Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami offered prayers at the newly-constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. This is CM Dhami’s first visit to Ayodhya, Ram Janmabhoomi Temple. He will also visit Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

After the darshan of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said this is divine and wonderful. He said he had waited for this moment for a long time and now it has become true. The Chief Minister prayed for the prosperity of the state as well as the country. He said he prayed that the country should go forward under the leadership of PM Modi. He said Ram Rajya in India has begun.

CM Dhami took to X and wrote Jai Shri Ram! he is getting the privilege of going to Ayodhypuri, the birthplace of Maryada Purushottam Prabhu Shri Ram. He wrote even before the darshan of Shri Ram Lalla, every pore of his soul is filled with devotion and joy.

The Pran Pratishtha event presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was attended by many prominent people. Hanuman Garhi temple , located near the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, is one of the most prominent and oldest temples in the country which is dedicated to Lord Hanuman.

MLAs from all political parties of Uttar Pradesh except Samajwadi Party visited Ayodhya on February 12 to offer prayers to Lord Ram. A large number of devotees, both locals and from other states have been visiting the Ram Temple since it opened to the public.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Thursday flagged off daily bus service to Ayodhya from seven divisions of Rajasthan, including Jaipur. He instructed officials to ensure that the pilgrims going from Rajasthan to Ayodhya are registered and all proper arrangements should be made for them. The Rajasthan Chief Minister said the department should appoint officers to ensure that arrangements are made for pilgrims in Ayodhya as well.  

Secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Poland Wladyslaw T. Bartoszewski on Monday said that India should play a bigger role in global politics. He said India is a superpower now and hence India should play a role that fits superpower at the global scale. He said the relations between Poland and India have been extremely good. He said they have not had any problems.

The Polish Minister said it is time to take the relations between the the two countries to a higher level. He said India has developed into a phenomenal country and is the 5^th largest economy in the world. The minister said the Polish economy has also developed and both the countries have much more to offer each other.

He said the Polish government wants India to play a more active role in World Politics. He said India is the largest democracy in the world and shares values with Poland as to how the world should be organised. The Polish Minister said he is looking to partner with India. He said Poland is looking at potentially creating the India-Central Eastern European Forum to discuss amongst a few countries.

He said there are a lot of topics and Poland wants to partner with India to play its role in the world affairs. Bartoszewski highlighted the remarkable economic growth India has made under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said Warsaw would like to work in closer co-operation with New Delhi. India and Poland share strong bilateral ties.

After the Ukraine war began, Poland helped in India’s Operation Ganga by aiding in the evacuation of Indian students from the war struck country in 2022.The Polish minister commented on the Russia-Ukraine war which has been going on since the last two years. He said the war will end if immediately if Russian President Vladimir Putin withdraws his forces from neighbouring Ukraine.

Delhi and its adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed light rainfall on early Tuesday morning and the India Meteorological department has predicted more showers through the day. The weather department said light to moderate intensity rain accompanied with thunderstorm would continue over the national capital and its adjoining areas

IMD said in its bulletin that thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi and NCR, Shikarpur (UP), Jahangirabad, Bulandshahar, Sikandrabad, Siyana, Gulaoti, Modinagar, Khekra, Meerut, Bagpat, Daurala, Baraut, Chandpur, Hastinapur, Sakoti Tanda, Khatauli, Bijnaur, Muzaffarnagar, Nazibabad and Deoband.

The IMD added light to moderate intensity rain would occur over adjoining areas of Bhiwari (Rajasthan), Bahajoi (U.P), Anupshahar, Hapur, Pilakhua, Garhmukteshwar, Moradabad, Amroha, Sohana and Farukhnagar during next two hours.

Many videos circulating on social media show many areas soaked in rains in the national capital. IMD said the minimum temperature in Delhi is likely to settle at 13 degrees Celcius, while the maximum temperature is likely to go upto 28 degree Celsius on Tuesday.

The weather department on Monday predicted a generally cloudy sky with light rain and thunderstorm in the national capital. The rain is expected to improve the air quality of Delhi and other NCR areas. The air quality continued to be in the poor category on Monday as the overall air quality index was recorded at 231.

The IMD has predicted rainfall for Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and western Uttar Pradesh are going to witness rainfall from February 19 to February 21. Along with this lightning, gusty winds and thunderstorms are very likely in Punjab from February 18-21, over Rajasthan on February 19-20 and in eastern UP from February 20-22.

Similar weather conditions are expected to prevail over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and west Uttar Pradesh on February 20.Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning, gusty winds speeding upto 30-40 kmph and hailstorm are very likely to prevail over isolated parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Bengal and Sikkim and Bihar on February 21.