Panchkula, June 22 -- On the occasion of the 12th International Yoga Day, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini joined hundreds of yoga enthusiasts in a mass yoga session during the state-level celebrations at the Parade Ground in Sector 5, Panchkula, on Sunday.

He announced that yoga will be included in the curricula of classes 3-9 from the next academic session, and it will also be a mandatory component of the state government recruitment examinations.

The event acquired an international flavour with the enthusiastic participation of hundreds of youths from 16 countries who are currently studying or working in Haryana.

Haryana health and AYUSH minister Kumari Arti Singh Rao was also present on the occasion. Before the yoga session, Saini ...