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Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his 11-day fast after concluding the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ rituals in Ayodhya on Monday. He took a sip of ‘charnamrit’ to break his fast.

The website, purportedly offering “free prasad” from the 'Prana Pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, was found to be preying on the public's religious sentiments.

Carrying a silver ‘chhatra’ placed on a red cloth amidst playing of ‘Mangal Dhvani’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi climbed up the stairs of the newly constructed Ram temple and performed ‘Sankalp’ within the 84 seconds ‘abhijit muhurat’ as part of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Lord Ram Lalla.

"In Ayodhya with my amma Janaki and my brother Kumar and his wife Anu. Amma is a life-long devotee of Lord Shri Ram. Very blessed to be here,” Vembu posted on X.

He won an applause for his rendition of ‘Raghukul reet sada chali aayi” and the saints, in particular, were seen clapping to the rhythm.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ayodhya on Monday to participate in the Pran Pratishtha programme of the Ram temple.

Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, who campaigned across the country for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, will not attend the Pran Pratishtha ceremony due to extreme cold weather.

Ayodhya tourism has excellent long-term prospects, investors have to be careful about the valuations. Large caps in IT, capital goods, telecom and selective private sector banks are safer bets now, he added.

Hours before the much-awaited 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony in Ayodhya, the BJP has flagged a video of the 1990 Ayodhya firing incident, party sources said.

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which the Central forces have been dealing with the current crisis in the northeastern state impacted by ethnic violence that first broke out on May 3 last year.

The two renowned figure of the state were conferred with the award on the occasion of the celebration of Tripura Statehood Day here at Agartala Rabindra Bhavan on Sunday.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Sunday inaugurated the observance of the Tripura statehood day here in a function at Agartala Rabindra Bhavan and said that the government is contemplating to develop the state as a multinational trade and logistics hub.

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal during the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir, Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha attended the Swachata Abhiyan at four temples in the state, including the Tripura Sundari temple and Kasba Kali Bari, on Sunday.

In a shocking turn of events, Arup Chowdhury, the General Secretary of BJP Kamalpur Mandal, met with a tragic accident that claimed his life on Saturday night.

In a significant move towards urban development, Mayor Dipak Majumdar, accompanied by Corporator Pradip Chanda and other officials, visited the GB market area on Sunday to announce the commencement of the market's modernization project.

In a remarkable display of communal harmony, MLA Tofajjal Hossain, along with various community leaders, spearheaded a Mega Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Bheluarchar village panchayat, marking the inauguration of the Ram Temple.

In a significant development on Sunday, Government Railway Police apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals and an Indian citizen from Ambassa in Dhalai district.

The IMD further said that no significant change in minimum temperatures is very likely over northern parts of the country during the next five days.

K.K. Mohammed, the archaeologist who made some important findings regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi temple has said that the "Muslims should hand over Gyanvapi and Shahi Idgah mosques to Hindus".

Iran has accused Israel of killing five of its military advisors in Syria capital Damascus in a missile strike on a building, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

Acharya Satyendra Das has been living in Ayodhya since his early childhood and has been worshipping in the same temple since the last 32 years, much before the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.

United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis will visit India from January 22-26, during which he is expected to discuss "geopolitical tensions" with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, according to his spokesperson Monica Grayley.

Days after tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and Pakistan, Pakistan border guards and Afghan's ruling Taliban clashed on the Durand Line on Saturday, leaving at least three dead, reports said.

The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for ‘Ayush Diksha’, a first-of-its-kind centre for the development of human resources for Ayush professionals of the future here today.

Like every year this year too, the Netaji Subhash Vidyaniketan will commemorate the 128th birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose through a colorful procession, which will be based on at least 30 themes.