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Pulwama Attacks: J&K governor says no ‘Holi’ celebrations at Raj Bhavan this year

| @indiablooms | Mar 20, 2019, at 06:15 pm

Jammu, Mar 20 (UNI) As a mark of respect towards the CRPF personnel who attained martyrdom in a suicide attack at Pulwama on February 14, J & K Governor Satya Pal Malik has decided that there will be no official celebrations related to the ‘Holi’ festival at Raj Bhavan.

"The Governor has conveyed that he too would go without the Holi celebrations this year in memory of the martyrs," Raj Bhavan Spokesperson here said. 

India witnessed a shocking Valentines Day this year when a terror attack in Pulwama left 40 Indian CRPF personnel killed.

India blamed Pakistan for the incident.

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