People gather after a fire broke out in the kitchen of a hotel on the first floor of Kohinoor Square, at Dadar West, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
A hand painted signboard installed by Urooj Music Foundation team after completing a cleanup drive, in Ladakh. | Photo: Handout via PTI
An aerial view of pilgrims at Kedarnath Temple, in Rudraprayag. | Photo: PTI
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performs 'Kanya Pujan' rituals on Maha Navami during the Navratri festival, at Gorakhnath Temple, in Gorakhpur. | Photo: PTI
Members of the traditional Koli community and fishermen protest outside the Mumbai Suburban District Collector's Office in Bandra, opposing the BMC's proposed Manori Desalination Plant, in Mumbai. | Photo: PTI
Jammu and Kashmir’s batters and Vidarbha's players on the second day of a Ranji Trophy cricket match between Jammu and Kashmir and Vidarbha, in Srinagar. | Photo: PTI/Burhaan Kinu
Students write their Class 10th annual Board examination at an examination centre, in Srinagar. Around one lakh students are appearing for the Class 10th examinations across Kashmir following the Jammu and Kashmir Government's decision to hold the annual exams in the October session. | Photo: PTI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting with SWIFT CEO Javier Perez-Tasso, in New Delhi. | Photo: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI
Bihar Health Minister Nishant Kumar offers prayers before Goddess Durga at a puja pandal during Navratri festival celebrations, in Patna. | Photo: PTI
Security personnel, along with a sniffer dog, maintain strict vigil at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan shrine during the 'Navratri' festival, in Katra. | Photo: PTI
Secretary of Shri Panchayati Mahanirvani Akhara, Mahant Yamuna Puri, offers food to a young girl during 'Kanya Pujan' rituals at Mahanirvani Akhara, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
Newly appointed Governor of Uttarakhand Dhal Singh Bisen takes the oath of office at Raj Bhavan, in Dehradun. | Photo: @pushkardhami/X via PTI
AICC General Secretary in-charge for Uttarakhand Kumari Selja greets senior leader Ramsharan Nautiyal as he officially joins the Indian National Congress, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary performs 'Kanya Pujan' during the Navaratri festival, at Loksevak Awas. | Photo: @samrat4bjp/X via PTI
Police personnel sit outside the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal following a recent stampede-like situation, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Priests perform rituals before young girls dressed as Goddess Durga during 'Kumari Puja' as part of Durga Puja festival celebrations, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta performs 'Kanya Pujan' on Maha Navami during Navratri festival, in New Delhi. | Photo: @gupta_rekha/X via PTI
Young girls dressed as Goddess Durga during 'Kumari Puja' as part of Durga Puja festival celebrations, in Kolkata. | Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist Lav
Actor and activist Prakash Raj addresses a press conference, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak
A devotee holds a pot of grown barley saplings to perform immersion rituals at Har Ki Pauri along the Tawi River on the concluding day of the Navratri festival, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) farmers raise slogans as they protest outside the residence of Punjab Minister Harbhajan Singh against the killing of anti drugs activist Parvinder Singh Jhota and other demands, in Amritsar. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, left, addresses a press conference to release the manifesto ahead of the 2026 Nagpur Graduates’ Constituency election, in Nagpur. | Photo: PTI
Agricultural workers use a threshing machine to process harvested paddy crop in a field, in Dehradun. | Photo: PTI
Police fire tear gas shells to disperse irate locals who placed the bodies of two victims, allegedly killed in an ambush by armed miscreants at Sunurok Uyok in Imphal East district, in front of the Chief Minister's bungalow, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
An anti-smog gun truck sprays water on a road near India Gate to curb dust pollution amid vehicular traffic, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
Police personnel transport the bodies of two victims, who were allegedly killed in an ambush by armed miscreants while collecting firewood at Sunurok Uyok in Imphal East district, away from outside the Chief Minister’s bungalow towards a hospital mortuary, in Imphal. | Photo: PTI
Ahmedabad: A worker makes firecrackers for sale ahead of the ‘Diwali’ festival, at a factory unit in Ahmedabad. | Photo: PTI