Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday extended greetings as Chhath festivities started with the 'Nahay Khaaye' ritual, and the devotees from Purvanchal begin their fast as per the festival.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has issued directions to declare November 7 as a public holiday to mark Chhath Mahaparv after receiving a letter from Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena requesting her to this effect.
The Government has asked people to take precautionary measures as the Indian Meteorological Department has sounded a Red alert in the state.
CTI president Subhash Khandelwal said earlier it was said the markets around Lutyens Delhi will be shut but now there are talks that markets in Old Delhi and other markets will also be closed during three days.
Hari Singh (1895-1961) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions in developmental blocks Chopal and Tutu of district Shimla and developmental block Dharampur of district Mandi were delayed owing to reservation roster against which some candidates had approached the HP High Court.
The day was removed from the list of holidays between 2015 and 2019, though ‘Netaji Jayanti’ had been a holiday till 2014.
Jammu and Kashmir on October 31 transitioned from a state into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, nearly three months after Parliament abrogated the state’s special status.
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