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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi signed a seven-point agreement on Thursday. The agreement was signed at a joint press conference organized at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi this afternoon. They signed the agreement on petroleum pipeline, Lower Arun Hydropower Project, Pukhot-Karnali Hydropower Project and cross border payment among others. They also jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of Sunauli-Bhairahawa Integrated Check Post. Similarly, the two prime ministers inaugurated the Bathana-Biratnagar Cargo Rail. They also signed the agreement to lay foundation stone for the construction of a petroleum pipeline from Amlekhgunj to Lothal of Chitwan, construction of 40 KV double circuit transmission line from Gorkhpur to New Butwal and take ahead the project of Lower Arun Hydropower Project. It has also been agreed to construct a petroleum pipeline from Siliguri of India to Charali of Jhapa, Nepal and to expand the petroleum pipeline of Amlekhgunj to Lothar of Chitwan.    

Senior advocate Surendra Bhandari and advocate Bal Krishna Neupane have moved the Supreme Court against the authentication of the Citizenship Bill. The advocate duo filed separate writs at the apex court. It has been said that the writs are in the process of registration. President Ram Chandra Paudel on Wednesday authenticated the controversial Citizenship Bill. Earlier on August 15, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had returned the Bill to the Parliament for a review. The incumbent government, however, had urged President Paudel to authenticate the Bill. A Cabinet meeting held on May 26 had decided to urge the President to certify the Citizenship Bill endorsed by both the Houses.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal laid a wreath and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Rajghat on Thursday. Prime Minister Dahal arrived at Rajghat to pay special tribute to Gandhi, who is known as the precursor of peace and non-violence not only in India but across the world. The Indian government has developed Rajghat as a tourist area. Signing the visitors' book kept at Rajghat, PM Dahal commented that Mahatma Gandhi was a torchbearer of non-violence as well as the person who built independent India through peace and satyagraha. PM Dahal arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday leading a Nepali delegation at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Visiting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have sat for talks at the latter's office in Hyderabad House. In the beginning, the two Prime Ministers are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting and it will be followed by the delegation-level meeting. Nepal and India will sign various agreements thereafter. The Prime Ministers of two nations will host a joint press conference. Similarly, the Indian Prime Minister will be hosting a luncheon at the Hyderabad House in honor of Prime Minister Dahal.