Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for April 19, 2026
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joins women workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staging a protest near the residence of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on women’s reservation, in New Delhi. | Photo; PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes part in a roadshow rally ahead of the Assembly elections, in Howrah, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
Bankura: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath takes part in a roadshow during a campaign in support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Niladri Shekhar Dana ahead of the Assembly elections, in Bankura, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
Poll officials carry election materials as they move to conduct home voting for senior citizens at Sonarpur North Assembly constituency, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel travel in a vehicle on the Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate road after it was reopened following over three months of closure due to snowfall, near Bhaderwah in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
In this image posted on April 18, 2026, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin plays a game of chess with player AS Sharvaanica following her victory at the FIDE Under-12 World Rapid Championship, in Chennai. | Photo: @Udhaystalin/X via PTI
In this image received on April 19, 2026, election graffiti of political parties is seen on a roadside wall in the Gopiballavpur Assembly segment ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Jhargram, West Bengal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
A view of the residence of Deputy Commissioner of Police Shantanu Sinha Biswas during an ED raid, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
In this image received on April 19, 2026, election posters and flags of political parties line a village road in the Gopiballavpur Assembly segment ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Jhargram, West Bengal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
People carry the palanquin of Goddess Ganga, which departs from Bhaironghati for Gangotri Dham, ahead of the opening of the temple on the occasion of 'Akshaya Tritiya', in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
A person buys gold jewellery on the occasion of 'Akshaya Tritiya', an annual Jain and Hindu spring festival, in Agartala, Tripura. | Photo: PTI
Congress workers hold placards during a protest march towards the BJP headquarters over the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill on women's reservation, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Polling officials check election materials ahead of voting in the Surat Municipal Corporation elections. | Photo; PTI
In this image released on April 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, during a public meeting ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Bishnupur, West Bengal. | Photo: narendramodi.in via PTI
In this image released on April 19, 2026, people gather during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's, unseen, public meeting ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Bishnupur, West Bengal. | Photo: narendramodi.in via PTI
In this screengrab from a video released on April 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted during a 'Vijay Sankalp rally' ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Purulia. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
BJP leader Leander Paes, right, campaigns in support of party candidate from Dum Dum North constituency, Sourav Sikdar, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo; PTI
In this image released on April 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during a 'Vijay Sankalp rally' ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections, in Purulia. | Photo: narendramodi.in via PTI
In this image posted on April 19, 2026, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a campaign ahead of the state Assembly elections, in Hooghly district, West Bengal. | Photo: @AITCofficial/X via PTI
A view of the Baisaran memorial, remembrance of the martyr's of Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on April 22 last year, ahead of the first anniversary, at Pahalgam in Anantnag. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty during a campaign in support of party candidate Dhruba Saha of Rampurhat constituency ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Birbhum district. | Photo: PTI
Police officials pose for a group picture after the doors of the Yamunotri shrine were opened for the annual Char Dham Yatra, in Uttarkashi. | Photo; PTI
TCS case accused Raza Rafiq Memon speaks during an interview with PTI, in Nashik. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
Polling officials wait in queues to cast their votes through postal ballots ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Phulia, Nadia district. | Photo; PTI