Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for October 31, 2026
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan with other officials during a press conference after the launch of a GSLV rocket carrying second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 into orbit, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, Saturday, October 31, 2026. India's independent regional navigation satellite system NavIC is restored to its minimum operational configuration of four satellites with the successful injection of NVS-03 into the orbit, Narayanan said on Friday. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
People pay tribute to their departed relatives at a graveyard ahead of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, in Ranchi, Jharkhand. | Photo: PTI
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary at her memorial 'Shakti Sthal', in New Delhi, | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
In this image received on Oct. 31, 2026, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary, at the Indira Gandhi Memorial, in New Delhi. | Photo: AICC via PTI
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi leave after paying tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary at her memorial 'Shakti Sthal', in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Salman Ali
ISRO's GSLV-F18 rocket carrying the second-generation navigation satellite NVS-03 lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah looks on as Delhi Lt. Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu flags off the 'Run For Unity' race marking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary, observed as 'National Unity Day', at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai and BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj are also seen. | Photo: PTI
Outgoing Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal AP Singh signs the visitor's book after paying tribute at the National War Memorial, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Union Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan pays tribute to his father and former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan during an event to celebrate his birthday, at Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) office, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI
In this image posted on Oct. 31, 2026, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena in a photograph during Ladakh Foundation Day, marking the creation of Ladakh as a separate Union Territory. | Photo: @lg_ladakh/X via PTI
In this image posted on Oct. 31, 2026, Congress President Mallkarjun Kharge, party leaders Rahul Gandhi and KC Venugopal and others during a meeting at party headquarters Indira Bhavan, in New Delhi. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
Congress workers pay floral tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary, at Anand Bhawan, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri being felicitated by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and others after filing his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, at the state Assembly, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
In this image released on Oct. 31, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a visit to Vriksh Vatika, in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat. | Photo: narendramodi.in via PTI
Schoolchildren walk past a garbage dump amid dense fog, in Gurugram, Haryana. | Photo: PTI
People take part in river rafting activity on Beas river, in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Sugarcane farmers stage a road blockade during a protest over their demand for a hike in the procurement price of sugarcane, at Indi Pump Circle, in Old Hubballi, Karnataka. Their key demand is fixation of Rs 5,500 per tonne for procuring sugarcane, restoring the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) base recovery to 9.5 per cent and reviewing the Centre's ethanol policy. | Photo: PTI
Volunteers of Mishri Math participate in a cleanliness drive along the dry Ganga riverbed near Har Ki Pauri on the 12th day of the annual closure of the river for maintenance work ahead of the 2027 Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. | Photo: PTI