Business Advisory Meeting on Telangana Bill in the Assembly premises on Monday.
The blaze started in the agro-chemical factory at around 11.15 AM and the flames spread rapidly. The workers immediately noticed the fire and informed the police.
Seven fire engines were pressed into service to control the blaze, according to Bhongir Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) S Srinivas.
Firemen busy to douse the fire which broke out in a chemical factory in Bibinagar area in Nalgonda, district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday - PTI
The Rastrapati Nilayam at Bolarum will be opened for public viewing from January 6 to 12 between 10 am and 5 pm - DC/P.Surendra
Cameras and mobile phones are allowed inside the campus. Picture shows a family enjoying their visit - DC/P.Surendra
Schoolchildren peep through a window to see the interiors of Rashtrapati Nilayam during their visit on Monday - DC/P.Surendra
Interior of the Rashtrapati Nilayam. The department has installed CCTVs and has made arrangements for snacks stalls at C-II garage by local vendors - DC/P. Surendra
Schoolchildren cheer during their visit to the Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bollarum, Hyderabad which was thrown open to the public in Secunderabad on Monday - DC/P.Surendra
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: January 6