India

Smriti Irani To Meet Soldiers At Siachen On Raksha Bandhan

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Aug, 2016 01:48 PM

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani will be going to Siachen Base camp on Raksha Bandhan while seven other women ministers of the Narendra Modi government will be visiting soldiers elsewhere that day.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Irani will visit the Siachen Base Camp on August 18.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi will visit borders areas and interact with the soldiers.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce; Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and Anupriya Patel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be also meeting soliders on Raksha Bandhan.

Prev Next

MORE India ARTICLES

Mela Phulkari: Reviving The Threads Of Punjab

Talented artists, designers, photographers and craftsmen have brought in their own reading and understanding of Punjab at the exhibition.

Mela Phulkari: Reviving The Threads Of Punjab

Sukhbir Singh Badal Hails Canada's Move To Apologise For The Komagata Maru Tragedy

"It is very heartening that the Canadian government has decided to apologise in the country's parliament for the Komagata Maru episode to acknowledge the hurt caused to the (Sikh) community in 1914

Sukhbir Singh Badal Hails Canada's Move To Apologise For The Komagata Maru Tragedy

PM Modi,President, Vice President Extend Greetings On Baisakhi

On the joyous occasion of Baisakhi, I extend greetings and good wishes to all fellow countrymen, especially sisters and brothers engaged in cultivation and farming

PM Modi,President, Vice President Extend Greetings On Baisakhi

British Royals Meet Victims Of Acid Attack, Domestic Abuse

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on the third day of their official tour of India, met a group of Indian women, including an acid attack victim, to hear about a range of issues affecting women and girls in the country.

British Royals Meet Victims Of Acid Attack, Domestic Abuse

India To Get Normal Monsoon After Two Drought Years

After two drought years, India will get more-than-normal monsoon rains in 2016 with a probability of 94 percent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first forecast for the season here on Tuesday.