{"id":5190,"date":"2024-12-27T05:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T05:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/himachal-shuts-government-facilities-for-2-days-to-mourn-manmohan-singh\/Click%20on%20this%20link%20to%20get%20updated%20with%20the%20latest%20news"},"modified":"2024-12-27T05:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T05:41:36","slug":"himachal-shuts-government-facilities-for-2-days-to-mourn-manmohan-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=5190","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Shuts Government Facilities For 2 Days To Mourn Manmohan Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"

All government facilities in Himachal Pradesh will remain closed for two days — Friday and Saturday — to mourn the passing away of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n

All government departments, boards, corporations and educational institutions will remain closed on December 27 and 28 as a mark of respect to the departed leader, the state government said in an official statement.<\/p>\n

These two days will be treated as paid holidays for all daily wages employees of the state government, it said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation of Shimla has decided to partially postpone the Winter Carnival scheduled to be held from December 27 to January 1.<\/p>\n

As per a notification issued by the civic body, all cultural activities scheduled during the carnival period stand postponed, while all the other scheduled programmes will be conducted by January 2.<\/p>\n

However, all the stalls that have been put up on the Ridge will remain operational during this period, it said.<\/p>\n

Manmohan Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms, passed away on Thursday night at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was 92.<\/p>\n

The Congress leader, who steered the country for 10 years from 2004-2014 and helped set up the country’s economic framework as finance minister before that, was a renowned name in the global financial and economic sectors.<\/p>\n

Updates: Manmohan Singh Dies, To Be Accorded State Funeral<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n

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