Vande Bharat Express train: This is the eighth Vande Bharat Express train introduced by Indian Railways. The regular services of the train would start from January 16 and the bookings commenced on Saturday, railway sources said.
This was the same train that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to flag off on January 19.
Notably, both Majumdar and ten others took to social media to report that the newly inaugurated Howrah-New Jalpaiguri semi-high-speed train was vandalised by some miscreants in West Bengal.
Vande Bharat Express row: On December 30, sloganeering at Howrah Station snowballed into a major controversy as a visibly annoyed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the Vande Bharat express to New Jalpaiguri was flagged off.
Vande Bharat Express: According to reports, the latest incident happened when the train was running between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri. Meanwhile, officials said that a case has been registered under u/s 154 of the Railways Act at the RPF post.
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PM Modi's decision to carry on with his official engagements on a day he lost his mother drew praise from his ministerial colleagues and other BJP leaders who lauded his commitment and described him as a karmayogi.
PM Modi, who arrived in his hometown to participate in the last rites of his mother Heeraben Modi, has been attending programmes scheduled in West Bengal through video conferencing on Friday. According to PMO, Development projects are scheduled to be launched by the prime minister in West Bengal
Vande Bharat Express: The Vande Bharat express with modern passenger amenities is likely to be preferred both by regular passengers, tea industry executives and tourists travelling to the Himalayas in North Bengal and Sikkim.
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Banerjee seemed upset by the loud sloganeering from a section of the invited crowd at the railway station.
Vande Bharat train: The Railway Ministry has been trying to fix the shortcomings of the train to make it more efficient. To increase domestic production of wheels and to promote Make in India, the Ministry has invited bids from prospective vendors.
According to a highly placed source, the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express will depart Howrah early in the morning and reach NJP in the afternoon. It will then return to Howrah in the late evening. There is already a Shatabdi Express between Howrah and NJP.
Not only Hydrogen trains, the Railways is manufacturing 'Vande Metro' train which will replace those designed in 1950s and 60s, the Railways minister has said.
In Nagpur, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Nagpur and Ajni railway stations to be redeveloped at a cost of about Rs 590 crore and Rs 360 crore respectively.
Download ffreedom app and apply coupon INDIATV to avail Rs 3000 scholarship instantly https://ffreedom.com/indiatvPM Modi Maharashtra-Goa Visit: प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी आज से दो दिन के महाराष्ट्र और गोवा के दौरे पर है. यहां पीएम नागपुर में मेट्रो रेल, हाई स्पीड ट्रैन, AIIMS और पुणे-मुंबई समृद्धि एक्सप्रेस-वे की सौगात देंगे। सबकी नज़रें समृद्धि एक्सप्रेस-वे पर है. इसे पीएम का ड्रीम प्रोजेक्ट माना जा रहा है.
During his visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Vande Bharat Express in Nagpur. He will also launch phase-I of the Nagpur Metro and inaugurate the Mopa international airport in Goa.
Secunderabad-Vijayawada Vande Bharat: This will be the first such indigenously-built semi high-speed rail in South Central Railway (SCR) and second such train in south India.
Indian Railways is constructing a 59 km testing track between Gudha-Thathana Mithri in Jodhpur Division (about 70 Km from Jaipur) for carrying out tests/trials of various rolling stocks.
Indian Railways is planning to introduce trains with tilting technology in the coming years, reports have said. The technology will be manufactured in 100 new Vande Bharat trains.
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