Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday took oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand here.
Noida Mar 21 PTI A video of a 19-year-old boy running from his workplace to his home 10 km away in the middle of the night to keep himself fit to join the Army has won huge appreciation on social media After the video of Almora resident Pradeep Mehra shot by a journalist-cum-filmmaker Vinod Kapri surfaced on social media several former Army officers and others have pitched in to help the teenager realise his dream In the video Pradeep is seen running on a city road around midnight with a small bag flung across his shoulder and a mobile phone in his hand When offered a ride to his home in a car Pradeep declines the help and says he runs around 10 km every night from Sector 16 workplace to his home in Barola here to train himself physically to join the Army Asked why is he running Pradeep says To join Army In the morning I have to go to work and cook food he purportedly says in the video adding his mother is hospitalised in Almora while he stays in Noida with his elder brother who works during night shifts in a company When the filmmaker told him the video clip would go viral Pradeep responded Who is going to recognise In any case I am not doing anything wrong he added The clip shared on Twitter by Kapri on Sunday evening got over 75000 retweets 11000 quotes tweets and nearly 250 lakh likes The clip has since been shared by several other people including celebrities on various social media Kapri tweeted in Hindi Last night at 12 oclock on a Noida road I saw this boy running very fast with a bag on his shoulder I thought he was in some trouble and hence offered him a ride I offered him a lift repeatedly but he declined The reason would make you fall in love with this child As the post went viral several social media users offered financial support to Pradeep while many were overwhelmed by his efforts Lt General retired Satish Dua tweeted His Josh is commendable and to help him pass the recruitment tests on his merit Ive interacted with Colonel of KUMAON Regiment Lt Gen Rana Kalita the Eastern Army Commander He is doing the needful to train the boy for recruitment into his Regiment Jai Hind Major retired D P Singh tweeted Surprisingly happy to see Generals pitching in to help PradeepMehra after vinodkapri made the boys passionate video I would also urge them to help thousands of others like him working harder across India Covid has delayed recruitment rallies PTI KIS RAX RAX
New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand acting Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that the procedure for government formation is underway and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership will take a decision on the next leader of the legislature party in the state.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 12 (ANI): A day after Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami resigned from his position, four more MLAs have offered to give their seats for him in the hill state.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday along with the state cabinet submitted his resignation to the governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh at Raj Bhavan.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 11 (ANI): The BJP has come back to power for the second consecutive term in Uttarakhand with a two-third majority in the 70-member Assembly.
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