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August 2010

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the Indonesian Minister for Trade, Mari Elka Pangestu

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the Malaysian Minister for International Trade, Mustapa Mohamed

• Minister of Economic Development, Sri Lanka Basil Rajapaksa calls on the Union Minister for Tourism & Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kum. Selja

• Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Dr. Zalmay Rassoul calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Katsuya Okada meeting the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Jairam Ramesh

• CMD Coal India Partha S Bhattacharyya has been awarded prestigious fellowship of Institute of Director for his outstanding contribution to Society and Business. This award is handed over by Hon'ble Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh

• Tourism Minister of Mexico, Gloria Guevara meeting the Union Minister for Tourism & Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Kum. Selja

• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mrs. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Anand Paranjpe, Suresh Taware & Baliram Jadhav MP, meeting with Honble Environ & Forests minister, Jairam Ramesh

• Ambassador-designate of Czech Republic, Miloslav Stasek presented his Credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Nicaragua, Saul Arana Castellon presented his Credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• High Commissioner-designate of Rwanda, Williams Nkurunziza presented his Credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• High Commissioner-designate of Malawi, Dr. Chrissie Chawanje Mughogho presented his Credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, George Yeo meeting the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal

• NTPC held its 6th Analysts and Investors Meet at Mumbai. R S Sharma, CMD, NTPC

• Foreign Minister of Singapore, George Yeo calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

July 2010

• Prime Minister of United Kingdom, David Cameron meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Chairman, State Peace and Development Council, Myanmar, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Sushma Bali, General Manager, PNB receiving “CSR Excellence Award - 2010” from R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs

• Union Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai India and the US Ambassador in India, Timothy J. Roemer signing the India-US Counter Terrorism Initiative

• Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora with the Minister of Industry & Trade of Vietnam, Vu Huy Hoang

• Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee being presented a dividend cheque by the CMD, United Bank of India, Bhaskar Sen

• National Security Adviser, USA, Gen. James L. Jones calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma and the Minister for National Economy, Sultanate of Oman, Ahmed Bin Abdul Nabi Macki

• Union Minister for Mines and Development of North Eastern Region, B.K. Handique and the Minister of Mines with the province of Ontario Government, Canada, Michael Gravelle

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak

• Ambassador-Designate of Kazakhstan, Doulat O Kuanyshev presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Ambassador-Designate of Afghanistan, Dr. Nanguyalai Tarzi presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Ambassador-Designate of Guatemala, Byron Escobedo Menendez presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of EI Salvador, Dr. Ruben I Zamora presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Ambassador-Designate of Monaco, Marco Piccinini presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Ambassador-Designate of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thongphanh Syackhaphom presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Ambassador-Designate of Philippines, Ronald B. Allarey presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

June 2010

• Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar calls on the Prime Minister of Mongolia, S. Batbold, in Ulaanbaataar, Mongolia

• Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper at the Tete-a-Tete, at Toronto

• Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh meeting the US President, Barack Obama, on the sidelines of G-20 Summit, at Toronto, in Canada

• Governor K Sankaranarayanan administers oath of office to new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Mohit Shah at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma with the Minister for Economy, Industry and Employment, France, Christine Lagarde

• Union Minister for Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee flagging off the ‘Commonwealth Express’ Train

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the United States Trade Representative, Ron Kirk

• Vice President of the European Commission, Her Excellency Baroness Catherine Ashton calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Outgoing Consul General of Germany in Mumbai Walter Stechel meets Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan at Raj Bhavan

• K. R. Kamath, CMD, PNB is receiving the Best Bank Award at Hyderabad from D. Subbarao, Governor, RBI. Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty, Dy. Governor, RBI and Ajay Misra, GM, PNB are also seen

• S. M. Krishna, External Affairs Minister with Lee Myung-bak, President of Republic of Korea

• Vice President of the Republic of Botswana, Lt. Gen. Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee being presented a dividend cheque by the CMD, United India Insurance, G. Srinivasan

• Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari meeting the Prime Minister of Croatia, Jadranka Kosor

• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma calls on the Syrian Prime Minister, Eng. Mohd. Naji Otri

• Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar meeting the President of Hungary, Laszlo Solyom

