Overview

• All Delhi government offices and government schools will be closed on October 7 under an official order.
• Uttar Pradesh has announced a statewide holiday with uninterrupted Ramayana recitations in temples and large public programmes.
• The flagship UP event at Lalapur, Chitrakoot will begin at 11 a.m., with R. K. Rawat as nodal officer and recitations by Virat Maharaj alongside Sanskrit students.
• Delhi will observe a dry day with liquor shops shut, while hospitals, emergency services, public transport and police remain operational.
• Delhi will host a Secretariat programme on October 6 under the Social Welfare Department with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the minister attending, highlighting equality and Dalit upliftment.