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Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Rahul Gandhi leads padyatra to Rajghat in Delhi, slogans of 'Mahatma Gandhi Amar Rahein' heard
•Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led a 'padyatra' in Delhi with a large number of party workers following him to Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat.
Amit Shah kickstarts 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra': Over 3,200 BJP MPs, MLAs, other elected representatives to join party's massive event
Fp Staff •BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday flagged off the party's main programme for the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, the 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra'.
Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind pay homage to Father of the Nation; RSS, Congress speak of harmony in tweets
Fp Staff •On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, several leaders took to Twitter to pay homage to the Father of the Nation.
Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Pune's Sassoon Hospital recalls surgery Mahatma underwent amid political unrest in 1924
•Ninety-five years on, the operation theatre at the government-run hospital has turned into a memorial but one that is not open to the public
Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary 2019: UNESCO, Doordarshan to co-host hour-long TV show 'Bapu Zinda Hain'
•Rarely heard audio clips of Mahatma Gandhi will be featured as part of an hour-long television programme jointly hosted by the UNESCO and Doordarshan to commemorate his birth anniversary.
Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Home ministry to release around 600 prisoners not convicted for murder, rape, corruption from jails across India
•Prisoners, including politicians, who have been convicted in cases of murder, rape or corruption, will not be released as part of the amnesty scheme
Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary 2019: Significance of day that celebrates one of most striking leaders of the Indian Independence struggle
Fp Staff •Mahatma Gandhi 150th Birth Anniversary 2019: Every year on 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi is observed with prayer services and tributes across the nation. This year, India will be celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi.
Narendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat mission
•Stressing that the success of the campaign could not be measured in numbers, Modi said the poor people and the women of India were benefitted the most by it
Narendra Modi at UNGA: PM presents India's progress report to fight climate crisis, receives Global Goalkeeper award for Swachh Bharat' mission
Fp Staff •Speaking at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Monday, Modi spoke about the importance of using renewable sources of energy instead of non-renewable resources, while giving his address at UN Climate Action Change
Gujarat Congress to organise marches to Sabarmati Ashram on 27 Sep in bid to 'foil designs to destroy Gandhian ideology'
•'These marches under a week-long 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra' will be taken out on 27 September', said state Congress president Amit Chavda