Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for July 26, 2026
People take part in a rally held by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, unseen, and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, unseen, to celebrate the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in Mumbai. Pradhan resigned on Saturday, following which the Cockroach Janta Party called off its 36-day agitation that galvanised lakhs of people over irregularities in exams and the NEET paper leak. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
People hold posters as they take part in a rally held by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, unseen, and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, unseen, to celebrate the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in Mumbai, Sunday, July 26, 2026. Pradhan resigned on Saturday, following which the Cockroach Janta Party called off its 36-day agitation that galvanised lakhs of people over irregularities in exams and the NEET paper leak. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
A man takes part in a rally held by Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, unseen, and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, unseen, to celebrate the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
Protesters celebrate after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's protest movement in Mumbai, India. | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool
In this image received on July 26, 2026, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi during a meeting as he takes charge as education minister, in New Delhi. Joshi has been given additional charge of the education ministry besides his role as the consumer affairs minister. | Photo: Handout via PTI
People pay tributes at the 'Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham' during the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel keep a vigil near the protest site of Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday called off its 36-day agitation after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government accepted its other demands. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
NDMC workers clear the protest site at Jantar Mantar after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calls off its agitation following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
India's Rishikant Chanambam Singh celebrates after wining silver medal in 60 kilogram clean and jerk weightlifting during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. | Photo: AP/Manish Swarup
A NDMC worker washes the road during a cleanliness drive at the protest site of Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday called off its 36-day agitation after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government accepted its other demands. | Photo: PTI
Congress Seva Dal President BV Srinivas along with members conduct a cleanliness drive at the protest site of Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday called off its 36-day agitation after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government accepted its other demands. | Photo: PTI
BJP National President Nitin Nabin and others listen to the 136th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Mann Ki Baat' radio program, at Baranwal Hall, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
A damaged vehicle which was plunged into a water-filled drain near a traffic signal in Nangal Dewat area, a 20-year-old student pursuing higher education in the US and son of an Indian Army officer, died, at Vasant Kunj, in New Delhi. An eyewitness to the fatal road accident in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj has alleged that the absence of a protective safety wall at the accident spot makes the stretch hazardous. | Photo: PTI
People proceed along the pilgrimage route to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine after the yatra resumes following a six-day suspension, in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Seers register themselves at Ram Mandir base camp for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
People gather after a container truck driver was injured as the vehicle plunged into a 10-foot-deep pit dug for a water tank as part of Metro bridge work, in Thane, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
BJP National President Nitin Nabin during a door-to-door campaign in support of party candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha ahead of Bankipur Assembly by-elections, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
The Finnie mascot of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games stands outside the OVO Hydro, in Glasgow, Scotland,. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Experts from the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) use a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyser to examine the pigments, material composition and condition of centuries-old frescoes during their scientific documentation and conservation at Amer Fort, in Jaipur, Rajasthan. | Photo: PTI
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu interacts with teachers under the banner of Primary Teachers' Association as they stage a protest demanding fulfilment of their long-pending demands, at Chaura Maidan, in Shimla. | Photo: PTI
People pay tribute to the fallen soldiers of the 1999 Kargil War on the 27th anniversary of 'Kargil Vijay Diwas', at Shahid Memorial, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
A person performs rituals during a religious procession marking the 'Aadi' festival, on the outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI
Independent MP from Purnea Pappu Yadav and others hold copies of the Constitution of India as they celebrate Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, at the Mahatma Gandhi statue, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma felicitates mountaineer Rupamoni Gorh during an event at Lok Sewa Bhawan, Dispur, in Guwahati. Gorh became the first woman from Assam to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on Thursday, May 21, 2026, achieving the feat as part of an all-women expedition team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). | Photo: PTI
Army personnel demonstrate combat manoeuvres alongside an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATOR) on the Kargil Vijay Diwas, at Matayen in Drass, Ladakh. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
Players of Jamshedpur FC, red, and Defenders FC in action during the 135th Durand Cup football match, in Ranchi. | Photo: PTI
India's Mirabai Chanu celebrates after a successful lift in the women's 48 kilogram weightlifting during the Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. | Photo: AP/Manish Swarup
In this image posted on July 26, 2026, India’s Anahat Singh wins the Gold Medal and becomes the first Indian squash player ever to win the World Junior Championship title. | Photo: @narendramodi/X via PTI
India's Mirabai Chanu reacts after winning gold medal in the women's 48kg Final weightlifting competition at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. She clinched her third successive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg category. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
In this image posted on July 26, 2026, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav meets a student, who allegedly sustained injuries during demonstrations in support of a statewide bandh on Saturday against NEET question paper leak, as the latter is receiving treatment at a hospital. | Photo: @yadavtejashwi/X via PTI
India's Preeti, left, after defeating Malawi’s Deborah Mtenje during the women's 54kg boxing round of 16 at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
India's Jadumani Singh Mandengbam, right, after defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman during the men's 55kg boxing round of 16 at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
India's Raja Muthupandi secures a silver medal during the men's 65kg weightlifting final at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary