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Modi gets lesser sleep: Obama

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 New Delhi, Jan 25
 US President Barack Obama Sunday said he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared notes on how much sleep they get, and revealed that "Modi gets lesser sleep".

Replying to a question about what the two leaders discussed during their meeting earlier in the day, Obama said it was not possible to reveal the content of their talks.

"But we did discuss how much sleep we were getting," Obama joked at the end of a joint press conference at Hyderabad House here, while Modi laughed at the revelation.

Obama said this was probably because PM Modi was still new at his job and after a few years, Modi will probably get an extra hour of sleep.

Modi greeted like a star in US: Obama

US President Barack Obama Sunday said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted like a "star" in the US.

"Last year at the Madison Square Garden PM Modi was greeted like a Bollywood star," Obama said addressing a joint press conference with Modi at Hyderabad House here.

Modi had addressed around 20,000-strong gathering of cheering Indian diaspora at the Madison Square Garden during his visit in September 2014.

Obama greets in Hindi

US President Barack Obama Sunday greeted the news conference here in Hindi.

"Namaste. Mera Pyaar Bhara Namaskar. (My greetings with affection)," said the visiting US president while addressing the media after he held summit level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

And he ended with another Hindi expression: "Chale saath saath" (Lets walk together.)