Himachal CM pays tribute to former Minister Mansa Ram
Shimla: Senior Congress leader and former Minister Mansa Ram was cremated on Sunday with state honours at Karsog. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Education Minister Rohit Thakur and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sunder Singh Thakur reached Karsog and paid tribute to late Congress leader. Sukhu said that Mansa Ram was the youngest Minister from Karsog in the state's first Chief Minister YS Parmar's Cabinet and he contributed significantly in the development of the state as a minister and MLA. He said that the absence of Mansa Ram in the party will always be felt by the state. He said that in this hour of grief, the state government and the Congress party are standing with his family.
Chandigarh Literary Society Celebrates Hindi Poetry
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Literary Society (CLS) organized an event of Hindi poetry at Haryana Panchayat Bhavan, Sector 28. CLS Chairperson Dr. Sumita Misra moved a step ahead to provide this opportunity to the CLS members to recite their Hindi poetry. In her opening remarks, she said that Hindi poetry is very close to her heart and the amount of Hindi literature that is emerging from this region is amazing. Twenty celebrated poets participated in this evening of Hindi poetry which included Abha Joshi Sharma, Dr. Aditya Rattan, Alka Kansra, Ashok Wadhera, Dilpreet Kaur Chahal, Jatin Salwan, Lily Swarn, Neelam Narang, Nishant Shrivastav, Rajan Chopra, Rajni Pathak Rajinder Sarho, Reeta Rana, Rekha Mittal, Romika Wadhera, Sarika Dhupar, Seema Gupta, Shivam Chauhan, Dr. Sumit Madan and Dr. Vinay Bansal. The programme was hosted by Shally Vij and coordinated by Rekha Mittal. This is the beginning of the year 2023 and many more such lively literary events are in the offing, said Misra.