<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a day-long visit to this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The special plane carrying the prime minister landed at the technical area of Jammu airport around 11 a.m.<br /><br />Governor N.N.Vohra, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and senior cabinet ministers received Modi at the airport.<br /><br />The prime minister will attend the birth centenary functions of a senior Congress leader, the late Girdhari Lal Dogra, who was also the state finance minister.<br /><br />Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is married to Dogra's daughter, arrived here on Thursday for the centenary functions.<br /><br />Modi is attending the main function inside the Zorawar Singh auditorium of Jammu University around which a thick blanket of security has been thrown.<br /><br />Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Congress veteran Karan Singh are also attending the function, which will start a santoor recital by Shivkumar Sharma, an internationally renowned maestro who hails from Jammu.<br /><br />All eyes are on this visit as the prime minister is expected announce a Rs.70,000 crore development package for Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />Modi is scheduled to fly back to New Delhi in the afternoon.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a day-long visit to this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The special plane carrying the prime minister landed at the technical area of Jammu airport around 11 a.m.<br /><br />Governor N.N.Vohra, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and senior cabinet ministers received Modi at the airport.<br /><br />The prime minister will attend the birth centenary functions of a senior Congress leader, the late Girdhari Lal Dogra, who was also the state finance minister.<br /><br />Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is married to Dogra's daughter, arrived here on Thursday for the centenary functions.<br /><br />Modi is attending the main function inside the Zorawar Singh auditorium of Jammu University around which a thick blanket of security has been thrown.<br /><br />Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Congress veteran Karan Singh are also attending the function, which will start a santoor recital by Shivkumar Sharma, an internationally renowned maestro who hails from Jammu.<br /><br />All eyes are on this visit as the prime minister is expected announce a Rs.70,000 crore development package for Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />Modi is scheduled to fly back to New Delhi in the afternoon.</p>