State-of-the-art passenger amenities are being provided to make journey a pleasant experience.
Here are a slew of records that were scripted on Wednesday...
The Gostra festival is an annual event where men run up a greased pole to snatch flags.
Vidarbha opener Atharva Taide struck his third first-class century and his second of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season
The Modi government is notoriously honest about one fact: It does not listen to economists, observes Shekhar Gupta.
'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr Leo Varadkar who will step down as Ireland's taoiseach (prime minister) next week.
This was Kuwait's second win of the tournament after they beat Nepal 3-1 in their first Group A match.
Australia's grizzly-haired veterans brought all their big-game experience to the fore
The match ended after New Zealand scored 133 for 4 in their second innings.
'In IIT, most faculty members have a bias against SC/ST students.' 'SC/ST and OBC students have no idea whom to approach for support.'
If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N Ninan.
Most listed corporate entities in the country are in a fix. With the sudden declaration in late March of a nationwide lockdown to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the final calculations of their financial results for the year 2019-20 (FY20) are hanging in limbo. Till April 19, only 41 of the 3,947 companies listed on the BSE have managed to finalise the dates for the declaration of their yearly financial results.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 4th Test played between India and England in Ranchi on Friday.
The 29-year-old next-gen Thackeray, whom his party wants to be the deputy chief minister in the BJP-Sena alliance government, won with a thumping majority from Mumbai's Worli constituency.
'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been eliminated because it is treated as a criminal offence.' 'Similar procedure should be used in case of caste discrimination.'
'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.'
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Pakistan in Bengaluru, on Friday.
The first of the three match T20 series between India and Australia will be played at Canberra on December 4 starting 1340 IST.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced a whopping cash reward of Rs 5 crore for India's women's Under-19 T20 World Cup-winning squad, which defeated England by seven wickets in the final at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday.
India rarely took the foot off the pedal on a batting-friendly surface, garnering nearly five runs per over.
Max Verstappen celebrated his 21st birthday in style on Sunday with the Red Bull driver carving from the back of the Russian Grand Prix grid to first in the space of 19 laps.
Chasing 268 to go 1-0 up in the two-Test series, Karunaratne's 161-run opening stand with Lahiru Thirimanne (64) set the tone for a successful chase at the Galle International Stadium.
Barcelona endured a frustrating evening in their La Liga season opener with a 0-0 draw in a feisty affair at Getafe.
Hardik Pandya reigned supreme with a magnificent all-round performance as India thrashed England by 50 runs in the first T20 International in Southampton on Thursday.
Mbappe becomes PSG's all-time highest goal-scorer as French champions extend lead
IMAGES from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 to win Durand Cup title for first time after 23 years
A complete look at Ganguly's career, accomplishments of legendary Indian batter
'I was confident that I would surely get into any of the IPL teams, but I was not picked.'
Modi to receive Lokmanya Tilak National Award, constituted by Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust in 1983, to honour the legacy of Lokmanya Tilak
It was a first Cup of Nations success for Senegal after two lost finals in 2002 and 2019.
There was no official word on the agenda of the session which will be held days after the G20 Summit in the national capital on September 9 and 10.
Australia racked up 469 in their first innings and then reduced India to 151/5 to put themselves in the box seat in the World Test Championship final.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Chennai, on Friday.
Set to tune by celebrated music composer A R Rahman, Jai Ho received an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, and also won in the category of 'Best Song Written for a Motion Picture' at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for Wednesday's opening T20I against New Zealand?
Ahead of the Parliament session, the government will hold a meeting with leaders of all parties on Sunday to brief them and hear their views, amid an intense buzz on whether it will have some surprise item up its sleeve during the five-day sitting.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 1st Test played between India and England in Hyderabad, on Friday.
It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP, asserts Dr Sudhir Bisht.
