FIFA Best Awards: Messi pips Haaland and Mbappe, Manchester City sweep several awards

Lionel Messi was named the best men's player of 2023 at FIFA's The Best Awards, after beating Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. The 108 feet incense stick, that reached Ayodhya from Gujarat for the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony, was lit in the presence of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra President Mahant Nrityagopal Das on Tuesday.

The journey of Narendra Modi has been marked by a close relationship with Hinduism, particularly in connection with Ram. It began with the pivotal Rath Yatra in the early 90s, a defining moment in Indian politics that gave India its first fleeting glimpse of Modi. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attended a "Sundar Kand" recital programme in Delhi's Rohini area along with his wife.

Cricketer Virat Kohli and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, have been invited to Ram Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony, which is set to take place on 22nd January..