The Karnataka State Reserve Police personnel checking vehicles on the Siddipet-Hyderabad highway, about 65 km from Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Armed police swarm the venue of the seperatist agitators at the Arts College of the Osmania University in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009, ahead of the proposed students march on Thursday, to the State Assembly demanding a seperate Telangana. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
Under police cover,Telugu Desam leader, Talasani Srinivas Yadav gestures while he was asked to go back by Telangana sympathisers, when he called on the fasting Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K. Chandrasekhara Rao at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences on December 9, 2009, in Hyderabad. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
People stocking up petrol in view of the Chalo-Hyderabad call given by pro-Telengana political parties in connection with the demand for separate Telengana in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Telangana sympathizer Muslims offers prayers for fasting Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K. Chandrasekhara Rao, on December 9, 2009. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
The Karnataka State Reserve Police personnel checking vehicles ahead of the proposed 'Chalo Assembly' programme by agitating students demanding separate statehood for Telangana on December 9, 2009. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
People caryying petrol in can and bottles stocking up in view of the Chalo-Hyderabad call given by pro-Telengana political parties in connection with the demand for separate Telengana in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Armed police remove protesting students from the Arts College of the Osmania University in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
Policemen sit inside the Osmania University campus, deployed to prevent the mobilization of pro-Telengana activists pressing for a separate state of Telangana, in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: AP
Deserted look of the Osmania University campus as the hostels are closed in Hyderabad on December 9, 2009. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy