Tickets for Vande Bharat Sleeper's first commercial run sold out within hours
Kolkata (PTI): All tickets of the Vande Bharat Sleeper's first commercial run were sold out within a few hours, a statement said on Tuesday.
The country's first Sleeper Vande Bharat, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Malda Town on January 17, will run between Kamakhya in Guwahati and the Howrah station near Kolkata.
All seats got booked within a few hours after the reservation was opened, the statement said.
The first commercial run of the train is scheduled for Thursday, it said.
"The fully booked status within hours stands as a strong testament to the trust and excitement of passengers towards modern train services being introduced by Indian Railways, marking a new chapter in premium rail connectivity for the region," it added.
The train will run six days a week and take 14 hours to reach its destination both ways, cutting the railway travel time by over three hours.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
