India, Aug. 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the states of Bihar and West Bengal on Friday. There, he will launch and inaugurate a wide range of development projects with a collective worth of more than Rs.18,000 crore.

PM Modi will lay the foundation stones for new infrastructure projects, inaugurate key ones that have been completed, and flag off new train services in both states. The agenda? Improving connectivity, health, power supply, and urban development in the region.

Modi's first engagement on the Bihar-Bengal tour is scheduled at 11 AM in Gaya, with development projects worth nearly Rs.13,000 set to be dedicated to the nation. He will then reach Kolkata in the afternoon and is scheduled to launch new me...