The Asian Age

HILLARY INJURED IN RAJASTHAN, FEW PROGRAMMES CANCELLED

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Jodhpur, March 13: Former United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Tuesday picked injuries in her hand during her visit to Rajasthan’s Jodhpur and had to cancel some of her programmes as a result, officials said.

Hillary arrived here this morning on a twoday sojourn and was scheduled to visit the Mehrangarh Fort in the evening, they said.

She was staying at the Umaid Bhawan Palace here and a team of doctors from a private hospital nearby was sent there to examine her.

The doctors said the Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 US presidenti­al polls had a sprain in her hand and was given required treatment. They advised her rest.

The Mehrangarh Fort authoritie­s said her programme to visit there was cancelled due to the injuries and she might visit there on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday, she is also scheduled to visit the carpet- making units of Salawas village in Jodhpur, where she will interact with weavers.

 ?? — PTI ?? Students pose for a selfie during ‘ Spandan,’ an inter- faculty cultural festival of Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi on Tuesday.
— PTI Students pose for a selfie during ‘ Spandan,’ an inter- faculty cultural festival of Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi on Tuesday.

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