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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicVande Bharat Express

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Now Katra to Srinagar in just 3 hrs. PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat linking Kashmir to rest of India

The PM also inaugurated 2 major engineering landmarks—Chenab Rail Bridge, the world’s highest railway arch bridge, and the Anji Khad Bridge, India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge.

‘Where is the colour green?’ & ‘Exotic tomatoes’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

Modi flags off Dehradun to Delhi Vande Bharat Express, India gets its 18th semi high-speed train

The service will start 29 May, with the train covering the 302 kilometres in 4 hours, 45 minutes.

How thousands of chips run smart train Vande Bharat Express — ‘practically a computer on wheels’

Vande Bharat Express is equipped with about 15,000 integrated circuits, or chips, to control almost all of its operations — from propulsion and braking to its automatic doors.

Boost religious & beach tourism – Odisha’s 1st Vande Bharat train promises better footfall, connectivity

Puri: Odisha’s first Vande Bharat Express, inaugurated Thursday, promises to boost religious and beach tourism to the state and further its relations with neighbour West...

‘Aapke dono haath mein laddoo,’ Modi to Gehlot after flagging off Rajasthan’s 1st Vande Bharat

PM thanks Congress chief minister for ‘taking time out for development’, for putting before him ‘the work that should have been done immediately after Independence’.

‘Weed out’ corrupt politics from state, Modi tells people in Telangana, as CM KCR skips event

Prime Minister was in Telangana to inaugurate Vande Bharat Express connecting Secunderabad and Tirupati and also lay the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 11,000 crore.

As Modi flags off 11th Vande Bharat Express from Bhopal, a look at 4-year journey of India’s fastest train

Manufactured under Make in India initiative, the trains are equipped with unique features. Travel time from Delhi to Bhopal reduced from 11 hours to 7-½ hours.

Modi to be in Kolkata 1st time since 2021 loss. No party events planned but BJP hopes for boost

PM will flag off Eastern India's 1st Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal Friday, in what's being seen as early launch of BJP's 2024 poll campaign in Bengal & attend Namami Gange meeting.

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India must reduce its dependence on fertiliser imports before it’s too late

What worsens India’s dependence on fertiliser imports is not merely the volume of imports, but the inefficiency with which the country utilises them.

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.