| | | The Prime Minister flagged off 9 Vande Bharats virtually even as he hit out at previous governments for not paying adequate attention to the modernisation of railways. | | The Big Story Modi flags off 9 Vande Bharats across 11 states Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains connecting religious and tourist destinations across 11 states and said the speed and scale of infrastructure development in the country is now matching the aspirations of the 1.4 billion Indians. “The speed and scale of infrastructure development are matching with the aspirations of 140 crore Indians. Today, people of Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat will get the facility of Vande Bharat Express trains. These new Vande Bharat Express trains depict the new energy of the country,” PM Modi said. With the addition of the nine new trains, there are now 34 Vande Bharat trains across the country. Read More | | | | The Big Question Who are the Indian winners at Asian Games in Hangzhou? The gold medal eluded them, but India kicked off their Asian Games campaign by bagging three silver and two bronze on Day 1 of the continental showpiece on Sunday. It sets the ball rolling for the 655-member contingent and the country will hope to start making some serious inroads soon. The shooters, in the women’s 10m air rifle event, were expected to challenge for medals and they did exactly that. Ramita Jindal, Mehuli Ghosh, and Ashi Chouksey opened India’s account at the Hangzhou Asiad with a silver in the women’s team event. The Chinese trio of Han Jiayu, Yuting Huang and Zhilin Wang took the first gold medal of the Games, shooting 1,896.6 points in the final. The Indians shot 1,886, followed by Mongolia (1,876.9). Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | Photo of the day Senior in the city | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Anuradha Vellat. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
