The Government through Interior ministry has dismissed a gazette notice making rounds on social media, stating that tomorrow (Thursday) will be a public holiday.

The purpoted gazette notice states that tomorrow is a public holiday to mark Diwali, a holiday celebrated by Hindus globally in the months of October or November of every year. 

Through its official twitter handle the Interior ministry termed the notice as fake.

“The Government has not declared a public holiday on Thursday, November 4, 2021. The purported gazette notice declaring [tomorrow as] a holiday is fake,” reads the tweet.