Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will leave for Delhi on Saturday forenoon to attend the G20 dinner in Delhi being hosted by President Murmu.
Bihar CM will leave for Delhi at 10.45 a.m. from Patna and return at 11 p.m. After the formation of the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, this will be the first occasion when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish will meet each other face to face. The President has invited chief ministers of all the states and prominent leaders of the country for the G20 dinner.
The US President and UK Prime Minister on Friday arrived in New Delhi for the G20 Summit. Besides them, the supreme leaders of 18 more countries have come to New Delhi to attend the Summit. President Murmu is hosting the dinner for the visiting G20 dignitaries at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the Summit.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.