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The Vande Bharat sleeper train has achieved a peak speed of 180 km per hour in multiple trials over the last three days on a 40-km stretch in Rajasthan, the Railway Ministry said on Friday. “The trails will continue until this month’s end before this world-class long-distance travel is made available to the rail commuters across the nation,” it said in a press statement. The ministry also highlighted a recent video shared by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on X.
A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said. The gunfight took place in the forest of Kandeshar village under Indagaon police station limits on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, an official said.
Two persons attempted self-immolation, flaring tensions in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh on Friday as protests against the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of hazardous waste from Union Carbide continued. According to eyewitnesses, the two men, who were part of a demonstration organised by ‘Pithampur Bachao Samiti’, poured flammable liquid on themselves and tried to ignite it, but their actions were swiftly thwarted by fellow protesters who intervened to extinguish the flames.
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Friday said the education revolution brought by the Delhi government has transformed education system and children face no shortage of opportunities now. Inaugurating a new academic block at the Government Senior Secondary School in Jhilmil Colony, Atishi said the importance of the new building becomes evident when one sees the smiles on the faces of the children studying there.
Dense fog shrouded Punjab and Haryana on Friday while the minimum temperature in the region hovered close to normal limits, meteorological department officials said. Large parts of the two states have been witnessing thick fog for the past few days leading to reduced visibility in most places, they said.

Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Friday said the Centre’s river interlinking initiative warrants comprehensive review and needs to be thoroughly examined, according to an official statement. Sandhwan characterised the initiative as an unprecedented intervention in natural systems and cautioned that such projects could adversely impact agricultural productivity and disrupt monsoon patterns.
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch on Friday to review security and operational preparedness, officials said.