Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for March 09, 2026
People show placards with "go back" at a demonstration during the visit of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to Kalighat Kali Temple, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, left, with party MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
School students attend a morning assembly after educational institutions reopened following a week-long closure due to protests over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and winter vacations, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, left, speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: Sansad TV via PTI
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visits the Kalighat Kali Temple, in Kolkata. Gyanesh Kumar faced "go back" slogans and was shown black flags on Monday morning when he visited the temple. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-budget webinar on “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas-Fulfilling Aspirations of People”, virtually. | Photo: PMO via PTI
Congress workers stage a protest against the USA trade deal and demand restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir outside the party office, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
A cheetah named Jwala rests with her cubs after giving birth at Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh. With the birth of five cubs, the total cheetah population in India has reached 53, marking another milestone under Project Cheetah. | Photo: @byadavbjp/X via PTI
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh meets Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar Jha and submits a memorandum over alleged discrepancies in the voter list, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha addresses a press conference at the Old Secretariat building, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress President Jyoti Rautela, yellow, with party workers stages a protest against the LPG price hike, in Dehradun. | Photo: PTI
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti during a visit to the Iranian Cultural Centre and Embassy in Delhi. | Photo: @MehboobaMufti/X via PTI
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, right, with Ambassador Mohammad Fathali during a visit to the Embassy of Iran, after the recent killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma greets supporters during the BJP's Jana Ashirwad Yatra ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections at Pathshala, in Bajali district of Assam. | Photo: PTI
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar meets Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Gaurav Gogoi. | Photo: @DKShivakumar/X via PTI
LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav and other opposition leaders stage a protest over the West Asia crisis, during the second part of Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
Students from rural schools take part in a Tiranga rally celebrating India's victory after defeating New Zealand to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 final, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI