1.Lakhs of devotees thronged to the sacred city of Puri in Odisha to witness the divine spectacle of 'Snana Purnima', the ritual bathing of holy triad -- Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra -- at Jagannath Temple .

2.Following rituals such as Mangal Alati, Abakash Niti and Bimba Snana, the deities were bathed with 108 pitchers of sacred, fragrant water drawn from the mysterious Sunakua (Golden Well) located near the Maa Sitala Temple inside the Jagannath Temple complex.

3.Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched the pilot project of the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) in Gujarat, describing it as an integrated digital platform that would monitor the health, nutrition, education and welfare of children from pregnancy until the age of 16 years.

4.An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit Afghanistan on Saturday evening, with strong tremors felt in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and several other North Indian states. 

5. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Bharat Taxi plans to expand its cooperative mobility platform to more than 500 cities and towns across India within the next two years, describing the rollout as the next phase of the organisation's national expansion.

6.The Supreme Court on Monday declined to urgently hear a petition seeking an investigation into allegations of misappropriation and theft of donations made to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

7.India on Sunday strongly rejected Pakistan’s allegations linking it to the recent terrorist attack on the Pakistan Rangers headquarters in Karachi. 

8.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded “Guardian of the Blue Horizon,” Seychelles’ highest presidential honour for leadership in environmental conservation and sustainable development during his three-day visit to the island nation.

9.ISKCON organized another untimely Ratha Yatra in Boston on Saturday, drawing sharp criticism from devotees and cultural observers for disregarding traditional Jagannath festival dates.

10.An MLA from Karur, Vijayabhaskar met Speaker JCD Prabhakar at the state secretariat this morning and tendered his resignation.

11.Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi has now begun vacating her bungalow at 10 Circular Road in Patna, with the deadline to leave the premises.

12.The State Bank of India had recommended removing the donation counting staff at the Ram temple in Ayodhya over a suspicion of theft three months ago.

13.The Faizabad Bar Association on Monday resolved that none of its members would represent the eight accused arrested in the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple, warning that any lawyer violating the decision would face a Rs 5-lakh penalty.

14.Supreme Court Monday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking a fair and time-bound probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

15. Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south and killing at least two people, Russian authorities said Sunday. Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities.