Pranab Mukherjee Arrives In Hyderabad On Southern Sojourn    

Hyderabad: President Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in Hyderabad on Thursday on a 10 day annual southern sojourn.

The president was received at Hakimpet Airforce station by Governor ESL Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his cabinet colleagues besides Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and senior officials.

Mukherjee will attend convocation at the Army College of Dental Sciences in Secunderabad on Friday and will also address centenary celebrations of the Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

He will inaugurate Mahila Dakshata Samiti and Bansilal Malani College of Nursing here on December 24. The next day he will visit Bengaluru to inaugurate 89th annual conference of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan, an official release said.

The president was received at Hakimpet Airforce station by Governor ESL Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his cabinet colleagues besides Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and senior officials

On December 26, the President will attend the convocation of Maulana Azad National Urdu University here and on December 29, he will inaugurate the 77th session of Indian History Congress in Thiruvananthapuram.

He will then travel to Mysuru where he would inaugurate the 17th National Jamboree of Bharat Scout and Guides. On December 30, the President will inaugurate Sri Shankara National Centre for Cancer Prevention and Research and Adamya Chetana Seva Utsav-2017 in Bengaluru.

He will also host `At Home' reception at the Rashtrapati Nilayam for senior dignitaries of the state, Ministers, officials and journalists.