Faus pas: Sharma calls kiwi pm as ‘MCCUllUM’
New Delhi: Minister of Culture Mahesh Sharma made a faux pas at an event here when he addressed New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key as “McCullum”. The event was organised to promote New Zealand tourism in India and, apart from Sharma and Key, Brendon McCullum, who earlier skippered that country's cricket team in all three forms of the game, was also present. The gaffe happened when Sharma began his speech, addressing Key as "His excellency Prime Minister McCullum". Moments after the minister made the blunder, Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra, who is New Zealand tourism's ambassador in India, rose to speak but could not recall Sharma's name. After fumbling for a few seconds, he said wittily "It's payback time."
DAlBIR SINGH sUHAG FACIlITATES ARMY TEAM
New Delhi: Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Thursday felicitated the Indian Army team here which has achieved the Gold standards in Cambrian Patrol exercise. The team of two officers and nine soldiers of 8th Gorkha Rifle led by Captain Nikhil Nikam had participated in the exercise conducted in Wales, UK. The Army chief complimented the team for the professionalism displayed by each member and awarded the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card to the team members.
PREZ TO VISIT NEPAl FROM NOVember 2
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Nepal from November 2-4 on the invitation of his counterpart Bindya Devi Bhandari. This will be the first visit of a President of India to Nepal in 18 years. During the visit, the President will hold talks with Bhandari, and have meetings with Prime Minister Pushp Kamal Dahal and other leaders in Nepal. Apart from official engagements in Kathmandu, the President will also visit Janakpur and Pokhara.
New Delhi: The Infantry Day was celebrated here on Thursday with a solemn wreath laying ceremony organised at Rs Amar Jawan Jyoti' wherein Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, former Chief General JJ Singh and Colonels of Infantry Regiments laid wreaths and paid homage to the braves of the Infantry.
AMRAWATI TO host 3-DAY WOMEN’S meet
New Delhi: A three-day national women's Parliamentary conference will be held at the Andhra Pradesh's capital Amrawati from February next year. To be graced by Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai lama, the national event is being jointly organized by Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the State government and the Pune-based MIT School of Government, said an official from the State Government. The conference is aimed at empowering women excelling in all fields and sectors and will be attended by eminent women personalities, both at national and international levels women speakers, ministers, MPs and MlAs in the country.