Prez stops convoy to distribute chocolates

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A video of the President stepping out of her official vehicle and giving the children chocolates here has gone viral on social media

Kollam (PTI): A group of school children who waited on the wayside in this southern district of Kerala to greet President Droupadi Murmu on Friday during her maiden visit to the state were in for a treat when she stopped the convoy and distributed chocolates to them.

A video of the President stepping out of her official vehicle and giving the children chocolates in Karunagappally here in the morning has gone viral on social media platforms. Seeing the excited children waving at her car, the President stopped the convoy sud- per cent results came for students. A separate education board of Delhi has been created. Delhi has performed well in the education sector in the past five years," said L-G Saxena in his address.

He added, "In the field of social security, the government is working for inclusive development. A total of 4.08 lakh people have been given pension under old age assistance scheme. Financial assistance has been provided to 3.50 lakh distressed women."

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New Delhi (Agencies): politics of revenge. CBI and ED don't have any evidence against Manish Sisodia. They only have concocted stories against him. When court said that CBI took Sisodia in remand, interrogated him and did not find anything against him, they got ED to frame more false cases against him," Raghav Chadha alleged. "The agencies don't have any evidence against Sisodia. They only have malicious and fabricated stories against him," he alleged.

The Central government has announced 10 per cent reservation for exAgniveers in vacancies within the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Along with this, the ex-Agniveers of the first batch will be given a relaxation of five years in the upper age limit.

The notice issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs also stated exAgniveers will get age relaxation of 3 years.

New Delhi (PTI): Over a fortnight after his arrest by CBI in the Delhi excise policy case, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's bungalow has been allotted to Atishi, who was inducted into the Cabinet earlier this month. According to an official letter by the Public Works Department on March 14, Atishi has been asked to give her acceptance within eight days of the issuance of the letter. Sisodia had been staying at the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Road, which was earlier with former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The bungalow was allotted to Sisodia in 2015, when the AAP government came to power in Delhi. "It is a routine exercise. Since Sisodia had resigned, his bungalow will be reallotted to Atishi," said an official. Sisodia has been asked to vacate the bungalow on or before March 21, according to the letter.

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In the video, she could be seen distributing sweets to all the children gathered there. She spent a few minutes with them and then walked back to her vehicle bidding them goodbye.

The happy children could be heard shouting “Thank you” in unison.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said the city government has directed authorities to conduct early screening to detect cases of influenza in the national capital.

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