National

The House held discussions on the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, the 150th anniversary of the National Song 'Vande Mataram', and issues related to environmental protection and pollution control in the national capital. A resolution was unanimously adopted to play the full version of 'Vande Mataram' in the Assembly from the next session onwards.

Under the banner of the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union, affiliated with CITU, Anganwadi workers from the Chakkkar, New Shimla, and Sanjauli circles of the ICDS Project Shimla staged a strong protest outside the DPO office in Nigam Vihar, Shimla.

A private company issued a public apology after its HR department released a job advertisement on a job portal seeking a candidate who does not know the Kannada language, explicitly mentioning "Non-Kannada HR," assuring that the organisation will keep a check that such incidents don't recur in the future.

With Pune gearing up for the local body elections on January 15, District Collector Jitendra Dudi on Monday said that all polling arrangements have been completed and security measures are firmly in place.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Monday called on the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Lt General KT Parnaik (Retd), who is on a two-day official visit to Sikkim at Lok Bhavan, Gangtok.

Inaugurated on 11 January by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, the two-day conference has established itself as a landmark regional investment and development platform covering 12 districts of Kutch and Saurashtra.