mandya union home minister amit shah on friday said the grand inauguration of the magnificent ram mandir in ayodhya will be held on january 1 2024 and urged people from the mandya region to start reserving tickets for their journey to the birthplace of lord ramshah said ram mandir is being constructed in uttar pradesh under the leadership of pm modi who cleared many hurdles and laid the foundation for its construction in the year 2020 he said pm is also focused on the development of kedarnath badrinath and kashi vishwanath shrines beijing china on monday reported 76 new coronavirus cases the highest daily rise since january including 40 domestic transmissions linked to a cluster in the eastern province of jiangsuof the 40 domestic cases 39 were from jiangsu province and one from liaoning the national health commission said in a statement monday adding there had been no new deaths