Jammu, April 18: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir amid heightened security.
He was received by Governor N.N.Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
He headed straight for the Raj Bhawan from where he is scheduled to leave for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) in Katra town for a convocation.
Over 880 scholars will receive their degrees and merit certificates at the ceremony.
A civic reception will be held at Amar Mahal Lawns in Jammu city to honour Kovind later in the day.
Vohra will host a dinner in the President's honour at the Raj Bhawan after that.
Kovind will visit the Mubarak Mandi heritage site on Thursday before flying back to New Delhi, informed sources said.
Additional deployments of police and the paramilitary forces have been made to secure the routes the President would be using during his visit.
He had visited the Ladakh region of the state on August 21, 2017 when he presented the President's colours to Ladakh Scouts Regiment.
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Rupee falls 5 paise to 90.23 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 5 paise to 90.23 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, driven by rising crude oil prices and an unabated outflow of foreign funds.
According to forex traders, a volatile geopolitical situation and concerns over further US tariffs on Indian exports fueled the selling of Indian stocks by foreign institutional investors, even as traders awaited cues from macroeconomic data to be released this week.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 90.23 and stayed weaker by 5 paise from its previous closing level.
On Friday, the rupee fell 28 paise to close at 90.18 against the US dollar.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which measures the strength of the greenback against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.14 per cent lower at 98.75.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.13 per cent higher at USD 63.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex declined 356.49 points or 0.43 per cent to 83,219.75, while the Nifty dipped 94.90 points or 0.37 per cent to 25,588.40.
Analysts said several factors like the development related to Venezuela, Iran and US President Donald Trump's possible move towards Greenland are influencing the sentiment worldwide.
Foreign institutional investors offloaded equities worth Rs 3,769.31 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
The latest weekly data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday showed India's forex reserves dropped by USD 9.809 billion to USD 686.801 billion in the week to January 2. In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves had jumped by USD 3.293 billion to USD 696.61 billion.
