Shimla, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a Central University in Himachal Pradesh on February 26, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Tuesday.

Thakur announced this in the Assembly during a debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address.

The Central University will have twin campuses -- at Dharamsala and Dehra towns, both in Kangra district.

--IANS vg/mr