PM Narendra Modi to visit Rishikesh today to meet his ailing guru

Rishikesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit Rishikesh to meet his guru Swami Dayanand Giri at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi. Besides visiting an ashram here, PM Modi is also expected to attend a felicitation ceremony being organised for him in Virbhadra town near here for implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme.

11 September 2015

08:29 IST

Ten Congress leaders in Chandigarh were detained Thursday night. They were reportedly planning to show black flags to PM Modi today.

08:22 IST

Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place here ahead of the Prime Minister's visit. 

The PM will visit Swami Dayanand's ashram and spend around 40 minutes with him at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi area of Rishikesh.

Modi personally knows Swami Dayanand Giri and would pay him a visit as the latter is not keeping well for some time now.

The PM will also meditate on banks of River Ganges.

This would be Modi's first visit to Uttarakhand after assuming Prime Minister's office. He had last visited the state while campaigning for 2014 Lok Sabha elections.