CIA chief Leon Penetta to visit New Delhi

October 1st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - President Pratibha Patil, who is on a five-day visit to Gujarat, will visit Sabarmati Ashram today. Later, she will attend a function at the Sardar Patel Memorial in Shahibaug to inaugurate a new hall.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil will pay a five-day visit to Gujarat from Wednesday evening. Pratibha Patil will arrive at the Ahmedabad airport at 5.00 pm today.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K. Pinda arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday on a four-day state visit to hold talks on bilateral and global issues ranging from agriculture to UN reforms and terror.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will pay a two-day visit to Nepal next week. Nirupama Rao will pay courtesy calls on Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and hold official talks with her counterpart, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, during her visit.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will begin his tour to India on August 18. This will be his first visit to India after assuming power in May.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Navy Chief Rear Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, who is in India on a week-long visit, was presented a guard of honour here on Thursday. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta received him at the South Block of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Afghan Army Chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, who is on a four-day visit to India, received guard of honour here on Monday. General Mohammadi met his Indian counterpart General Deepak Kapoor and discussed vital security issues, concerning both countries.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Afghan Army Chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi will be on a four day official visit to India from July 6 to July 9 in order to build up a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan and to strengthen strategic partnership. General Mohammadi will call upon his Indian counterpart General Deepak Kapoor and visit military installations in Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune during his weeklong visit.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is scheduled to visit Orissa on Thursday. According to reports, he will to review the security situation and hold discussion with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to tackle the increasing Maoist menace.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J Burns will be in India on a three-day visit from June 10. The visit is expected to further strengthen relations between the two countries after the return of the Congress-led UPA Government in New Delhi.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor will begin his four-day visit to Chile from today. During his official visit, General Kapoor will interact with senior military and civilian defence officials and discuss various contemporary defence related issues.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Commander-in-Chief of Russian land forces, General Vladimir A Boldyrev, who is on a week-long visit to India, was given a guard of honour here on Monday. General Boldyrev received a guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be visting Arunachal Pradesh for three days beginning Wednesday, when she would arrive in Itanagar. According to official sources, Patil is slated to deliver the convocation address at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) during her visit.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terrorism, unrest in neighbouring Pakistan and cooperation in security topped the agenda at a meeting between visiting United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta and Home Minister P. Chidambaram here Thursday.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta met Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the security situation in South Asia. According to sources, issues like impact of the global economic crisis on the internal security of the countries and growing militancy in the subcontinent were discussed during the meeting.