MODI MEETS CPN-MAOIST LEADER PRACHANDA: CPN-Maoist leader Prachanda met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kathmandu and expressed confidence that a "new chapter" has begun in Indo-Nepal ties. Prachanda, and who led a decade-long armed movement before joining mainstream politics about seven years back, said he found Modi "very clear" in his mind about supporting the ongoing peace process and economic progress of Nepal.