National   

Chavez gesture

KOLKATA: Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has donated Rs. 11.91 lakh for the construction of a new building for a primary school in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. The building is to be named after the legendary revolutionary, Simon Bolivar. A cheque was handed over to the Chief Minister by Venezuela’s Ambassador to India, Milena Santana-Ramirez, here on Wednesday.

Mr. Chavez had visited the Bagu primary school in 2005 and was highly impressed with various facilities provided by the authorities there including the mid-day meal programme. He also reportedly appreciated the panchayat system, Aparna Gupta, the district’s zilla sabadhipati, told The Hindu.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Majority of MPs have opposed nuclear deal: Karat
Suresh Mehta all set to quit BJP
Action against Keshubhai unlikely
Interceptor missile to be launched today from Wheeler Island
BJP attacks Sonia on Gujarat poll campaign
India-China-U.S. ties under focus
Validity of Section 8(4) of RP Act challenged
Pakistan Foreign Secretary visiting India
Chavez gesture
Nandigram protest
Mamata appears in Lok Sabha
Elders demand quota for dalits in private sector
Women’s organisations press for Bill
Editors Guild seeks changes in Contempt of Court Act
Five half-burnt bodies found near Nandigram
CBI court begins trial in Babri case

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu