Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has instructed all the District Magistrates and Municipal Commissioners to ensure arrangements for bonfires at prominent places in their districts and town areas as part of a campaign, the government officials said on Saturday.
Remembering late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that Lucknow was fortunate that Vajpayee represented it.
The Yogi Adityanath government in UP plans to observe late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth anniversary as 'Good Governance Day' with numerous programmes such as Kavi Sammelans, debates, and poetry recitals, at various places in the state, as per an official statement.
The entire Lok Bhavan complex will reverberate with the powerful speech of 'Kavivar Atal'. At the same time, many dignitaries including the CM and the Deputy CM will pay tribute to the former PM.
On day three of Khelo India Youth Games Hockey Haryana beat Hockey Karnataka 9-0, Hockey Association of Odisha beat Hockey Maharashtra 5-0, Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Mizoram drew 3-3, Hockey Jharkhand beat Hockey Bihar 8-1 and Uttar Pradesh Hockey beat Hockey Punjab 2-0.
After a video went viral on social media showing some youth raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans after winning a game of badminton in Arrah, Bhojpur, five people have been taken into custody by the police.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a brick kiln blast in Bihar's Motihari and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of the kin of each deceased.