Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for August 01, 2026
A sadhu offers prayers in the submerged section of Dashashwamedh Ghat after the water level of Ganga river rises, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arrives at Chennai International Airport to interact with party office-bearers as part of its grassroots rejuvenation initiative 'Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan', in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Security personnel stand guard at a hospital where victims are receiving treatment after suspected terrorists opened fire on non-local labourers at a brick kiln, in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. The attack resulted in the death of at least one individual and injuries to another, officials said. | Photo: PTI
A worker ploughs a field with bullocks in a village, in Nadia district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
A building partially submerged as the water level of Mahanadi river rises, at Banki in Cuttack. Odisha remained on high alert as authorities braced for a 'medium' flood in the Mahanadi river system across the densely populated coastal belt. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during the inauguration of Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
Security personnel conduct a cordon-and-search operation after two labourers from Chhattisgarh were killed in a terrorist attack at a brick kiln, in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Congress MLA Krishna Byre Gowda during the launch of the 'Freedom from Waste' campaign, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel participate in the parade rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebrations, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
Vice Admiral AN Pramod assumes charge as the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, succeeding Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, in New Delhi. | Photo: PIB via PTI
Members of the Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj (YAIKS) raise slogans during a protest, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
Relatives of former Army chief Gen Vishwa Nath Sharma (retd), who passed away aged 96, perform a ritual during the last rites, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi poses for photographs with India’s Commonwealth Games contingent, in Scotland. | Photo: Handout via PTI
BJP Yuva Morcha workers scale the barricades during a protest and lay a seige to the Congress office condemning the alleged remarks made by Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, in Hubballi-Dharwad district, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the gathring during the foundation stone laying ceremony of various projects, at Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: PMO via PTI
Artists perform during the inauguration of Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: narendramodi.in via PTI
All India Students' Association (AISA) President Neha Bora during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Kanwariyas' take out a 'Kanwar Yatra' procession with an idol of Lord Shiva during the holy month of 'Sawan', in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
'Kanwariyas' take out a 'Kanwar Yatra' procession with idols of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati during the holy month of 'Sawan', in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Alka Nangia Arora, a 1991 batch Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer, assumes charge as Controller General of Defence, in New Delhi. | Photo: @SpokespersonMoD/X via PTI
Bundles of signed petitions are seen outside the Constitution Club during the 'National Town Hall Against E20', in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal with comedian Shyam Rangeela during the 'National Town Hall Against E20', at the Constitution Club, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan