In a tweet on Saturday, Ministry of Railways said, \"This service will be started by following all the safety related rules, which will provide better and customized catering for the passengers\"

The project awarded by the government is of 325km, and is touted to generate employment for about 90,000 professionals - engineers, technicians, designers and architects - as well as unskilled workers.

The government is mulling making an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore into seven new bullet train projects

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has flagged issues, which have hampered work on the Rs 81,000 crore dedicated freight corridor, in letters to nine chief ministers urging them to intervene

\"In terms of testing the state should aim to achieve a minimum of 14 tests per one lakh (140 tests per million) per day, while ensuring a positivity rate of less than 10 per cent,\" the letter to the states read

According to an official order of the Railways, all special trains including 15 pairs on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 will, however, continue

Railways has begun the formal process to allow private companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country

Lockdown 5.0 guidelines and rules zone-wise: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal batted for more relaxations including opening of malls and the metro rail, while Karnataka and West Bengal voted to reopen religious places

States were also asked to suggest any new measures that they would like to implement in Lockdown 5.0

Only online e-ticketing will be done through IRCTC website or mobile App; no tickets will be booked across reservation counter on railway station; booking of tickets through IRCTC agents and railway agents not permitted

Coronavirus lockdown 4.0 India highlights: Delhi reported the highest single-day spike of 571 fresh cases on Thursday, taking tally in the city to 11,659 and the death toll from coronavirus infection rose to 194

Cyclone Amphan update: The Met department has advised that all establishments and markets remain closed in Kolkata and adjoining areas and movement of people be restricted on May 20

Amphan Cyclone live updates: Cyclone Amphan has reached Kolkata with winds reaching up to 135 kmph; power has been cut in the city as heavy rainfall and strong winds were seen in the evening

Coronavirus Lockdown 4.0 India Live Updates: Maharashtra's COVID-19 cases breached 39,000 mark after 2,250 more patients were reported positive of the deadly virus in last 24 hours. The death toll in the state rose to 1,390 after 65 more fatalities were reported since Tuesday

Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also flagged the issue of non-cooperation by the West Bengal government on the issue of migrants

Indian Railways cancels trains: IRCTC will refund the tickets that have already been booked. The national transporter also relaxed the norms for refunding of tickets

So far, 90,331 bookings (PNRs) have been generated for the next seven days, the railways said, adding that 1,69,039 passengers will travel against these bookings

Coronavirus lockdown 4.0: Around 169,039 passengers booked tickets in 24 hours, the national transporter said, since it resumed booking on IRCTC website and mobile app at 6pm on Monday

So far, 45,533 bookings (PNRs) worth Rs 16.15 crore have been recorded for the special trains for the next seven days, the railways said, adding that around 82,317 passengers will travel against these bookings

IRCTC began booking tickets for special trains after 6 pm on Monday, two hours after the scheduled opening time. Initially, the railways announced the booking of tickets on the IRCTC website from 4pm, Monday but the website crashed due to huge traffic