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Ram Temple Trust meeting on July 6; SIT report, post of CEO part of agendaMembers of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet at the Mani Ramdas Chavni in Ayodhya on Monday (July 6, 2026) to discuss the preliminary report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the Ram Temple alleged donation embezzlement case, and the resignations of its trustees in its wake.PM Modi to visit Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand from July 6-11Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6-11 to deepen India’s engagement with the three countries. The first leg of his visit will be to Indonesia, after which he will travel to Australia, where his main engagements will be held in Melbourne.

He will conclude the tour with a visit to New Zealand.Vaishnaw to launch two new express trains from Odisha on MondayRailways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate two new train services from Odisha on Monday -- the Brahmapur-Surat (Udhna) Amrit Bharat Express and the Puri-Koraput Express, officials said. The inaugural ceremonies, to be held at Puri and Brahmapur, will also be attended by Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, they said.

Monsoon gains strength across India; Mumbai air traffic hit, alerts in Kerala, OdishaMonsoon activity intensified across India on Sunday, with heavy rain disrupting flight operations in Mumbai, triggering weather alerts in Kerala, Odisha and Jharkhand, and bringing widespread downpour to Delhi. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday retained a red alert for Mumbai, forecasting continued downpours and isolated extremely heavy showers. The IMD said a well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to cross the north Odisha coast between Chandbali and Digha over the next day and could bring heavy rainfall to Odisha and West Bengal.

Karnataka Chief Minister to visit Bidar and Kalaburagi districts from July 6Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will undertake a two-day official tour of Bidar and Kalaburagi districts on July 6 and 7 to review development works, chair an administrative review meeting and interact with Congress workers, according to an official release issued by B.

S. Sridhar, Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister.Prosecutors to lay out their case against the man accused of killing Charlie KirkCharlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder.

The five-day preliminary hearing that starts on Monday (July 6, 2026) will be the first time members of Kirk’s family are in the Utah courtroom with defendant Tyler Robinson. The hearing will be livestreamed.Amit Shah to visit Kolkata to attend Syama Prasad’s 125th birth anniversary celebrationsUnion Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Kolkata on Monday to attend programmes marking the 125th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, in what is expected to be one of the most significant political events in West Bengal since the formation of the new BJP government.

‘Very dangerous’ super typhoon nears US Pacific islandsHowling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Marianas late on Sunday hours before the projected arrival of a “super typhoon” with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane over the U.S. Pacific territories.

Super Typhoon Bavi was forecast to roar westwards over the area early on Monday with maximum sustained winds of up to 280 kilometres (173 miles) per hour and gusts of 333 kmh, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.MoS External Affairs to lead Indian delegation at UN Dialogue on AI governanceMinister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh will lead the Indian delegation that will participate in the inaugural United Nations’ Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva from July 6-7, the MEA said on Sunday (July 5, 2026).India to host two-day BRICS anti-drugs meetIndia will host the two-day BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies meeting in Guwahati from Monday (July 6, 2026).

Organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the meeting will focus on issues such as combating synthetic drugs, strengthening intelligence sharing and operational coordination, and capacity building and institutional cooperation.Amit Shah to launch several projects as Ministry of Cooperation completes five yearsUnion Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone of 47 grain storage godowns and inaugurate several major projects on Monday on the occasion of completion of five years of the Ministry of Cooperation, a government statement said. The minister among other initiatives will also launch a centralised core banking platform, and Sahakar Sahyogi, a conversational AI-powered platform for Urban Cooperative Banks.

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