India is likely to offer Nepal’s new prime minister help building an east-west railway line and better access to its ports on his first visit this week, as it tries to regain ground lost recently to China. Prachanda, a former Maoist rebel commander, has chosen New Delhi as his first foreign stop, seeking to rebalance ties that chilled under his pro-China predecessor. KP Sharma Oli had sealed trade deals that sought to reduce landlocked Nepal’s economic dependence on India. “Relations with India have become frosty for some time.