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Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the 16-coach Bengaluru-Mumbai Vande Bharat Sleeper on 1 November. It runs six days a week, leaving Bengaluru at 7:45 pm and reaching Mumbai CSMT at 11:55 am. Fares are reported at Rs 2,810 (3AC), Rs 3,630 (2AC) and Rs 4,450 (1AC); regular service starts 2 November.
Amita Sahani3 min
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday kept in abeyance until 2 November the FRRO notice telling actor Imran Khan, a US citizen and OCI cardholder, to leave India by 28 October. The government's law officer orally assured that nothing would be done meanwhile. The petition will be heard on 2 November.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Mumbai Police have stepped up security around Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home, Jalsa, after a bomb threat email reported on Friday, which reportedly reached a school in Bandra-Kurla Complex. Bachchan met fans on Sunday with son Abhishek. One report says checks found nothing suspicious.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Actor Imran Khan, a US citizen and OCI cardholder, has asked the Bombay High Court to quash a notice telling him to leave India by 28 October, issued after his brief detention at a 10 October protest in Mumbai. The hearing was put off to Tuesday at both sides' request.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Mumbai Police have arrested 11 people from four states in the attempt-to-murder case over the firing on Tiger Shroff's car in Juhu on 18 October. The Congress says threats to actors show a failure of law and order and has demanded Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's resignation.
Subhash Gupta4 min
India's second Vande Bharat sleeper is due to be flagged off between Bengaluru and Mumbai on 1 November, cutting the journey to about 16 hours. It has 16 coaches and 823 berths in three AC classes. Timings are proposed and fares are not yet official.
Amita Sahani3 min
The US Secretary of State meets S. Jaishankar at the Taj Mahal Palace on Tuesday afternoon, days after Washington waived tariffs over India's Russian oil purchases. A trade deal is said to be nearly done; the opposition is angry that the meeting is not in the capital.
Prateek Rawat5 min