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil welcomes the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa

• Union Power Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde holding bilateral talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, Stephen Smith

• Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari meeting the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus

• President of South Africa, Dr. Jacob Zuma meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• President of Seychelles, James Alix Michel calling on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Mongolia to India, Voroshilov Enkhbold meeting the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar

• Myanmar Ambassador, U Kyi Thein calls on the Union Minister of Mines and Development of North Eastern Region, B.K. Handique

• Vivek Sahai takes over as Chairman, Railway Board

May 2010

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma with the US Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, in Paris

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the Chairman, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Jia Qinglin

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the Prime Minister of China, Wen Jiabao, at Zhong Nanhai, Beijing

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov

• Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore, Lim Hng Kiang meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Kamal Nath meeting the Minister of Transport, Finland, Anu Vehviläinen

• Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar with the Prime Minister of Swaziland, Dr. Barnabas Dlamini, at PM’s office, Mbabane, Swaziland

• The visiting Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Temir Porras Ponceleon meeting the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora

• Chief Election Commissioner, Navin B. Chawla with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam

• Australian Minister for Trade, Simon Crean meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

April 2010

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the King of Bhutan, HM Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, on the sidelines of SAARC Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, during the Bilateral Meeting, on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina at the bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of SAARC Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal at the bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of SAARC Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the President of Maldives, Mohamad Nasheed during a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the 16th SAARC Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with other Head of State and Government of SAARC Countries, at the inaugural session of the 16th SAARC Summit

• President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai calling on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the President of Russia, Dmitry A. Medvedev, on the sidelines of BRIC and IBSA Summits

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva on the sidelines of BRIC and IBSA Summits

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of China, Hu Jintao, on the sidelines of BRIC and IBSA Summits

• Minister of Rural Development, South Africa, Gugile Nkwinty meeting the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Dr. C.P. Joshi

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, in Washington

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in a meeting with the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the US President, Barack Obama

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev

• Ambassador of Lithuania, Petras Simeliunas presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Georgia, Zurab Katchkatchishvili presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Burundi, Rubuka Aloys presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Algeria, Mohammed Hacene Echarif presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• The High Commissioner of South Africa, Harris Mbulelo Sithembile Majeke presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power also released India Energy Book 2010 on the occasion R. S. Sharma, CMD, NTPC and I.C.P. Keshari, JS (Thermal ) and Pradeep Chaturvedi

• Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal meeting with Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith

• U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy F. Geithner calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh at the inauguration of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the National Chemical Laboratory

March 2010

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Bhushan Award to Amir Khan, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Bhushan Award to Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Bhushan Award to Capt. C.P.Krishnan Nair, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting Padma Bhushan Award to Anu Aga, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma with the Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland, Mauri Pekkarinen

• Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade of Belgium, Steven Vanackere meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prince Philippe of Belgium meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Minister of Education and Skills Development of Botswana, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi meeting the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal

• Minister for Water Resources, Bangladesh, Ramesh Chandra Sen calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshiro Mori calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the US Trade Representative, Ron Kirk

• The Vice President, Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

• Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Defence Minister of Brazil, Nelson Jobim being received by the Defence Minister, A. K. Antony

• Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan with Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Pre-Budget

• Ambassador of Russia, Alexander M. Cadakin calls on the Union Minister of Steel, Virbhadra Singh

• Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith meeting the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal

• P. K. Basu took charge as new Secretary, Agriculture and Co-operation, in New Delhi

• Foreign Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Store meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

February 2010

• Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presenting the FICCI 'Vision Corporate Triple Impact -- business performance, social and environmental action and globalization -- Award: 2008-09' to SAIL Chairman S. K. Roongta

• Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee leaves North Block for Parliament House to present the General Budget 2010-11

• Vietnamese Parliamentary Delegation meeting with President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Union Minister for Railways, Mamata Banerjee arrives at Parliament House along with her deputies E. Ahamed and K.H. Muniyappa to present the Rail Budget 2010-11

• Foreign Secretary, Nirupama Rao with the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, Salman Bashir

• President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, being conducted to the Central Hall of Parliament in a procession

• Vice President of Republic of Maldives, Dr. Mohammed Waheed called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Jyotiraditya Scindia meeting the President of Israel, Shimon Peres

• President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav calls on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Sergi S. Sobyanin calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the flower 'Tulips', at Mughal Garden, Rashtrapati Bhawan

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas

• Minister of Industry and Minerals of Iraq, Fawzi F. Hariri meeting the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul

• Minister of State, Turkey, Prof. Mehmet Aydin meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan meeting the Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Kamal Nath

• Minister of State for International Cooperation and Acting Minister of Business and Trade, Qatar, Dr. Khalid Bin Mohamed Al Attiyah meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Education Secretary, New Zealand, Karen Sewell meeting the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal

• Maharashtra C.M.Ashok Chavan & Home Minister R.R.Patil participating in Chief Ministers `Internal Security`

• Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda with Uttrakhand Chief Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal at the conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security

• Minister For Transport of Maharashtra, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil attending the 32nd Meeting of Transport Development Council at Parliament House
• Chhagan Bhujbal Dy. CM from Maharashtra is addressing the meeting. Secretary for PWD(Work) G.M. Kandhare
• President of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Turk calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister of Greece, George A. Papandreou, calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Deputy PM & Foreign Minister of Laos, Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Horst Kohler and his wife, Eva Luise Kohler

January 2010

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister, Lyompo Ugyen Tshering
• President of the Republic of Korea , Lee Myung Bak, the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari and the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Ambassador of Republic of Serbia, Jovan Mirilovic meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari
• Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, in Beijing
• Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik calls on the President of Bangladesh Mohammad Zillur Rahman

• Malaysian Minister for Human Resources, S. Subramanian meeting the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal

• Home Minister of Nepal, Bhim Bahadur Rawal meeting the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram

• President, Iceland, Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Foreign Trade Minister of Israel, Benjamin Ben Eliezer meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina meeting the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari being received by the Vice President of Botswana, Mompati Merafhe

• Finance Minister of South Africa, Pravin Gordhan meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, Kazuhiro Haraguchi calls on the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah

• Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari shaking hands with the President of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Bonda

December 2009

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama
• Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Kasit Piromya meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma
• Ambassador of Nepal, Rukma Shumshre Jb Rana presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• Ambassador of Macedonia, Peter Jovanovski, presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Prasad Kariyawasam presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the King of Bhutan, HM Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Chinese Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao
• Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora meeting the Dy. Prime Minister and Minister of Energy & Industry of Qatar, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah
• Italian Minister for Economic Development, Claudio Scajola meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin

• Vietnamese Minister of Trade and Industry, Vu Huy Hoang meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Differently Abled Children from the NGO ‘Saksham Daksh’ visited the Delhi Metro and took a train ride from Noida City Centre Metro Station

November 2009

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Phillip Key

• Ambassador of Brazil, Marco Brandao meeting the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal, P. V. Naik

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the US President, Barack Obama at the joint press conference, at White House, Washington

• Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland, Mauri Pakkarinen calls on the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad

• Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran, Manocheher Mottaki calling on the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

• French Minister of Energy, Ecology, Sustainable Development and Sea, Jean-Louis Borloo calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of Federal Republic of Germany, Thomas Matussek presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of Iceland, Gudmundur Eiriksson presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of Panama, Julio De La Guardia Arrocha presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of Paraguay, Genaro Vicente Pappalardo Ayala presented his credentials to the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-Designate of Serbia, Jovan Mirilovic presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Columbia, Luis Guillermo Plata meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Defence Minister, A. K. Antony meeting the Japanese Defence Minister, Toshimi Kitazawa

• Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and Co-Chairman of the Russian-Indian Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation, S. S. Sobyanin calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• President of European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

October 2009

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the Egyptian Prime Minister, Dr. Ahmed Nazif

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown

• French Minister for External Trade, Anne Marie Idrac meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Indonesia, Susilo Yudhoyono Bambang

• Minister of State of Defence, M.M. Pallam Raju holding talks with the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, Colonel General Leonid S. Maltsev

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Thailand, Abhisit Vejjajiva

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong on the sidelines of 4th East Asia Summit (EAS), in Hua Hin

