President to attend University convocation in Mizoram

Aizawl, April 9: President Prab Mukherjee arrived here on Thursday afternoon on a two-day tour to the northeastern state of Mizoram. He will be chief guest at the 10th annual convocation of Mizoram University on Friday. Governor K.N. Tripathi, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, his cabinet colleagues, Chief Secretary Lalmalsawma, state police chief Dharmendra Kumar and senior civil and security officials received the president at Lengpui airport. Later, Mizoram security forces accorded a guard of honour to Mukherjee, who is visiting the border state for the first time after he took over as president in July, 2012. (IANS)