The 16-coach train, built in 18 months at a cost of Rs 97 crore by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, is regarded as a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express. It's also the first locomotive-less train in the country.

Train 18, manufactured by ICF Chennai at a cost of Rs 100 crore, recently became India's fastest train by hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during a trial run on a section of the Delhi-Rajdhani route.

1,000 farmers submitted separate affidavits in the high court that many more cultivators are affected by the Centre's ambitious Rs. 1.10 lakh crore project.

The building is being touched up with saffron paint at places and signboards with the new name being put up.

The gadgets will be removed from the recently introduced swanky Anubhuti coaches on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express

As a punishment, the offending passenger, identified only as Ramchandra, was made to stay awake five to six hours by fellow travellers so that they could sleep.

The Mumbai transport system, which is the lifeline of the country, will be expanded and augmented to add 90 km of double line track at the cost of Rs 11,000 crore.

Railway authorities have offered fare discounts for the first six months.

Japanese railway services, including shinkansen bullet trains, are famous for their world-beating punctuality.

Starting his two-day visit to Varanasi, Modi gifted schemes worth Rs 1,000 crore to his Lok Sabha constituency.

The maiden journey of the train was from Vadodara to Varanasi.

The latest attack comes in the wake of derailment of the Jammu Rajdhani Express, one of India's premiere trains.

Praising PM Modi's leadership, Abe called him a "far sighted" leader.

The Chinese side showed interest in the projects in India as as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe prepared to lay the foundation for India's first bullet train project.

Abe will also hold bilateral talks with his Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

According to preliminary information received by the railways ministry, seven coaches of the train (A1, A3, B6, B7, B9, B10 and B5), all AC-2 tier and AC-3 tier, were targeted by thieves between 2 am and 3 am.