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Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Bharat Summit takes off in Hyderabad today; Rahul Gandhi to participate in valedictory
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Bengaluru‑Mangaluru‑Madgaon Vande Bharat Express on Friday in Bengaluru. The new Yesvantpur‑Madgaon service aims to improve rail connectivity between Bengaluru, coastal Karnataka and Goa, providing direct access to stations such as Hassan, Sakleshpur, Subrahmanya Road, Mangaluru, Udupi, Kundapura and Murdeshwar. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Mangaluru‑Bengaluru Vande Bharat service will start on Saturday, linking the two major Karnataka hubs, and said that challenges on the steep ghat section, including electrification modifications, have been resolved. Ticket fares and exact timings were not disclosed in the reports.
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The gathering assumes significance as the first major international meeting of progressive leaders following electoral outcomes in Brazil, Hungary and Serbia, and comes soon after the United States mid-term elections