"Vandebharat Express leaving Visakhapatnam on Wednesday was rescheduled to leave at 09:45 Hrs instead of its scheduled departure at 05:45 hrs as the C-8 coach window glass is broken due to stone pelting by miscreants", read an official release of Waltair Division Railway.
In a major infrastructure and connectivity push for the southern states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka between April 8-9 to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth thousands of crores.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Telangana various times in the past for inaugurating developmental works with a "non-political angle".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Saturday where he will attend Combined Commanders' Conference-2023 and will also flag off the Vande Bharat Express train between Bhopal and New Delhi.
Prime Minister is likely to visit Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai where he will inaugurate the new terminal of Chennai Airport, flag off the Vande Bharat Train and attend an event of the Ramakrishna Mission, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bhopal on April 1. At around 10 AM, Prime Minister will attend the Combined Commanders' Conference-2023 at the Kushabhau Thakre Hall in Bhopal, said a press release by Prime Minister's Office on Thursday.
The statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said, "At around 10 AM, Prime Minister will attend the Combined Commanders' Conference-2023 at the Kushabhau Thakre Hall in Bhopal. Thereafter, at around 3:15 PM, Prime Minister will flag off the Vande Bharat Express train between Bhopal an
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that a new 'Vande Bharat Express train is expected to be introduced on Delhi Jaipur/Ajmer route before April 10.
Surekha Yadav, a native of Satara district in western Maharashtra piloted the Vande Bharat Express train between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on March 13, becoming the first women loco pilot in Asia to run Vande Bharat train.
Indian Railways has issued a production plan of 102 Vande Bharat rakes (35 in 2022-2023 and 67 in 2023-2024), as per Indian Railway design and within Indian Railways Production Units (Integral coach factory, Rail coach factory and Modern coach factory).