Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for January 05, 2026
Students with their parents outside Tollygunge Adarsha Hindi High School amid concerns over the dilapidated condition of government schools, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
Supreme Court refused to grant bail to activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, unseen in the picture, in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy matter, saying there was a prima facie case against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Sharjeel Imam is being taken to court, at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi, in this file image dated Jan. 29, 2020. | Photo: PTI
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma paints on a wall as part of a wall painting drive ahead of the state Assembly elections, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan during his visit to the National Cadet Corps (NCC) Republic Day camp, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
Commuters make their way amid fog on a winter morning, in Jaipur. | Photo: PTI
A ferry carries passengers across the Brahmaputra river on a winter morning, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
Tamil Nadu Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration P. Moorthy takes part in the ‘Pandakkal’ laying ceremony for the Avaniyapuram Jallikattu, in Madurai. | Photo: PTI
Flautists Hariprasad Chaurasia, centre, with Vivek Sonar, right, and others during the ‘17th Bansuri Utsav 2026’, in Thane, Sunday night, Jan. 4, 2026. | Photo: PTI
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Excel Entertainment founders Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, lyricist Javed Akhtar, and others during a press conference regarding the partnership deal announcement between Universal Music Group and Excel Entertainment, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
Indian Army personnel during a rehearsal ahead of the Army Day celebrations, in Jaipur. | Photo: PTI
An Indian Army personnel during a rehearsal ahead of the Army Day celebrations, in Jaipur. | Photo: PTI
Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy distributes Pongal gift hampers ahead of the festival, in Puducherry. | Photo: PTI
Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R Ashoka, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and other party leaders during a protest under the slogan 'Save Kogilu, Remove Illegal Immigrants' over the state government's move to provide houses to those who lost their dwellings in an eviction of encroachments in Kogilu recently, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo: AP/Shailendra Bhojak
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a meeting. | Photo: @PMOIndia/X via PTI
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly Atishi, with AAP leaders, wears a mask during the Winter session of the Assembly, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with BJP's Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State L Murugan, state party President Nainar Nagendran and others during 'Namma Ooru Modi Pongal' festival, in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: @annamalai_k/X via PTI