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PM Modi may join scheduled programme in Bengal via video-conferencing

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New Delhi: A host of development programmes, including a Namami Gange meeting and the inauguration of the Vande Bharat train, scheduled to be attended in West Bengal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will be held as per plan, and he may participate via video conferencing, officials said.

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PM Modi has left for Ahmedabad following the death of his mother Hiraben to attend her last rites. 

Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 99, the hospital said.

Also read: Modi and his mother Heeraben - a Saga of hardship that shaped PM's life

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Development projects worth over Rs 7,800 crore are scheduled to be launched by the prime minister in West Bengal.

A Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri is also planned to be flagged off.

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