Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, calling their lives and ideals a guiding inspiration for nation-building.
In a post on social media X, the Prime Minister stated that Gandhi demonstrated how courage and simplicity could become instruments of great change, instilling a belief in the power of service and compassion as essential means of empowering people.
The High Commission of India in London also condemned the act, calling it a "shameful act of vandalism" and stating that it had "taken this up strongly with local authorities."
The High Commission termed it as not just a "vandalism" incident, but also a violent attack on the idea of nonviolence ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. The body has taken up the matter with the local authorities for immediate action, while they are also coordinating with them to restor
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has ordered the closure of all slaughterhouses, as well as retail meat and beef shops within GHMC limits on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, a release said.
Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, embarked on the 'Samvidhan Satyagraha Padyatra' from Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur on Monday. He said that the protest march will carry the message of love against the "politics of hatred" by the Sangh Parivar organisations.
Hyderabad was gripped by chaos in the early hours of Saturday as torrential overnight rains caused widespread flooding across several parts of the city, including the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) -- one of South India's largest transport hubs -- and multiple residential colonies near
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate a training programme on legislative drafting for officials of Haryana Vidhan Sabha and Government of Haryana at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh, on September 26.
The statewide cleanliness campaign was launched on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, September 17, and will continue until the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.