August 5  

"I went to Ram Janmabhoomi to send out a message that Muslims are not against the Ram temple," litigant in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir case Iqbal said

Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda took a jibe at Congress leaders who have been demanding that they be included in the bhumi pujan of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 5
 

Security agencies have warned of terrorist attacks on August 5 and August 15  

As August 5 draws closer, the news is that PM Modi will lay silver brick weighing 22.5kg 

UP CM Yogi Adityanath visited Ayodhya to inspect preparation for bhumi puja to take place on August 5 by PM Narendra Modi
 

Anti-Hindu lobby, which works overtime to ensure any Hindu endeavour doesn’t see the light of day, has tasted bitter success as the Allahabad high court has dismissed a petition seeking stay on the bhumi puja to be performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5

Efforts to stymie and scuttle the bhumi puja on August 5 at Ayodhya are afoot as a petition has been filed at the Allahabad high court, seeking a stay on it  
 

The Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust has decided that ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the Ram temple will be held either on August 3 or August 5

Minutes after Union home minister said that the situation is "fully normal" in Jammu and Kashmir, and not a single person had died in police firing after August 5, he further stated that all citizens of India, irrespective of religion, would be figured in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list.

Mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir will resume from the afternoon of October 14.  All network and landline connections were suspended across Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, in view of security concerns in the region following Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370.

Mobile network and landline connections were suspended across Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, in view of security concerns in the region following Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370

China has made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping will not be discussing the Kashmir issue when they meet. Tension between India and Pakistan escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status granted under Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution on August 5. 

India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against West Indies after Virat Kohli’s 42nd ODI hundred while Chris Gayle broke Brian Lara’s record. In volleyball, India bagged a silver at Asia Under-23 championships. All these and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly sports review show (August 5 to 11)

The counting of votes for Vellore Lok Sabha constituency was held today (August 9). The election happened on August 5. DMK's DM Kathir Anand won