Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for April 22, 2026
Police officials conduct a search operation after a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit on Tuesday night, at Mundathicode in central Kerala’s Thrissur district. At least 13 people were killed and several others were injured in the incident. | Photo: PTI
Security has been beefed up across Kashmir as the nation remembers the 26 men who were gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam resort on this day last year. Security personnel rush to the spot after terrorists attacked a group of tourists at Pahalgam, in Anantnag district, in this file photo dated, April 22, 2025. | Photo: PTI
BJP candidate from Santipur Assembly constituency, Swapan Kumar Das, campaigns for the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Nadia. | Photo: PTI
Students offer prayers and tributes to the victims of Pahalgam terror attack on its first anniversary, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
A silhouette of tourists during a camel ride at the banks of Sangam on the occasion of Earth Day, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
Forensic officials at the site, as a shooter of the Tillu Tajpuria gang, who was out on parole and absconding, was apprehended after a brief exchange of fire with the Delhi Police's Special Cell, in Rohini area, New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra speaks during an interaction event at the Consulate General of India, in New York, USA. | Photo: Handout via PTI
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during an interaction event with members of Indian community in Berlin, Germany. | Photo: @rajnathsingh/X via PTI
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan during a meeting with UK Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, in United Kingdom. | Photo: @HQ_IDS_India/X via PTI
Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi with Ambassador of India to the United States Vinay Mohan Kwatra during a meeting, at India House, USA. | Photo: PTI
Devotees throng the Kedarnath Jyotirlinga Temple during the portals' opening ceremony, in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
A cyclist moves through dust near Sangam on a hot summer day, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
The Badarinath Dham complex is being decorated with floral garlands on the eve of its portal-opening ceremony, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
BRO personnel remove snow blocking a road through an excavator, at Rohtang Pass, in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacts with people during a public meeting, on the eve of first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Saptagram constituency, in Hooghly district. | Photo: @AmitShah/X via PTI
People board a truck as they leave for their hometowns on the eve of voting for the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Raiganj, in Uttar Dinajpur district. | Photo: PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee greets supporters during a roadshow as she campaigns in support of TMC candidates, at Shibpur constituency on the eve of the state Assembly elections, in Howrah district. | Photo: PTI
People perform 'Thootedara', a centuries-old intense fire-throwing ritual, during the annual 'Kateel Jatre' festival of Durgaparameshwari Temple, at Kateel, in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI
Students of Delhi University (DU) stage a protest over 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', commonly known as Women's Reservation Act, at Art Faculty, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel along with election officials check the IDs of migrant workers at a checkpoint, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Nandigram, Purba Medinipur district. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Police personnel cordon off an area as they investigate the site after a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Mundathicode, in Thrissur district, Kerala. | Photo: PTI
Bollywood actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty greets supporters during a roadshow in support of the party's candidate Samarendranath Ghosh, on the eve of the West Bengal Assembly elections, at Karimpur, in Nadia district. | Photo: PTI
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah meets victims of the recent bus crash during a visit to the Government Medical College (GMC), in Udhampur. At least 21 people were killed and 51 others injured when an overcrowded passenger bus plunged nearly 100 metres down a hillside in Ramnagar area of Udhampur district on April 20. | Photo: PTI
Chennai Super Kings' MS Dhoni plays a shot during a practice session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil