New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday invited ideas and thoughts from people for his forthcoming visit to Australia.
Modi is scheduled to visit Australia in November.
“During my Australia visit in November, would be attending a variety of programmes, including an interaction with the Indian community there,” Modi tweeted.
“I want to hear ideas and thoughts from all of you, including friends in Australia and the Indian community there on my visit,” he said.
The prime minister asked people to participate in MyGov Open Forum and share their ideas on what they felt were important issues for his Australia visit.
BSF seizes fake currency in Bengal
Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of over Rs.14 lakh from a border outpost in West Bengal.
Acting on specific intelligence input, the troopers seized Rs.14,90,500 FICNs from Sasani border outpost in Malda district.
Wrapped in a polythene bag, the notes were thrown over the fence from Bangladesh to Indian side of the border.
Seized FICNs were handed over to police for further disposal.
BSF has seized more than 1,07,18,500 FICNs so far in the year on the south Bengal border it manages.
Kalpa coldest at 1.6 degrees Celsius
Shimla: High hills of Himachal Pradesh experienced cold weather conditions with minimum temperature staying close to the freezing point, the Met Office said here yesterday.
Kalpa, some 250 to the northeast from here, in Kinnaur district was the coldest place in the state with minimum temperature at 1.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest of the season.
Most of the high-altitude areas in the state have experienced mild snow since Saturday, the weather office said.
The night temperature in capital Shimla was 9.7 degrees Celsius, and the maximum was 19.3 degrees Celsius.
Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti district, saw the minimum temperature at 3.4 degrees Celsius.
While the minimum temperature in Manali was 3.6 degrees Celsius, Dalhousie 9.1 degrees and Dharamsala 12.2 degrees.
IANS
