<span style="color: #222222;">In Puducherry, floral tributes were paid to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 73rd death anniversary today. Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, speaker Sivakoluntu, Lok Sabha member V Vaithilingam, legislators and senior officials of the territorial administration were among those who garlanded the Gandhi statue on the Goubert Avenue to mark the occasion.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Patriotic songs were sung and two minutes silence was  observed to mark the occasion.</span><br />''  <br />