PM Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal, Jharkhand today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, will attend the convocation of Visva Bharati University and inaugurate the Bangladesh Bhavan within the campus in West Bengal today. The Bangladesh Bhavan is a symbol of the cultural ties between India and Bangladesh.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also expected to join the leaders at the event.

The convocation function is expected to begin around at 10.30 am and would continue till 12 noon. After a break of about 15 minutes the dignitaries would move to another venue for the inauguration of Bangladesh Bhavan at Viswa Bharat.


Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina will arrive in India today to embark on her two-day visit to West Bengal on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Around 150 invitees are likely to attend the event along with Hasina including Bangladesh foreign minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid and cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor.

Later in the day, Modi will travel to Jharkhand where he will lay the foundation stone of various projects of state and central governments at an event in Sindri.

The projects include the revival of Sindri Fertilizer Project of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd, Ranchi City Gas Distribution Project by GAIL, AIIMS, Deoghar, Development of Deoghar airport and Patratu super thermal power project of 3x800 MW capacity.

He is also expected to interact with the district collectors of 'aspirational' districts of Jharkhand in the state capital, Ranchi.

The'transformation of aspirational districts' programme was launched by Modi in January and it aims to quickly and effectively transform these districts to raise the living standards of their people.