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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicVande Bharat

Topic: Vande Bharat

Kashmir Vande Bharat arrives, concerns follow & Canadian PM defends call to invite Modi for G7

Global media also reports on India reopening ‘defunct’ coal mines & India and Pakistan’s efforts to control the narrative around last month’s conflict.

‘Modi made our dream honeymoon possible’—couple on board the Srinagar Vande Bharat

The couple’s itinerary includes Pahalgam, Sonmarg and Dal Lake. 'If our families get to know that we are going to Kashmir. They will panic and call us back.'

Not a seat left vacant as J&K’s all-new Vande Bharat makes first journey from Katra to Srinagar

The train was 100% booked within hours of launch by PM Modi Friday on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha. The return journey is also fully booked, as are the journeys on Sunday.

J&K will be given the status of a state by PM Modi, says CM Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah was with PM at event to flag off new Vande Bharat trains from Katra railway station connecting Jammu division with Kashmir.

Uncertainty over aluminium-body Vande Bharat trains after Railways junked Rs 30,000 cr tender last yr

The cancellation will also further delay rollout of much-anticipated Vande Bharat sleeper trains. French infra firm Alstom’s bid was scrapped on the ground that bid cost was 'expensive'.

Govt infra push, strong order books — what’s driving railways stocks up 300-400% in a year

With highest-ever govt outlay on railways & fresh orders for Vande Bharat trains, rail firms & ancillaries are enjoying a boost like never before, offering better returns than overall Sensex.

Modi gifts 2nd Vande Bharat, meditation centre, projects worth Rs 19,150 crore to Varanasi

The train, which is the second saffron-coloured express in the country, will run between Varanasi and Delhi six days a week, except Tuesdays.

Modi flags off 5 new Vande Bharat trains, 2 of them for poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

PM flagged off 2 trains from Bhopal's Rani Kamalapati station & inaugurated 3 others virtually, including one connecting Ranchi & Patna, the first Vande Bharat for Bihar & Jharkhand.

PM Modi inaugurates foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 3,200 crore in Kerala

The projects include the Kochi water metro, various rail projects and the Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram.

Barbs at Vande Bharat launch: PM hints at Gehlot’s rift with Pilot, CM says Modi wrecked railways’ pride

In virtual address at launch of Delhi Cantt-Ajmer Vande Bharat Express, PM Modi sought to 'thank' Rajasthan CM Gehlot for attending event despite the 'political back and forth and challenges' he faces

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.