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• Worried about PM amid Covid spread, will remain away from bhoomi pujan site, says Uma Bharti
• Digvijaya Singh requests PM to defer Ram temple 'bhoomi pujan'
  In a series of tweets on Monday, Singh said, "I again request Modiji postpone the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram temple on August 5. After a struggle of hundreds of years, the occasion for the construction of the temple has come. Dont allow your arrogance create obstruction in the way."
• Hanumangarhi temple being sanitised ahead of PM Modi's visit on August 5
• Kailash Vijayvargiya dismisses rumours about BJP MPs joining TMC
  BJP leader and Central observer for West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday dismissed the news appearing on a section of news channels that some BJP parliamentarians are going to join Trinamool Congress. He stated that it as a rumour designed to affect the outcome of the 2021 Assembly elections. All our MPs are working under PM Modi's leadership," Vijayvargiya said.
• Covid-19 tests in India cross 2-crore mark
  The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the two-crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.
• Chef Vikas Khanna to help India's street vendors impacted by Covid-19 pandemic
• I have learned love, truth and patience from my brother: Priyanka Gandhi
  Extending warm greetings and good wishes to the countrymen on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said she has learnt love, truth and patience from her brother Rahul Gandhi. She also shared an adorable picture with her brother Rahul Gandhi. Rahul too had posted a picture of him sharing a warm hug with Priyanka.
• 'It's Lord Ram's wish': Ayodhya dispute litigant Iqbal Ansari gets first invite for Ram Temple 'bhoomi pujan'
  "I believe it was Lord Ram's wish that I receive the first invitation. I accept it. Hindus and Muslims live in harmony in Ayodhya. The temple's land is being worshipped and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming for the event to Ayodhya," Ansari told ANI. "When the temple will be built, the fate of Ayodhya will also change. Ayodhya will become more beautiful," he added.
• Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram tests positive for Covid-19
  "I have just tested positive for #Covid. My symptoms are mild and as per medical advice I am under home quarantine. I would urge all those who have recently been in contact with me to follow medical protocol," he said in a tweet.
• Wonder why home minister chose private hospital, not AIIMS: Tharoor on Amit Shah testing Covid-19 positive
  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday questioned Union home minster Amit Shah's choice of a private hospital over a government one after he tested positive for Coronavirus on Sunday. Taking to Twitter, Congress leader Tharoor said, "True. Wonder why our home minister, when ill, chose not to go to AIIMS but to a private hospital in a neighbouring state."