Om Birla launches Fit India drive in Parliament complex
New Delhi, Sep 6: Union ministers and other parliamentarians joined Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday as he launched the Fit India drive at the Parliament House, saying it should become a people's movement.
MPs should ensure that people in their constituencies take to the fitness drive and there should be a "healthy competition" among them to be one of the fittest places in the country, Birla said.
He said as yoga gained in popularity since the start of the International Yoga Day at India's behest, Fit India Movement too should become a "people's movement", according to a statement.
Birla led the participants to a walk around the complex before they were briefed by instructors about various exercises.
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the message is that only a healthy nation can become a strong nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Fit India Movement on August 29 to mark the National Sports Day.
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2 held for strangling to death 3-year-old girl in Jharkhand’s Godda
Godda (PTI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly strangling to death a three-year-old girl and dumping her body into a well in Jharkhand’s Godda district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place at Makudi village within Muffasil police station limits on Thursday night, they said.
Villagers said they spotted a man identified as Prem Murmu (50) near the well at night and, suspecting foul play, informed the police.
"The kid's body was recovered from the well soon after, and Murmu was detained for questioning," said Anand Shah, the officer-in-charge of Muffasil police station.
During interrogation, Murmu told police that he and his friend Jarmen Soren (30) had killed the kid. Both were later arrested, Saha said.
"The accused were in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. They have not yet revealed the motive behind the killing. This has led to suspicion that the girl might have been raped," the OC said.
The duo have been sent to judicial custody after registering an FIR at the police station, police said.
