Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will brief around 150 editors of regional media about country’s internal security and prevailing situation along the Indo-Pak border.
The two-day-long Regional Editors Conference, beginning October 17 in Chandigarh, will be attended by editors of regional papers of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and other Northeastern States, a Home Ministry official said.
The meeting will also discuss the North Eastern security related scenario. The Home Minister will give deeper perspective and context with regards to various initiatives, policies and programmes of the Government, the official said.
The Home Minister is expected to tell the editors about the NDA Government's broader agenda on internal security and steps taken to strengthen security on the international border and line of Control with Pakistan.
Singh is expected to announce the NDA Government’s intention to set up regional media centres in different parts of the country on the line of National Media Centre established in New Delhi.