New Delhi, Oct 30: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a few new facilities of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) here today.

The inauguration will be held from New Delhi through video conferencing link on the occasion of Homi Bhabha birth centenary year.

Dr. Singh will inaugurate two desalination plants - a multi-stage flash evaporation plant located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu and a large mounted desalination plant which is currently stationed in Goa.

New Delhi, Oct 30 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will arrive here on a two-day visit today.

He is expected to hold talks on the current global financial crisis and climate change with Indian leaders.

Issues like the situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal will also be considered during the meeting between the two sides.

During his visit, the Secretary General will meet President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Dr. Mahmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition LK Advani.

On last Tuesday, a ruling by a Los Angeles judge granted permanent conservatorship of the psychiatrically troubled singer’s personal and business affairs to her father – Jamie Spears including attorney – Andrew Wallet.

Sources close to Spears say, her lawyers felt that in the future, her father’s permanent conservatorship could increase her chances of regaining custody of her sons Sean Preston, 3, and Jayden James, 2.

Abuja - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Wednesday sacked 20 of his 39 cabinet ministers.

Yar'Adua spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said that the ministers were dropped as part of efforts to rejuvenate Yar'Adua's administration.

He said that the decision, taken after Wednesday's cabinet meeting, was meant to reposition and strengthen the administration to better deliver services to Nigerians.

Opting for Zac Efron, Paramount has inked a deal with the star of High School Musical 3, to reprise Kevin Bacon’s iconic role in its remake of the classic dance romance ‘Footloose’.  Tough, Efron was rumoured to star in the movie, the whopping $42-million dollars his ‘High School Musical 3’ raked in last weekend, pushed Paramount to fast-track production, with filming starting next spring.  According to the deal, Efron gets a very adult deal, several million dollars and script approval for the film, which targets an older teen audience and adults.

Katrina Kaif, one of the top actress of B-town, is reportedly feeling homesick these days. The actress who is in the U.S. at present is shooting for Yash Raj Films that have actors John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead and is directed by Kabir Khan(the Kabul Express fame).