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Tomar joins thousands on Yoga Day in Gwalior

PNS

Thousands of people exercised Yoga in the laxmi Bai National Institute of Physical education. On receipt of green signal from Rajpath, Delhi thousands of people exercised Yogasan with union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and in charge minister Jayant Mallia. The programme of Yoga was continued for an hour. Two big screens were installed to display the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme began at 6.30 at morning and ended at 7.37. After the speech of PM Modi, 15 Asans of Yoga were exercised.

Yoga programme was organized in Aditya College Gwalior through Rastriya Seva Yojana. The chief guest of the programme was programme officer of NSS Jiwaji University Deepak Sharma. The students of the college performed Yoga under the guidance of Yoga teacher Nitesh Garg. Nearly 7000 cadets NCC performed Yoga at SAF ground. 8967 cadets displayed yoga in the whole region. The commander of NCC group head quarter and Brigadier Balvindra Singh guided all the NCC cadets who gathered at 7 am in SAF ground. They wore uniform and stood in a queue. At 7 am they performed group Yoga. In the programme colonel SS Chopra, Colonel SS Rathore, Colonel KB Singh and lT Colonel Naveen Thapa were present.

All the cadets of NCC who participated in the programme would be given 5% marks in B and C certificates exams of NCC. Commander NCC group head quarter Brig. Banbindara Singh said that Yoga is very necessary for healthy heart, mind and body. Our cadets would get new energy from this. More than 10 lacks cadets participated in the Yoga today at 1009 centers of the country which is a record.