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• RSS and other like-minded groups worked for 30 years to fulfil Ram temple resolve: Bhagwat August 5, 2020
  Bhagwat was one of the selected invitees at the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony of a Ram temple at the site where a large number of Hindus believe Lord Ram was born.
• Transformation underway in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar August 5, 2020
  Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar highlighted application of progressive laws, delivery of social justice, empowerment and support for vulnerable sections and rolling out of development projects as part of the transformation. The external affairs minister listed expansion of education and employment opportunities and advancement of women's rights as other takeaways.
• BJP celebrates first anniversary of revocation of J&K's special status in Kashmir August 5, 2020
  "We are celebrating the completion of one year of abrogation of Article 370 (provisions) and the positive changes that it brought in Jammu and Kashmir," BJP leader Altaf Thakur told reporters at the party office in Jawahar Nagar here.
• Ayodhya Ram temple ceremony: Leaders hope development would pave way for harmony August 5, 2020
  Various leaders hailed the historic event, and hoped the country progressed further and that people follow the ideals of Lord Ram. Their reactions come on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Ayodhya to lay the first brick of the Ram temple.