Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): The special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in which a 36-hour marathon discussion on development goals for the state will be held began on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Oct 02 (ANI): Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary and called him an "inspiration for all humanity".
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad later today to take part in a Swachh Bharat programme on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was declared plastic-free from Wednesday, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to shun single-use plastic.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday flagged off party's "Gandhi Sankalp Yatra" from Shalimar Bagh area of New Delhi on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Indian Railways is celebrating Swachh Rail and Swachh Bharat and marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by banning single-use plastic across its network beginning Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): On the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi a 15-day 'Swacchhata Abhiyaan' (cleanliness drive) conducted at Ramghat in Wazirabad under the 'Namami Gange Project' concluded on Wednesday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 2 (ANI): On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia underlined the importance of truth and non-violence.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi's principles are always relevant and should be implemented for the betterment of the society, said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on the occasion of Bapu's 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Congress party's 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra', which began earlier on Wednesday, reached Raj Ghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined hordes of party leaders and workers, as the party organised a 'Padyatra' in the national capital, with an aim to redeem 'Gandhiji, Gandhism and Gandhi's India' today's world.