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BJP's nationwide campaign «Shree Ram Janm-Bhoomi Darshan» on January 24, the party's Ayodhya district unit will have a challenging task to coordinate with 'Ram Bhakts' entering the holy city from the country's various states. The party's Ayodhya district unit is tasked to ensure proper welcome for all devotees in the holy city. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the party apparently aims to touch the country's all parliamentary constituencies under the campaign «Shree Ram Janm-Bhoomi Darshan».

parties, including NDA allies and erstwhile BJP partner SAD, have responded favourably to the idea of 'one nation, one election', sources said. Former president Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level committee is likely to hold deliberations with chief election commissioner and Bar Council of India representatives in its next meeting on Saturday, sources said. Several parties, including BJP, are yet to get back to the panel and have sought more time. Lok Janshakti Party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, Tamil Manila Congress, PMK and SAD are among the parties that have backed the idea, sources said. The panel had sought views from 46 parties; only 17 have replied so far.

Pran Pratishthan' ceremony as well as 'yajmans', who part of rituals that will take place on January 22, will represent a diverse mix of castes, communities, sects and schools of thought of Hindu religion and spirituality. This has been aimed at diluting any perception of the temple belonging to any one caste or sect, and casting a wider net of Hindutva to increase acceptability of the Sangh parivar which includes the BJP, VHP and RSS. The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Saturday said fifteen people, especially belonging to the lower rung of the societal hierarchy, including Dom Raja of Varanasi Anil Chowdhary (Doms are caretakers of cremation grounds jn Varanasi); president of Vanvaasi (tribal) Kalyan Ashram in Udaipur; Ramachandra Kharadi and Dilip Valmiki from Lucknow belonging to the SC community; Mahadev Gaikwad Ghumantu (nomadic) community, a trustee from Latur in Maharashtra; Shri Ling Raja Vasava Raj Appa (Lingayat community) from Kalburgi in Karnataka and others, along with their wives, will be 'yajmans' for the Pran Pratishtha.

Ram temple in Ayodhya is an uninhibited expression of India's eternal soul and start of a new cycle in the country's resurgence, President Droupadi Murmu said on Sunday as she complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 'Pran Pratistha'. In a two-page letter to Prime Minister Modi, the president said that «as you prepare yourself to go for 'Pran Pratishtha' of Prabhu Shri Ram's 'murti' (idol) at the new temple built at his birthplace in Ayodhya, I can only contemplate the unique civilisational journey that will be accomplished with each step taken by you in the hallowed precincts».

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday claimed that if there had been a prime minister of the grand old party, the violence in Manipur would have been controlled by the fourth day, news agency PTI reported. The senior Congress leader was addressing a rally at Nagaon district of Assam as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not interested in dousing the fire of ethnic violence in Manipur, Gandhi claimed that even PM Narendra Modi could control the violence in the Northeastern state within three days with the help of the Indian Army.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed on Sunday that the ruling BJP in Assam is so «scared» of the success of his party's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that they attacked the state Congress chief. Kharge said the party's first Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022-23 had passed through several BJP-ruled states but «no stone was hurled» at it.

Samajwadi Party will be organising a 'PDA Fortnight' (Pakhwara ) from January 26 in all the assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh to rally support from the backward and minority sections, a party member said on Sunday. SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said the details of the programme will be decided in a meeting of party office bearers.

