Women collect Tulasi saplings which were distributed free of cost to devotees who came to have a darshan at Lord Venkanteshwara temple on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi in Vivekanandanagar colony in Kukatpally, Hyderabad on Saturday - DC/Pavan
Students perform dance during 'Heartifest', a cultural event at Sacred Heart College in Kochi on Saturday - DC/Vinod Karimatt
CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat arrives for a meet the press organised by Eranakulam Press Club in Kochi on Saturday - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Participants decorate hands in the mehandi competition held in connection with the Calicut Flower Show at Marine Grounds in Kozhikode, on Saturday - DC/Venugopal
A scene from the 30th district-level Kalaripayattu (martial art form) championship organised at Mananchira square, Kozhikode on Saturday - DC/Venugopal
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with Home minister Ramesh Chennithala at the Ernakulam district UDF convention in Kochi on Saturday - DC/Arunchandra Bose
Regional Transport Officer Rajeev Puthalath greets a private bus driver after inaugurating services in tune with the revised time schedule at Palayam bus stand, Kozhikode on Saturday - DC/Venugopal
Nuns at Mount St Thomas, the headquarters of Syro- Malabar Church, greet Bishops Mar Raphel Thattil and Bosco Puthur following their elevation to new posts, in Kochi on Saturday - DC/Sunoj Ninan Mathew
Heavy rush was witnessed at the inauguration of the Kerala committee office of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on MG Road in Kochi on Saturday. A lot of people queued up to take membership of the party while the AAP office-bearers picked a common man who came
Ayyappa devotees crowd for 'darshan' at Sannidanam ahead of ‘Makara Vilakku’ in Sabarimala on Saturday - PTI
Actors Suresh Gopi, Indu Thampi , Major Kishore, Jomol and Usha at the 'Trivand Run', a fund raising marathon conducted by SARSAS in coordination with Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday - DC/A.V. Muzafar
Actor Suresh Gopi flags off 'Trivand Run', a fund raising marathon conducted by SARSAS in coordination with Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday - DC/A.V. Muzafar
DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi's son and former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri along with his daughter Kayalvizhi addressing the media after meeting his father at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai on Saturday - PTI
Karnataka players celebrate their win over Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Saturday - PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah is felicitated at the inauguration of Valmiki Samavesha in Chitradurga on Saturday - PTI
Rahul Gandhi interacting with people at the meeting in Bangalore on Saturday - PTI
The Congress leader was seeing direct feedback for party's manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections - PTI
Rahul Gandhi interacts with students and young entrepreneurs in Bangalore on Saturday - PTI
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi arrives to interact with young achievers, selected through an initiative by National Students Union of India, in Bangalore on Saturday - PTI
Bus stations in Hyderabad witnessed heavy rush on Saturday as people left for their homes for Sankranti holidays. Picture from LB Nagar - DC/P.Surendra
Here, Jagan is seen cheering with his supporters during a public meeting.
The demand for kites have gone up in Hyderabad, thanks to the upcoming kite festival.
Jagan embraces an elder woman during his yatra which is getting positive response from the people.
YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a child during his Samaikya Shankaravam yatra in Chittoor district on Saturday.
The soldiers marched past sensitive areas to dispel communal fear ahead of Jan. 14 when two festivals, Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of prophet Mohammad, and Makara Sankranti, the Hindu festival that marks the end of harvest season, will be
Soldiers walk in line as they take out the march in Hyderabad on Saturday - DC
A boy greets a jawan at Musheerabad Area in Hyderabad during the Flag March and peace rally on the eve of Eid-e-Milad and Makara Sankranti on Saturday - DC
Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers march during a peace rally urging citizens of various communities to maintain peace in Hyderabad on Saturday - AP
Raju (in picture) was nabbed in Hyderabad while Happy was arrested in Mumbai. Two other accused were still at large, Sharma said.
Hyderabad police on Saturday arrested two persons in connection with the alleged gang rape of a Mumbai-based model in the city on the eve of the new year. Police recorded the statement of the victim, who was brought here from Mumbai on Friday, and
Activists and supporters of LGBT community protest against article 377, which criminalises gay sex, at KBR Park in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad on Saturday - DC/Pavan
Aam Aadmi Party supporters pose for a photo during their membership campaign at Moghalpura in Old City of Hyderabad on Saturday - PTI
People joining Aam Aadmi Party at Moghalpura in Old City of Hyderabad on Saturday - PTI
A statue of Swami Vivekananda in Hyderabad looks new after being painted ahead of the social reformer's 151st birth anniversary that falls on January 12.
Priests offer 'prasadam' to devotees at the temple.
A man seeks alms from the devotees.
The long queue saw people standing on the streets waiting for their to have darshan.
Balaji Temple in Hyderabad witnessed long queue of devotees waiting to have darshan.
Devotees stand in queue to have a darshan at Lord Venkanteshwara Temple in Vivekanandanagar Colony on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi while a man plays music as he roams with a decorated bull - DC/Pavan
Devotees offer prayers during darshan at the temple on Saturday - DC/Pavan
Devotees taken part in a holy procession of Lord Venkateswara at Venkanteshwara Swamy temple on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi in Vivekanandanagar Colony in Kukatpally on Saturday - DC/Pavan
Andhra Pradesh and South India in pictures: January 11