From correspondents in Bihar, India, 12:30 AM IST

At last, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's ancestral village in Bihar is connected with that of his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi by a railway link.

Lalu Prasad Thursday evening inaugurated a new rail line on a 17.5-km stretch between Phulwaria, his birth place, with Salar Kalan, Rabri Devi's village in Gopalganj district, about 200 km from here.

He flagged off the first passenger train on the new line and inaugurated a station building at Phulwaria, his birth place.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)