Pawar to visit Nagaland this month

Kohima, Mar 08: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will pay a two-day visit to Nagaland from March 27 in connection with the 5-day North East Agri Expo to be held at Dimapur.

Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that Mr Pawar will also lay the foundation stone of the Central Institute of Horticulture at Medziphema in Dimapur district the next day.

According to official sources Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been invited to inaugurate the North East Agri Expo on March 27. But his visit was yet to be confirmed.

UNI