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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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
