PM Modi attends scheduled events in Bengal via video link after mother's final rites – India TV
India TV NewsPrime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in his hometown to participate in the last rites of his mother Heeraben Modi, has been attending programmes scheduled in West Bengal through video conferencing on Friday. High drama prevailed at Howrah Station on Friday as a visibly annoyed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the Vande Bharat express to New Jalpaiguri will be flagged off. Vande Bharat Express: 'It’s like a plane' "It's like a plane," exclaimed a school girl as she walked through the spotless, modern-looking compartment along with her school mates out for a joy ride on the inaugural run of the Vande Bharat train, which will run between the iconic Howrah station and New Jalpaiguri, the gateway to the North East. Five sets of the crew have been trained at Ghaziabad to run the six-day-a-week Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express service. The Vande Bharat express with modern passenger amenities is likely to be preferred both by regular passengers, tea industry executives and tourists travelling to the Himalayas in North Bengal and Sikkim.