Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for October 06, 2026
Heavy security deployment and multi-layered police barricades placed to block INDIA bloc MPs and leaders from marching towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) office, near NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
A woman holding a child displays her inked finger after casting vote at a polling booth during the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency by-election, in Morigaon district, Assam. | Photo: PTI
An anti-smog gun mounted on a vehicle sprays water droplets along a road to mitigate air pollution and dust levels, in Gurugram. | Photo: PTI
People perform 'Pind Daan' and 'Tarpan' rituals to pay homage to their ancestors on the banks of the Ganga river at Dashashwamedh Ghat during the ongoing Pitru Paksha period, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI
Congress candidate for the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election, Sibamoni Bora, yellow saree, displays her indelible ink-marked finger alongside supporters after casting her vote at a polling station, in Nagaon district, Assam. | Photo: PTI
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, AICC General Secretary (Organisation) and MP KC Venugopal and others during a protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission of India (ECI) office, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. | Photo: AICC via PTI
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal alongside party leader Pawan Khera as security personnel block their path during an INDIA bloc protest march from Parliament towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) office, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, at Akashvani Bhawan gate, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi waves the national flag while standing atop police barricades after being stopped by security personnel during a protest march from Parliament towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) office, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Gujarat Education Minister Rivaba Jadeja takes a selfie with children creating a human 'Rangoli' outlining 'BHARAT' to mark 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public service as part of the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan', at Race Course Ground, in Rajkot, Gujarat. | Photo: PTI
Newly-appointed Jharkhand BJP in-charge Gajendra Singh Patel, right, with former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda arrive to attend the Jharkhand BJP Core Committee meeting, in Ranchi. | Photo: PTI
Women voters line up in a queue outside a polling station to cast their votes during the Assembly by-election in Nandigram constituency, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes for the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-poll, at a polling station in Buraburi, Morigaon district, Assam. | Photo: PTI
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) National President Vinod Jakhar, alongside members and supporters, holds placards during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Freedom Park, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
DMK candidate for the Madurantakam constituency, I. Paranthamen, during a visit to a polling station on the day of voting in the Assembly bypolls, at Madurantakam in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI
DMK candidate for the Madurantakam constituency, I. Paranthamen, during a visit to a polling station on the day of voting in the Assembly bypolls, at Madurantakam in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha and others during the unveiling event of the ‘Participate Mumbai’ logo and inauguration of the online portal, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
A view of the newly launched first Fleet Support Ship (FSS-1) ‘Surya’, in Visakhapatnam. | Photo: @SpokespersonMoD/X via PTI
Air Force officials take part in a full dress rehearsal ahead of the 94th Indian Air Force Day 2026, in Ghaziabad. | Photo: PTI
All India Students' Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora addresses a press conference at the AIKS office, in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya addresses a press conference at the AIKS office in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar during a protest demanding the resignation of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) chairman Vivek Bhimanwar over allegations of exam paper leaks, in Pune. | Photo: PTI
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) members and supporters hold placards during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Freedom Park, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak