Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday flag off 9 Vande Bharat Express trains in 11 states today including Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
This is a big win, I want to congratulate the ABVP on behalf of the BJP. Winning three posts shows that the youth of the country feel connected with PM Modi,” says Delhi BJP Secretary Harish Khurana on ABVP winning three posts in DUSU polls.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the India-UN Global Summit says, “On the G20 Summit, a lot of folks were still surprised that we actually got everybody together. I don’t think they completely expected that. So there’ll be one set of people who are still wondering how that happened.”
“The other part, which I think includes some people with me here now has appreciated that we got the G20 to focus on the Global South and that the job for which the G20 was created, which was global growth and development, we got them to refocus on it and with particular attention to the Global South. We did that partly by organizing a Global South summit in advance.”
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PM Modi To Flag Off 9 Vande Bharat Express Trains Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday flag off nine Vande Bharat trains connecting religious and tourist destinations across 11 states.
The nine trains will provide faster connectivity across 11 states — Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat. The Prime Minister will flag off the trains through video conferencing.
The new Vande Bharat trains will run between: Udaipur – Jaipur; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai; Hyderabad –Bengaluru; Vijayawada – Chennai (via Renigunta); Patna – Howrah; Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram; Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri; Ranchi – Howrah; and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad.
These trains are a step towards realising Prime Minister’s vision of improving connectivity across the country and providing world class facilities to rail passengers, an official statement said. “The Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation and will help save considerable time of the passengers,” it said.
As compared to the current fastest train along the route, Rourkela- Bhubaneswar – Puri and Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram, the Vande Bharat trains will cut travel time between respective destinations by about three hours; Hyderabad – Bengaluru by more than 2.5 hours; Tirunelveli-Madurai- Chennai by more than 2 hours.
Delhi Police To Organise Raahgiri Day In Connaught Place
The Delhi Traffic Police Friday said it will organise the Raahgiri Day in Connaught Place on Sunday to promote the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
In a traffic advisory issued here on Friday, the police said the Raahgiri Day “aims at promoting the safety of pedestrians and cyclists by making a particular stretch of road vehicle-free and opening up the street for citizens to celebrate health, well-being and fitness by indulging in activities such as walking, cycling, skating, and street games”.
The event is being organised by the Delhi Traffic Police in collaboration with the Raahgiri Foundation in the Inner Circle of Connaught Place, the advisory said.
A huge gathering is expected to visit Connaught Place to participate in these activities, it added.
The advisory also shared traffic restrictions to be imposed in Connaught Place for the event.