Palwal:18 schools in named after martyrs from the district
(WorldNews India)

Over seven years after the Haryana government permitted “government/aided educational institutions” in different cities, towns and villages to be named after martyrs, freedom fighters or eminent personalities belonging from there, the Palwal District Administration last week honoured 18 martyrs by naming government schools after them. According to officials, the delay in following these directions was brought to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner of the district, Naresh Narwal, when the ex-gratia payments owed to the family of Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar, who was martyred in Arunachal Pradesh last June, was found to be delayed. While taking up the matter and expediting the payment of...