Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for February 24, 2026
Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib is taken into police custody after a hearing at Patiala House Court in connection with the AI Impact Summit protest case, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Security officials and locals gather near the wreckage of a Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd Beechcraft C90 air ambulance that crashed near Simaria, in Chatra district, Jharkhand. All seven persons on board were killed after the aircraft went down shortly after taking off from Ranchi for Delhi, according to officials. | Photo: PTI
Congress workers protest outside Patiala House Court as Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib is produced before the court following his arrest in connection with a protest at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
People carry victims to an ambulance after a fire broke out at a house, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Six people, including five children, were killed and a woman was injured after the blaze, suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit, police said. | Photo: PTI
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and CPI-ML legislators stage a protest against the Bihar government during the ongoing Budget session of the state Assembly, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
A traffic police personnel signals as tram no. 498 'Gitanjali', a wooden tram built during World War II, runs during a special heritage ride to mark the 153rd anniversary of the Calcutta tram service, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
A man rests beneath a mural depicting an AI robot and a human face at Seawoods, in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
Police personnel inspect the wreckage of a Pawan Hans helicopter that made a controlled emergency landing in the sea near Mayabunder after developing a technical snag shortly after takeoff from Port Blair, in North and Middle Andaman district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Photo: Social Media via PTI
An Indian Army T-90 Bhishma main battle tank manoeuvres during Exercise Kharga Shakti 2026 conducted by Kharga Corps, in Bikaner district, Rajasthan. | Photo: PIB via PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, second right, during a ceremony to lay foundation stones for development projects in the Mundka Assembly constituency, in New Delhi. | Photo: @gupta_rekha/X via PTI
The Ranji Trophy is displayed on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 final cricket match between Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir at the KSCA Cricket Stadium, in Hubballi, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
Police personnel detain Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists after they reach Lal Baradari mosque to chant the Hanuman Chalisa, at the University of Lucknow. | Photo: PTI
Members of a youth wing shout slogans during a protest over the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor girl, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
Participants during the women’s ski mountaineering vertical event at the 'Khelo India Winter Games 2026', in Gulmarg, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
Security personnel detain members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Indian National Congress, during a protest titled 'Chhatra Hunkaar' in front of Raj Bhavan, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai with Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati during a meeting, in Varanasi. Saraswati moved the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday seeking anticipatory bail after being booked for alleged sexual harassment of minor children and other offences. | Photo: PTI
Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik addresses a protest rally against the alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement and the "poor" law and order situation, near Odisha Assembly, in Bhubaneswar. | Photo: PTI