PM cancels visit to Kokrajhar

Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 13:33 [IST]

Guwahati, Aug 25 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cancelled his scheduled trip to Kokrajhar due to bad weather.

He was supposed to lay the foundation stone of the Kokrajhar university as well as a planetarium there.

But due to heavy rain and foggy condition, the trip was cancelled.

The visitor also cancelled a public meeting in Nagaon yesterday due to bad weather.

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