‘Youth should follow Gandhi & Shastri’
Dehradun: Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik exhorted students to pursue the path of truth, cleanliness and non-violence as espoused by MK Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was speaking at a programme organised in Motherhood University to mark the birth anniversaries of Gandhi and Shastri. He also appreciated the posters made by the students on the occasion. Kaushik also presented awareds to winners of a lecture competition held on the subject of ‘Swachchhta hi Seva’. The university vice chancellor Narendra Sharma also expressed his views on the occasion.
FRI marks Gandhi Jayanti with cleaning drive
Dehradun:The 150th birth anniversary of MK Gandhi was celebrated at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) here on Wednesday. After paying tributes to Gandhi, the institute director Arun Singh Rawat administered the pledge of cleanliness to all the institute staff. He said that the sanitation campaign should not be a one day formality but entail commitment in all who should consider the maintenance of cleanliness their moral responsibility. A cleaning drive was also conducted in the institute’s divisions till midday.
Senior citizens felicitated
Haridwar: Fifty persons aged 70 years were felicitated by Varishth Nagrik Kalyan Evam Seva Samiti with PNB deputy zonal head Naresh Singla as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Singla informed them about various schemes useful for senior citizens.The committee’s president BP Gupta also spoke on the occasion. Senior branch manager Rajan Bhardwaj appealed the pensioners to give their life certificate from October month this year and not wait for November.