• President of Maldives, Mohamad Nasheed meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi and the Minister of Social Affairs & Employment of Netherlands, Piet Hein Donner

• Ambassador of European Commission to India, Daniele Smadja calls on the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah

• Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Jairam Ramesh meeting the Minister of Environment, Japan, Sakihito Ozawa

• B. P. Rao, CMD, BHEL, receiving the SCOPE MoU Award for the highest growth rate in Market Capitalisation along listed PSUs from the PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Argentina, Dr. Cristina Fernandez De Krichner

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the EU Trade Commissioner, Baroness Catherine Ashton

• P. Chidambaram, Union Home Minister presenting the Gold Trophy to A. K. Singhal, Director (Finance) NTPC at the India Pride Awards function

• Chairman & Managing Director of ONGC, R. S. Sharma receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Chairman & Managing Director of ONGC, R. S. Sharma receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Director (P&BD) of IOCL, B. M. Bansal receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Chairman & Managing Director of BHEL, B. P. Rao receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Chairman & Managing Director of NTC, K Ramachandaran Pillai receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Director (HRD) of BSNL, Gopal Das receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Managing Director of DMRC, Dr. E. Sreedharan receiving India Pride Award organised by Dainik Bhaskar Group

• Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Korbsak Sabhavasu meeting the Union Minister of Mines and Development of North Eastern Region, B.K. Handique

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma with the Deputy PM of Russia, Alexander Zhukov and the Russian Minister for Economic development, E. Nabiullina

September 2009

• S. M. Krishna (External Affairs Minister of India) with President Obama (and Michelle Obama) at a reception hosted by President Obama

• High Commissioner-designate of Australia to India, Peter Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Peru to India, Javier Manuel Paulinich Velarde presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Finland to India, Terhi Hakala presenting her credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Kuwait to India, Sami Mohammad SM Al-Sulaiman presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Palestine to India, Adli Shaban Hassan Sadeq presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Slovenia to India, Janez Premoze presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• High Commissioner-designate of Cyprus to India, Nafsika Chr Krousti presenting her credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Maldives, Abdullah Saeed meeting the Union Minister for Law & Justice, M. Veerappa Moily

• Prime Minister of Tanzania, Mizengo K. Pinda meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

• Ambassador of Republic of El Salvador, Patricia Figueroa Rodriguez meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen

• Deputy Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Rikhi Ram Kondal calls on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar

• Foreign Minister of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the State Minister for Foreign Trade of Turkey, Zafer Caglayan

• Governor of St. Petersburg, Mr. Alexander Vakhmistov called on the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Indian delegation led by Virender Singh(middle), last time wrestling champion & Representative of Taiwan

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the President of the Russia Federation, Dmity Anatolyevich Medvedev

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma and the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming

• US Ambassador in India, Timothy J Roemer called on the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, C.P. Joshi

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma and the Minister of Trade, New Zealand, Tim Groser

• R. Bandyopadhyay joined as the new Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma and the Commerce Minister of Thailand, Porntiva Nakasai

• Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Parliamentary Secretary, Canada, Gerald Keddy meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

August 2009

• President of Republic Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• A C Mahajan, CMD, Canara Bank Receiving Best Bank South Zone KVIC Awards in The Categories of PMEGP And ISEC Scheme From Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

• Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt, Muhammed Abdul Hameed Hijazi called on the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar

• Ambassador of Uzbekistan, Dr. Salikh Inagamov meeting the Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Jyotiraditya Scindia

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of U.K., Lord Buch meeting the Union Minister for Law & Justice, M. Veerappa Moily

• Defence Minister, A. K. Antony being seen off by the Maldivian Defence Minister, Ameen Faisal

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal

• Ambassador of Romania, Valerica Epure meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Ambassador-designate of United States of America to India, Timothy J Roemer presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Thailand to India, Krit Kraichitti presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• High Commissioner-designate of Bangladesh to India, Ahmad Tariq Karim presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nepal, Sujata Koirala meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma meeting the President of South Korea, Lee Myung Bak

• Ambassador of Armenia, Dr. Ashot Kocharian calls on the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar

July 2009

• Ambassador of Romania, Valerica Epure called on the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar

• Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Australian High Commissioner, John McCarthy meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia

• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Immigration, Papua New Guinea, Samuel T. Abal meeting the Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Jitin Prasad

• Ambassador, European Commission, Daniele Smadja meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• High Commissioner of United Kingdom, Sir Richard Stagg called on the Minister of State of Defence, M.M. Pallam Raju

• Defence Minister of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandari calls on the Defence Minister, A. K. Antony

• US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton meeting the Union Minister for External Affairs, S. M. Krishna

• Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans meeting the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi

• US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union minister K H Muniyappa met with Chief Minister of Karnataka

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak on the sideline of the 15th NAM Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the 15th NAM Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Trieta

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh shaking hands with his Pakistani Counterpart, Yousaf Raza Gilani

• Ambassador-designate of Slovak Republic to India, Marian Tomasik presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador-designate of Arabia to India, Faisal Hassan Ahmed Trad presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• High Commissioner-designate of Nigeria to India, Mohammed Ghali Umar presenting his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Minister of State for Urban Development of Uganda, Urban Tibamanya calls on the Minister of State for Railways, K.H. Muniyappa

• President of France, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy receiving the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Minister of Justice of France, Alliot Marrie

• Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, Hiroyuki Ishige

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the US President, Barack Obama

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva during the G-5 Summit

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the leaders of G-5 countries

• Ambassador of Norway, Ann Ollestad meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma

• Raghu Menon taking over the charge of the Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley

June 2009

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma with the Canadian Trade Minister, Stockwell
• National Security Advisor of US, General James Jones called on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs Matia Kasaija called on Minister of State of Home Affairs, Ajay Maken
• Ambassador of Cuba to India, Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma
• Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of South Korea, Yu Myung-hwan, calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Ambassador of Chile, Alfonso Silva meeting the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma
• Secretary Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations of Australia, Lisa Paul meeting the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi
• Delegation of the Editors and Senior Correspondents from Arab Countries called on the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Russian President, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
• To commemorate the World Environment Day, François Pujolas, Consul General of France in Mumbai organised two screenings of the film ‘Home’ by the acclaimed French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand
• Ambassador of Sudan, Khider Haroun Ahmed Abdulrazig presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• High Commissioner of Maldives, Abdul Azeez Yoosuf presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• High Commissioner of Gambia, Felix Badji presenting his credentials to the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil
• US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Minister of State for Railways, K.H. Muniyappa with the senior officer of the Ministry after taking over the charge

May 2009

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Pawan Kumar Bansal
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Kantilal Bhuria
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to M.K. Alagiri
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to G.K. Vasan
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Virbhadra Singh
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Dr. Farooq Abdullah
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Vilasrao Deshmukh
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Dayanidhi Maran
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to A. Raja
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Mallikarjun Kharge
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Kumari Selja
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Subodh Kant Sahay
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Dr. M S Gill
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Mukul Wasnik
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath of office of the Prime Minister to Dr. Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being greeted by L.K. Advani, the former Vice President, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and the former Prime Minister, I.K. Gujral
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Anand Sharma
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Ambika Soni
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Pranab Mukherjee
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Sharad Pawar
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to A. K. Antony
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to P. Chidambaram
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Mamata Banerjee
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to S.M. Krishna
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Ghulam Nabi Azad
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to B.K. Handique
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to M. Veerappa Moily
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to S. Jaipal Reddy
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Kamal Nath
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Vayalar Ravi
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Meira Kumar
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Murli Deora
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Kapil Sibal
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to C.P. Joshi
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil administering the oath as Cabinet Minister to Sushil Kumar Shinde

April 2009

• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil delivering a press statement after the signing of MoU between India & Poland at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland
• President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting the President of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

• V. S. Sampath assuming the charge of the Election Commissioner

• Chief Election Commissioner designate Navin B. Chawla assuming the charge of the Office of Chief Election Commissioner

• A.P.V.N.Sarma, Secretary (Shipping), Union Ministry of Shipping, Road, Transport & Highways inaugurating the India International Maritime Logistics Expo 2009 by lighting the lamp. Looking on from Left to Right – Dr. Sheela Bhide