Donald Trump's effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary. The former president enters the contest emboldened by his record-setting performance in last week's Iowa caucuses. But New Hampshire has a more moderate political tradition and primary rules that allow unaffiliated voters to participate in the race. Trump-backed MAGA candidates have struggled here in recent years. Nikki Haley is hoping to capitalise on those vulnerabilities. The former UN ambassador is the only candidate left in the GOP primary aiming to defeat Trump outright. After a disappointing finish in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is effectively surrendering new Hampshire and focusing on South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has got 'mahaprasad' prepared for the VIPs coming to attend the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on Monday. More than 20,000 packets of 'mahaprasad', which has been prepared with pure ghee, five types of dry fruits, sugar, gram flour ('besan') is being handed over to the Trust for the guest after the ceremony, an official said. 'Mahaprasad' is being prepared by Gujarat's Bhagwa Sena Bharti Garvi and Sant Seva Sansthan under the guidance of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday accused the DMK regime in Tamil Nadu of banning watching live telecast of Ram Mandir events in Ayodhya as the non-BJP states in South have not responded to demands for a public holiday on January 22. The DMK government was unofficially claiming law & order issues to justify ban on live telecast, Sitharaman alleged in a series of posts on social media platform X. The FM called it a 'false and fake narrative’ as there were no such issues on the day of the Ayodhya verdict.

Lok Sabha elections could be held in the first week of April in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy here on Sunday said the BJP is gearing up for the polls and that Narendra Modi would become Prime Minister for the third time. Going by the schedule of the elections last time (in 2019), the polls could be held in AP and Telangana in the first week of April, Kishan Reddy, the Telangana BJP president said. «Under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji, we are (going to) polls for the third time, notification is going to come next month.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma's claim that he was scared of him, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday countered saying that the former was afraid of his alleged corruption being uncovered. At press conference earlier on Sunday, the Assam CM said, «Rahul Gandhi pehle toh mujhse darta tha, ab mere bacche se bhi darna shuru kar diya (Rahul Gandhi is not just scared of me but also my child).» Hitting back at the BJP leader, Rahul said, «He is making such statements as he is scared. He afraid of his corruption coming out in the open.» Adding that he will deputing all the newly recruited commandos in the area through which Rahul's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' would pass on Monday, the Assam CM added, «Muslim women will not turn out for his yatra, as our government has implemented many development schemes for them.» He informed that all educational institutions, including government schools, will remain closed for the entire day to mark the 'Pran Pratishtha' of Shri Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. «All educational institutions, including government schools, colleges, and universities will remain closed for the entire day tomorrow.

As the world devolves from the unipolar world led by the US in the immediate aftermath of the end of the Cold War to an international order more in flux–not yet multipolar and not quite bipolar either–small states are gaining outsize ability to shape their own destinies. Long used to being ignored, many small countries are increasingly capable of playing rival states against each other and expanding their diplomatic space. Maldives is a classic case in point.

The South African government says it will challenge an auction of artifacts belonging to the country’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela

Gender Equity and Equality' announced on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting 2024 here. The idea of this alliance emerged from the G20 Leaders' Declaration and India's abiding commitment to the cause of women-led development as propounded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As a follow up to the activities of the Engagement Group and initiatives under the G20 framework, inter alia, the Business 20, Women 20 and G20 EMPOWER, this alliance aims at taking forward the commitments of the G20 leaders for the benefit of the larger global community, the government said while announcing the alliance.

Union Budget 2024, which is now less than a fortnight away, the domestic commodity industry has urged the government to allow the resumption of trade in banned agricultural commodities including wheat, paddy (non-basmati), chana, and others. The sentiments were echoed by the industry representatives on January 22 on the occasion of 20 years of commodity trading on exchanges. Country’s largest non-agri commodity exchange Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) and agri bourse National Commodity Exchange of India (NCDEX) started operations in 2003. Narinder Wadhwa, National President at Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI) said that this day will be observed as a national commodity day from now on. “Commodity Day serves as a dedicated platform for refining participants, addressing developmental concerns, and striving to uphold elevated market integrity, benefiting investors, businesses, and governments alike,” Wadhwa said. The continued linked the prosperity of the market on the agility of policies, adherence to principles of fairness, and timely adaptations to meet the evolving needs of both the market and its investors.

Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital Maldives' capital city Male. Aasandha Company Limited, the company responsible for medical evacuations, issued an official statement and said that the Medical Section of the company had processed and approved the airlift ambulance within 12 minutes. The 14 year old Malivian boy from Gaaf Alif Villingili, had a brain tumour and suffered a stroke, according to India Today.