This wasn't all. The original plan included seats for Chidambaram and the other ministers on the dais. But the prime minister's office, it is understood, ensured that all ministers other than Sibal were relocated off the dais to the front row.
Some southern comfort
After months of dillydallying, the ministry of external affairs has decided to appoint a new ambassador to Nepal. Jayant Prasad, presently special secretary in charge of public diplomacy, will replace Rakesh Sood who will return to New Delhi. With Aloke Prasad, the deputy national security advisor appointed envoy to Japan, Sood could be a contender for that post. But there is a keen demand from intelligence agencies that the deputy NSA should be from their cadre, as both the NSA Shiv Shankar Menon and his deputy are from the Indian Foreign Service. Read the full report here.
Source: Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
