US EditionPM Modi Flags Off India’s First Vande Bharat Sleeper Train; Check Route, Key Features, Ticket Price, Other Details Here
- On January 17, 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper between Howrah and Guwahati at Malda Town railway station, launching a two-day tour.
- Poll-Bound West Bengal and Assam receive high-profile project launches as the 86 km Kaziranga Elevated Corridor is presented as an environmentally sensitive project ahead of assembly elections later this year.
- The Vande Bharat Sleeper will reduce journey time by around 2.5 hours, and Modi dedicated projects worth more than Rs 3,250 crore at Malda.
- Bagurumba Dwhou 2026 stages a synchronised presentation with more than 10,000 Bodo artists from 81 Assembly constituencies performing the nature-inspired Bagurumba dance symbolising harmony.
- The corridor will pass through Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat and will notably improve connectivity to Upper Assam, including Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, while bypasses at Jakhalabandha and Bokakhat will ease town congestion.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the country's first Vande Bharat sleeper train from Malda, West Bengal. During the ceremony, foundation stones and inaugurations for rail and road projects worth over ₹3,250 crore were laid. The PM stated that Bengal is now also experiencing good governance, and that the dream of a developed India will be realized only through the development of eastern India.
PM Modi flags off India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train; check route, key features, ticket price, other details here
Prime Minister Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train on Saturday. He is set to inaugurate ₹830 crore worth development projects in Singur on 18 January.
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PM Modi in Bengal Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in West Bengal today and will go to Assam, to launch major infrastructure and cultural initiatives. In West Bengal, he flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train and inaugurated rail, road and port projects worth over Rs 4,000 crore. In Assam, he will attend the Bagurumba Dwhou cultural event, perform Bhoomi Pujan for the Rs 6,950-crore Kaziranga Elevated Corridor, and flag
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