Holiday on 'Chhath' in UP today; public offs touch 40 mark
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has declared public holiday today on the occasion of 'Chhath', a festival popular in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, taking the number of public holidays to 40 in the state, where assembly elections are due in early 2017.India, Bangladesh Home Secretaries to hold talks
Dhaka: Senior officials of Bangladesh and Indian Home Ministries yesterday reviewed internal security and cross-border issues and set the agenda of today's Home Secretary-level talks, which comes days after deportation of wanted ULFA leader Anup Chetia from Dhaka.
President Mukherjee to attend convocation of GB Pant varsity
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will attend the 29th convocation ceremony of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand today.
Rajnath Singh will chair inaugural session of the Asia Leaders' meeting
New Delhi: Rajnath Singh, to chair the inaugural session of the Asia Leaders' meeting towards implementation of the Sendai framework.
