PM Narendra Modi ceremonially hoisted saffron flag on the Shikhar of the sacred Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, symbolising the completion of the temple's construction. The right-angled triangular flag, measuring ten feet in height and twenty feet in length, bears image of the Sun. It also has an 'Om' inscribed on it along with image of Kovidara tree.

Volcanic ash clouds, formed after Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted for the first time in recorded history, have entered Indian subcontinent from Rajasthan and Gujarat. Two ash clouds, formed at 25,000-35,000feet and 25,000-45,000feet, are spread over north and west India, including Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The clouds are moving towards China.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for several states for the next two days. It is very likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, dense fog conditions are very likely to prevail during night/early morning hours in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Tuesday.

The official account of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra shared pictures of Ram Temple on the eve of the Dhwajarohan Utsav (flag-hoisting festival). In the pictures, the temple can be seen illuminated in radiant light. On November 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist a saffron flag atop the 191-foot-high spire of the Ram Temple.

India on Monday lodged a strong demarche with China after a UK-based Arunachal Pradesh native Prema Wangjom Thongdok was held for 18 hours during transit at Shanghai airport, ANI reported. The government told China that Arunachal is indisputably Indian territory. India also stressed that the passenger had been detained on ludicrous grounds, the report added.