Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for May 09, 2026
Gas agency workers pose for photographs, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is moving towards a gas-based economy under its new “Urban Gas Distribution Policy 2026,” which focuses on expanding PNG pipeline networks across cities to provide households and businesses with a safe, affordable, and continuous natural gas supply. | Photo: Handout via PTI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in conversation with former Trinidadian cricketer Brian Lara during the final leg of his three-nation Caribbean tour, after visiting Jamaica and Suriname, in Port of Spain. | Photo: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to Rabindranath Tagore upon his arrival for the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, unseen, as he becomes West Bengal's Chief Minister, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
Kolkata: BJP supporters gather outside Brigade Parade Ground ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of party leader Suvendu Adhikari as he becomes West Bengal's first party Chief Minister, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
People throng at the premises of Kedarnath Dham as fresh snowfall blankets the surrounding mountains, in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
BJP supporters dressed as Lord Ram and Goddess Sita present ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of party leader Suvendu Adhikari as he becomes West Bengal's first party Chief Minister, outside Brigade Parade Ground, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, right, with Haryana CM Nayab Saini, left, and Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary as they arrive to attend the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as the party forms the first government in West Bengal, in Kolkata. | Photo: @gupta_rekha/X via PTI
Police personnel keep vigil outside Lok Bhavan ahead of the Tamil Nadu government formation, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI
People gather at Brigade Parade Ground during the swearing-in ceremony of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as he becomes West Bengal's first party Chief Minister, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty during the oath-taking ceremony as party forms government in the state for the first time, at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
The Ujh Barrage is seen after water is being diverted into the barrage following the construction of Shahpur Kandi Dam in Punjab’s Pathankot district, in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
Aam Aadmi Party National Convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference, at party office, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) spokesperson KK Pavalan, centre, addresses a press conference on the official stand on supporting Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in forming the government in Tamil Nadu, at party headquarters, in Chennai. VCK Treasurer SS Balaji is also seen. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) supporters outside VCK party headquarters as party Treasurer SS Balaji and spokesperson KK Pavalan address a press conference on the official stand on supporting Vijay's TVK in forming the government in Tamil Nadu, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar