Cabinet meet cancelled

A meeting of the Union Cabinet scheduled today was cancelled in view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Kolkata to see the ailing CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu.

95-year-old Basu, who is in a critical condition since yesterday morning, is on ventilator at a private hospital in Kolkata.

Basu, who is suffering from acute pneumonia, was admitted to the hospital on Friday.

His condition has "marginally improved" today, his personal assistant Jaykrishna Ghosh said quoting doctors.