Dahal, also known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, was appointed PM for the third time after he secured the support of 169 members of the Parliament to form the new government.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, PM Modi stated that he looked forward to working with him to further strengthen the "friendship" between India and Nepal.
The three accused, including expelled BJP leader's son Pulkit Arya, in the Ankita Bhandari murder case on Thursday refused to undergo narco and polygraph tests after filing the charge sheet.
A single bench of senior judge Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Uttarakhand High Court, dismissed the petition seeking a CBI investigation in the Ankita Bhandari murder case. The single judge bench said that the SIT team is doing satisfactory work in the Ankita Bhandari murder case.
Dr Rojnath Pandey, spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, said that they have sent a letter to the Election Commission to identify the senior-most member of the House.
In a statement, Bhandari asked the newly-elected members of the House of Representatives to stake a claim for the post of Prime Minister with the support of two or more political parties in the parliament by December 25, The Kathmandu Post reported.
The Uttarkhand Police filed a chargesheet against the three persons accused in the murder of 19-year Ankita Bhandari in September and have submitted it to the Kotdwar Judicial Court on Saturday.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ankita Bhandari murder case will file a charge sheet in the court against the three accused this week, confirmed Deputy Inspector General (DIG) P Renuka, in charge of the SIT.
The Court of Judicial Magistrate Kotdwar is scheduled to hear the application of one of the accused in the murder case of Ankita Bhandari in Uttarkhand on December 22 as he has sought time of ten days to give consent for the Narco and Polygraph tests.
"SIT almost completed probe. We'll file the chargesheet this week. We've applied for the NARCO test of the 3 accused, we'll do it if the court permits," said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) P Renuka, SIT Incharge.