Canadian PM to begin engagements in Delhi on Tuesday.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Nov.16 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who arrived in Mumbai on Sunday, will begin his official engagements in national capital New Delhi on Tuesday. A Ministry of External Affairs press release said that External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna would call on the visiting dignitary at Hotel Oberoi at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Thereafter, Premier Harper will call on the President Pratiba Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhawan. At noon, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani will call on Premier Harper.he Canadian Prime Minister will lay a wreath at Rajghat, the memorial of Father of the Nation, Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. Gandhi, at 3.15 p.m. on the same day. He will then call on the Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born April 1, 1934) is the current Vice President of India. He is a former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).[1] He is also an academician, a career diplomat, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. at the latter's official residence. A meeting with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is scheduled for 4.20 p.m. at her residence. Prime Minister Harper will then have delegation-level talks with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House for about an hour-and-a-half. This will be followed by a signing of agreements and a joint press conference. On Wednesday, Premier Harper will visit the Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple in East Delhi and then leave for Amritsar. He will return to Delhi later in the evening and emplane for Ottawa later in the night. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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