image
Uttar Pradesh : Adityanath Govt cancels 15 holidays
Lucknow, Apr 26 (IBNS) : Yogi Adityanath Government has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversaries of eminent personalities, reports said.
Taking the decision on Tuesday, the state Cabinet said rather than allowing the people to enjoy holidays, students will now be taught about these occasions through various programmes.
Earlier on B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed his concern over the shrinking academic session due to increased holidays.
Mr. Adityanath had in his address on the occasion of B. R. Ambedkar’s 126th birth anniversary here expressed concern over the shrinking academic session due to increased holidays.
“There should be no holidays in schools on birth anniversaries of great personalities. Instead, a special two- hour programme should be held to teach students about them," he had said.
The holidays cancelled include the birth anniversaries of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar (April 17), Maharishi Kashyap and Maharshi Nishadraj Jayanti (April 5), Hazrat Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs (April 26), Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9) and the death anniversary of Ambedkar (December 6), introduced by the previous Samajwadi Party Government.
Top Headlines
-
News
Operation Sindoor proved terror epicentres are not immune: Rajnath Singh at SCO meet
April 28, 2026
-
News
India, New Zealand seal historic FTA; Piyush Goyal calls it a defining milestone
April 27, 2026
-
News
Engine fire forces SWISS flight to abort in Delhi, 6 injured
April 26, 2026
-
News
Vee Technologies engineering division delivers 3,000th fire truck design for the US
April 24, 2026
-
News
'CM can't put democracy in peril by interfering with probe': SC slams Mamata Banerjee in I-PAC raid case
April 22, 2026
-
News
'India will never bow to any form of terror': PM Modi on Pahalgam terror attack anniversary
April 22, 2026
-
News
'Lots of bombs if talks fail': Trumps warning as Iran ceasefire nears end
April 20, 2026
-
News
Passengers panic mid-air as Fly91 flight to Hubballi circles for 4 hours amid bad weather
April 20, 2026
-
News
15 killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into gorge in J&Ks Udhampur
April 20, 2026
-
News
Modis Womens Bill: Slow burner or strategic blunder?
April 19, 2026
