Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Conference of Chief Ministers’ on Internal Security . Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will deliver the opening address.

 the meeting will review the internal security situation in the country. Police Reforms, capacity building and focus on ongoing and new initiatives are high on the agenda of the meeting.

 other issues to be deliberated upon include strengthening of counter terrorism capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & System (CCTNS), and issues related to Left Wing Extremism, border management and coastal security. Discussions on other Centre-State issues are also to be taken up in the meeting.

A Chandigarh sessions court today ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, be hanged on the 31st of this month in Patiala central jail. The Court returned the death warrant of Rajoana to the superintendent of Patiala jail for execution on 31st March.
Earlier, Patiala Jail Superintendent had returned these warrants twice to the Court, saying that it was not possible for him to execute the orders to hang Rajoana.