Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for May 22, 2026
The Delhi High Court on Friday, May 22, 2026, granted three-day interim bail to activist Umar Khalid, who is in custody in a case under anti-terror law UAPA concerning the "larger conspiracy" behind the February 2020 riots in the city's northeastern parts, to enable him to meet his mother who has to undergo a surgery. Sabiha, mother of Umar Khalid, is seen wearing a mask bearing her son's image, during a press conference over police probe in the Delhi riots case, at the Press Club of India, in New Delhi, in this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. | Photo: PTI/Vijay Verma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides before a meeting at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari/Outlook
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and others during the meeting of the council of ministers, in New Delhi. | Photo: @narendramodi/X via PTI
A young girl blows a conch as people offer prayers at the Bhojshala complex following the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict declaring the site a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), in Dhar. | Photo: PTI
A top view of the relatively deserted Azadpur Mandi area during the second day of the three-day strike call by All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) to protest against the city government's decision to hike the environment compensation cess on commercial vehicles, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and others during delegation level talks with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI
Flames and smoke billow during a forest fire, in Almora district, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks on as External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, right, exchanges an MoU with a Cypriot official during a joint press statement after delegation level talks at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
All Assam Students' Union (AASU) members take out a statewide protest rally against the surging prices of essential commodities and fuel, in Guwahati. | Photo: PTI
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant during the inauguration of Maratha Bhavan on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Maratha Shikshan Sanskruti Mandal, at Porvorim, in North Goa district. | Photo: CMO via PTI
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi during a meeting with the High Commissioner-Designate of India to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi, in New Delhi. | Photo: @adgpi/X via PTI
Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, delegates and officials ride bicycles as they arrive for the 'BRICS Justice Ministers' Meeting 2026', in Gandhinagar. | Photo: @arjunrammeghwal/X via PTI
A young boy after purchasing a goat at a livestock market ahead of Bakra Eid(Eid al-Adha) festival, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath listens to the concerns of the people arriving from various districts of the state during ‘Janata Darshan’ organised at Gorakhnath Temple, in Gorakhpur. | Photo: @CMOfficeUP/X via PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and others during delegation level talks with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivers the 'Rustamji Memorial Lecture', organised in the memory of founding Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) K F Rustamji, in New Delhi. | Photo: @AmitShah/X via PTI
Administrative Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan flags off the bicycle rally led by Lucknow District and Sessions Judge Malkhan Singh, to raise awareness about fuel conservation in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI/Nand Kumar