Hillary
Kolkata, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
arrived in Kolkata today in the first leg of her three-day
visit to the country.
During her two-day stay in the city, she will meet West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee among other engagements.
Clinton, who had earlier been to the city after Mother
Teresa's death in 1997 as the First Lady of the United States
of America, was received by senior state government officials
and US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell.
Clinton arrived here from Bangladesh capital Dhaka and
is tentatively scheduled to attend a programme at the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations on issues relating to women.
She would later visit the Victoria Memorial.
On Monday morning, Clinton is likely to attend a programme
with a cross-section of society, Amercian Center sources said.
Clinton would leave for Delhi after meeting the chief
minister at the state secretariat, Writers Buildings.
Unprecendented security arrangements have been made
along the routes she would take and at places she would visit.
A large number of policemen were deployed and restrictions
imposed on roads leading to the hotel, where she would stay,
from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.
Kolkata, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
arrived in Kolkata today in the first leg of her three-day
visit to the country.
During her two-day stay in the city, she will meet West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee among other engagements.
Clinton, who had earlier been to the city after Mother
Teresa's death in 1997 as the First Lady of the United States
of America, was received by senior state government officials
and US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell.
Clinton arrived here from Bangladesh capital Dhaka and
is tentatively scheduled to attend a programme at the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations on issues relating to women.
She would later visit the Victoria Memorial.
On Monday morning, Clinton is likely to attend a programme
with a cross-section of society, Amercian Center sources said.
Clinton would leave for Delhi after meeting the chief
minister at the state secretariat, Writers Buildings.
Unprecendented security arrangements have been made
along the routes she would take and at places she would visit.
A large number of policemen were deployed and restrictions
imposed on roads leading to the hotel, where she would stay,
from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.
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