Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad answers media as he steps out of Gandhi Bhavan, on Wednesday.
Micha, a social worker from Paris, judges a dish made by participants of French Fest salad making competition organised by the Department of French at St. Teresa's College in Kochi, on Wednesday. DC/ Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Police use water canon to disperse SFI activists, during a clash at MG Road, Thiruvananthapuram. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
An SFI activist throws a tube light at police during the clash. -DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
Police force charges to control angry SFI activists when their protest march against against implementation of autonomous colleges in Kerala, turned violent, on Wednesday. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
A woman takes cover with her kids when an SFI march turned violent in MG Road, Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday. DC/Peethambaran Payyeri
Western Ghat protection council activists marching to assembly demanding the implementation of Gadgil report and save the high range on Wednesday, in Thiruvananthapuram. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
AISF activists clash with police, during a march reached near the Secretariat, on Wednesday. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri.
Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy inaugurates the city police football training center, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday. DC/ Peethambaran Payyeri
Flowers are arranged before Cochin Flower Show, at the Kaloor Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, on Wednesday. The flower show is touted to be south Asia’s largest horticultural show.
Students jump in merry after winning a 'Margamkali' competition at revenue district school youth festival in Moovatupuzha, Kerala, on Wednesday. DC/ Arunchandra Bose
Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, of Southern Naval Command inaugurates the civilian employees' athletic championship, in Kochi, on Wednesday. DC/ Arunachandra Bose
Visitors check a stall at the 80th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan in Madikeri, on Wednesday. –KPN
Members of BJP led by MLC Tara stage a protest at Town Hall in Bangalore, on Wednesday, against the Central government's decision of hiking LPG and CNG prices. –KPN
Passengers were stranded outside Belgaum Railway Station on Wednesday, as autorickshaw drivers went on strike protesting the hike in auto LPG prices. –KPN
Members of All-India Democratic Youth Organization (AIDYO) stage a protest at Town Hall in Bangalore, on Wednesday, against the Semester system in Industrial Training Institute (ITI) course. –KPN
Members of Bruhat Bangalore Hotels Association stage a protest at city Town Hall, on Wednesday against hike in LPG price. –KPN
Karnataka opposition leader in Assembly HD Kumaraswamy addresses media in Chikballapur, on Wednesday. –KPN
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaih visits a stall after inaugurating Elecrama 2014 in Bangalore International Exhibition center, on Wednesday. -PTI
Staff and students of Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Hyderabad protest the appointment of new principal violating the norms, on Wednesday. DC/ P Surendra
AP Congress MLA Shankar Rao and his daughter Sushmita stand next to a nine-feet statue which he calls 'Goddess Sonia', built in gratitude for the Centre's decision to create a Telangana state, on Tuesday. The 'Goddess Sonia' statue, to be cast in
TRS MLA KT Rama Rao shakes hand with Congress MLA P Shankar Rao after media briefing in AP Assembly, on Wednesday.
Telangana MP Poonam Prabhakar greets policemen outside Gandhi Bhavan, on Wednesday. He recently created flutter for threatening to shoot down helicopter of Andhra Pradesh CM Kiran Reddy with the help of Maoists.
Lok Satta party MLA Jaiprakash Narayana interacts with TRS MLAs who gheraoed his office, on Wednesday.
MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA looks at a kite that fell in the Assembly premises, on Tuesday. Kite is the MIM's party symbol.
MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA with Congress whip G Venkatramana Reddy at Assembly, on Wednesday.
Photographers rush to take pictures of Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad as he steps out of Gandhi Bhavan,in Hyderabad, on Tuesday.
The union minister had a tough time to get inside his car as the journalists confronted him at Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad, on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: January 8