• Acting Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

• MP and Special Envoy of French Minister for Economy, Industry and Employment, J. Chartier calling on the Principal Director General (M&C), Press Information Bureau, Neelam Kapur

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the US President, Barack Obama

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Gordon Brown

March 2009

• Secretary, Supreme Council for National Security Council, Iran, Dr. Saeed Jalilli calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Kumar Sanjay Krishna and the Minister Charge D’Affairs, Embassy of Japan, Masashi Mizukami

• Minister of Regional Integration and International Cooperation of Zimbabwe, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga meeting the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma

• Union Finance & External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee calls on the Vice PM and Finance Minister of Mauritius, Rama Krishna Sithanen

• Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma meeting the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alain Bedouma Yoda

• Vice Minister of China, Zhong Shan and the Secretary Commerce, G.K. Pillai

• President of the Republic of Chile, Dr. Michelle Bachelet meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Member Parliament of Ghana, Samia Nkrumah meeting the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of Republic of Benin, Dr. Boni Yayi

• Deputy Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister of Bulgaria, Ivalo Kalfin calls on the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

February 2009

• Ambassador of Switzerland to India, Philippe Weltil presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Poland to India, Prof. Piotr Klodkowski presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Cambodia to India, Yous Makana presented her credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Romania to India, Valeria Epure presented her credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Estonia to India, Merike Kokajev presented her credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Former Foreign Minister of Ghana, Akwasi Osei-Adjei meeting the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma

• Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Naresh Dayal and the Ambassador of Sweden in India, Lars-Olof Lindgren

• Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Kamal Nath and the Trade Minister of New Zealand, Tim Groser

• Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique , Oldemiro Baloi, meeting the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma

• Afghan Parliamentary Delegation led by the President of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament), Mohammad Younus Qanooni called on the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• US Envoy, Richard Holbrooke meeting the Union Finance & External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee

• Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Kamal Nath with the Canadian Minister for Industry, Tony Clement

• Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade, Frank Heemskerk bilateral meeting with the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Kamal Nath

• Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma meeting the UN under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Jenneh

• United Nations Secretary General, Ban-Ki-Moon meeting the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss

• Norwegian Minister for International Development Cooperation and Environment, Erik Solheim meeting the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma

• Union Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee meeting the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen

• Minister of State for Environment Affairs of Egypt, Maged George meeting the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Namo Narain Meena

• Minister of Defence and National Security of Maldives, Ameen Faisal calls on the Union Finance & External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee

January 2009

• Ambassador of Democratic Republic of Korea to India, Rim Hoe Song meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

• Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Development of North Eastern Region, Mani Shankar Aiyar with the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, Sok An

• Ambassador of Romania in India, Vasile Sofineti meeting the Vice President, Mohd. Hamid Ansari

• President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Kamal Nath meeting the Minister of Export Development and International Trade, Sri Lanka, Prof. G.L. Peiris

• Minister of Mines, Energy & Water of Mali, Mamadou Diarra meeting the Union Minister for Water Resources, Prof. Saifuddin Soz

• Ambassador of Uzbekistan, Salikh Inagamov presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Bulgaria, Borislav Kostov presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Ambassador of Bhutan, Maj. Gen. Vetsop Namgyel presented his credentials to the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil

• Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, People Republic of China, Liao Xiaojun meeting the Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ashok Chawla

• Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Syrian, Sufian Al Alao meeting the Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers, Ram Vilas Paswan

• Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdallah Bin Hamad Al-Atiyah meeting the Union Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee

• UK Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, Rt. Hon. David Miliband MP calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

• Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada, Hon. Reginald Ritz meeting the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Kamal Nath

• Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Syria, Eng. Sufian Al-Alao and the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora

• Vice Minister of Petroleum, Angola, Eng Anibal Octoavio Teixeira da Silva and the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Murli Deora

• Minister of Environment and National Development Unit of Mauritius, Lormus Bundhoo meeting the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Namo Narain Meena

• Delegation led by the Deputy Minister for Cooperative, Ministry of Cooperative, IRI, of Iran, Gholamhossen Hosseinnia meeting the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Agriculture, Kantilal Bhuria

• Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

• Human Resource Minister, Malaysia, Dr. S. Subramaniam meeting the Union Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee