Lucknow, June 22 -- Soon after sunrise, the state capital was a picture of serenity as Lucknowites participated enthusiastically in International Yoga Day events on Saturday, performing yoga poses with mindfulness as various organisations, institutions and cultural groups conducted programmes to mark the occasion. A yoga session was conducted at the Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarters, Gomti Nagar Extension under the theme proposed by the Government of India - "Yoga For One Earth, One Health". UP director general of police Rajeev Krishna led the event. Many other senior officials and other police staff were present on the occasion. The DGP awarded selected police officials, who bagged third position in the just-concluded inter-departmental yoga competition, certificates of appreciation at the programme. All the police personnel part of the event were motivated to incorporate daily practice of yoga to remain healthy. The Yoga Day was also celebrated at the Barasingha Lawn of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Lucknow Frontier Headquarters. The function was organised under the supervision of Sanjay Ratan, inspector general, Frontier Headquarters, Lucknow. Padma Shri Dr Sabyasachi Sarkar was the chief guest on the occasion. Over 1800 people participated in the Yoga Day celebrations on the Lucknow University main campus and about 700 individuals took part in the proceedings on the second campus. Actor Anil Rastogi and former hockey Olympian Sujit Kumar (both alumni of Lucknow University) were the chief guests. The yoga poses were performed after the broadcast of the prime minister's address, delivered from Visakhapatnam. The event "Yoga Sangam 2025" was organized at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University by the yoga department and the Yoga Wellness Centre of the university in collaboration with the National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit, National Cadet Corps (NCC), and the Central Bureau of Communication, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Vice chancellor Prof Raj Kumar Mittal presided over the event. Surendra Chaudhary, sabhapati, Sansadiya Adyaksh Samiti, UP, was the chief guest. Teachers, officers, employees and students of more than 750 institutions affiliated with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University did Surya Namaskar....