Day In Pics: September 17, 2026

Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for September 17, 2026

People gather during the Maha Kumbabhishekam, the consecration ceremony, of the renowned Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple, in Madurai. | Photo: Handout via PTI

People offer prayers at the Ahilyabai Ghat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, in Varanasi. | Photo: PTI

BJP leader Vijay Goel flags off ‘Run for Vikshit Bharat’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI

Indian Davis Cup players at the draw ceremony for the Qualifier Round 2 tie against South Korea in Seoul. | Photo: PTI/Amanpreet Singh

People gather during the Maha Kumbabhishekam, consecration ceremony, of the renowned Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple, in Madurai. | Photo: PTI

Smoke erupts from a commercial complex after a fire broke out, in Jaipur's Tripolia Bazaar. | Photo: PTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and others perform ‘aarti’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday, in Vadnagar, Gujarat. | Photo: @Bhupendrapbjp/X via PTI

Former Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin offers floral tributes to social reformer and leader E V Ramasamy, known as Periyar by his followers, on his 148th birth anniversary. | Photo: @Udhaystalin/X via PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of SEMICON India 2026, at Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi. | Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI

A view of the Costa Serena cruise ship, housing athletes for the Asian Games, at Nagoya Port, Japan. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma

Artisans work on idols of Lord Vishwakarma on the ‘Vishwakarma Puja’, in Birbhum. | Photo: PTI

People take a dip at Lolark Kund alongside a tank filled with fruits offered as part of a ritual to fulfil wishes, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members perform a ‘havan’ at a temple to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday, in Patna, Bihar. | Photo: PTI

Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak chases a maiden Asian Games medal in her fourth appearance at the mega-event. | Photo: Handout via PTI

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta at a mega blood donation camp to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Rushikesh More

Ladakh LG VK Saxena during a ‘padyatra’ as part of ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’, in Leh. | Photo: @lg_ladakh/X via PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering during the inauguration of SEMICON India 2026, at Yashobhoomi, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration ceremony of SEMICON India 2026, in New Delhi. | Photo: PMO via PTI

Perth Scorchers head coach Adam Voges addresses a press conference ahead of the Big Bash League (BBL), in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | Photo: PTI/R Senthilkumar

A Yuva Sena (UBT) worker releases a stray dog on the table of the chief officer of the Niphad Nagar Panchayat, Dheeraj Bhamre, to highlight the stray dog menace in the area, in Maharashtra’s Nashik district. | Photo: Handout via PTI

Muslim students show sweet boxes during celebrations on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, in Ahmedabad. | Photo: PTI

Students plant saplings during the inauguration of ‘Bharat Vann’, as part of Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, at Lodhi Colony Park, New Delhi. | Photo: PTI

Firefighters at the site after a fire broke out in a few establishments in the wholesale market Purohit Ji Ka Katla, in Jaipur. | Photo: PTI

People at Lolark Kund to take a dip, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. | Photo: PTI