Modi greets germany on unification day
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended greetings to Germany on its Unification Day and vowed to strengthen ties with that country. "My greetings to the people of Germany on their Unification Day. We are committed to further strengthening our relations with Germany," he tweeted. Germany celebrates October three as the Unification Day, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall 24 years ago. German unification was a direct result of the peaceful revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
Kerala Guv calls on Prime Minister
New Delhi: Kerala Governor P Sathasivam on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. An official statement said Sathasivam, a former Chief Justice of India, called on the Prime Minister. Sathasivam was appointed Governor of Kerala recently following the resignation of Sheila Dikshit from the post.
Cabinet secy to open NlEPC on October 6
New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth will open the 4th National level Exhibition and Project Competitions (NlEPC) on October 6, 2014. The NlEPC under the INSPIRE Award Scheme is being organized by Department of Science & Technology at ITPO, Pragati Maidan, from October 6-8, 2014. About 950 selected awardees from all over the country are expected to participate in the event. The national award presentation ceremony is scheduled on 8.10.2014.
Tharoor accepts PM’s ‘ClEAN INDIA’ DRIVE invite
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to join the ambitious Swachchh Bharat campaign but wanted it to be a sustained programme instead of being "tokenism". The former Union Minister tweeted late last night that he was honoured to accept the invitation.
Corp houses to clean historic monuments
Panaji: Corporate houses have joined hands with the Union Government to keep various cities and historic monuments across the country clean, Union Tourism Minister Sripad Naik said on Friday. Naik told PTI that corporates like ONGC have come forward to adopt twelve destinations including Taj Mahal (Agra), lal Quila (Delhi), Purana Quila (Delhi), which they will keep clean at their own expense. He said that industrialists and corporate houses have also expressed interest in adopting various cities across the country.