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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Topic: special trains

‘We build India, who will build Bihar?’—Chhath train is a migrant story of despair

It’s not only the Chhath Mahaparv of Bihar but also the biggest festival of democracy — elections. It’s a moment of reckoning.

NCRTC conducts Namo Bharat trial run from Delhi to Meerut, covering 82 km in less than 1 hour

The Namo Bharat corridor trains halted at every station between Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan and Modipuram in Meerut and successfully completed their trial.

Railways to run 20 pairs of clone trains from 21 September with 10-day reservation period

These trains will run in addition to the 310 special ones already in service on routes where there is a long queue of waitlisted tickets or high demand.

Railways to run more special trains, consent sought from state governments

The Railway ministry spokesperson did not say how many trains will be added to the network.

Yogi vs Uddhav vs Piyush Goyal: Will politics over migrant workers hurt economic revival?

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.

Yogi-Priyanka row over migrants: Has Covid crisis brought out the worst in Indian politics?

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to send 500 buses each to Noida and Ghaziabad for migrant workers.

Bengal govt has arranged 105 more trains to take stranded migrants back home: Mamata

After facing criticism for arranging only 10 trains for stranded labourers, tourists, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced more trains.

Special passenger trains depart from Delhi but leave behind those who can’t afford e-tickets

Police made sure that social distancing was maintained and only people with e-tickets were allowed on platforms.

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India’s agricultural paradox—rising output, rising imports, and a shrinking trade surplus

Agricultural policy has prioritised price stabilisation over fostering long-term competitiveness. This incentivises the pursuit of subsidies rather than productivity enhancement.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.