Nehru's birth anniversary celebrated in Puducherry

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy paid floral tributes to the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru here, as teh nation celebrated his 127th birth anniversary today.
Narayanasamy, accompanied by ministers and party leaders garlanded the statue of Jawaharlal Nehru at Gandhi thidal here.
Several political leaders and freedom fighters were among those who paid tributes to the portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Meanwhile, as part of the Children's day celebrations, programmes were organised in schools across the Union Territory remembering Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Lt Governor Kiran Bedi flagged off a rally by school students at the Jawahar Bal Bhavan.