Christmas party

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hosted Christian leaders at a get-together to celebrate Christmas at his 2, Krishna Menon Marg residence on Tuesday. Among those who attended the function was Oswald Gracias, an Indian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Gracias, also the Archbishop of Mumbai, flew down to Delhi for the get-together. The event was slated to be held on December 25 but had to be postponed. Gracias and other religious leaders also wished Jaitley on his birthday, which was on Monday. Jaitley said he was delighted that Rev Father Thomas V Kunnunkal, principal of St Xavier's Senior Secondary School - where the minister had studied - could also attend the function.