INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LUMBINI, MAY 16Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived Lumbini this morning
in connection with an official visit to Nepal, returned home this afternoon on a special helicopter of the Indian Air Force.
Indian PM Modi, PM Deuba offer prayers at Mayadevi Temple
Narendra Modi arrives, PM Deuba welcomes him in Lumbini
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba bade farewell to the Indian Prime Minister at the helipad constructed near the International
Buddhist Prayer Centre and Auditorium here in Lumbini.
First Lady Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand,
Foreign Minister Dr Narayan Khadka, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister for Culture, Tourism and
Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Poudel, also saw off Indian Prime Minister
Modi.Similarly, Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Kul Prasad KC, Chief Secretary of the government, Shanker Das Bairagi, Foreign Secretary
Bharat Raj Paudyal, Nepali Ambassador to India, Dr Shanker Sharma, Charge d'Affaires at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Namya Khampa,
were also present on the occasion.PM Modi had arrived here this morning, leading an 11-member delegation.
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