PM Modi flags off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train | In Pics

The Howrah-Kamakhya Vande Bharat will connect Kamrup and Bongaigaon in Assam and Jalpaiguri, Malda, Murshidabad and Purba Bardhaman in West Bengal.

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PM Modi is seen flagging off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train connecting Howrah and Guwahati from West Bengal's Malda on Saturday. (DPR PMO/ANI)

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PM Modi interacts with school students aboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat sleeper train connecting West Bengal and Assam at West Bengal's Malda. (ANI)

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School students present PM Modi with paintings in West Bengal's Malda during the inaugurating of Vande Bharat sleeper train. (DPR PMO/ANI)

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PM Modi gesturing towards the crowd gathered in West Bengal's Malda on Saturday as he flagged off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train. (PMO/PTI)

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PM Modi shakes hands with students in West Bengal's Malda as he arrived in the city to flag off the Howrah-Guwahati Vande Bharat sleeper train. (ANI)

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PM Modi interacts with loco pilots aboard the new Vande Bharat sleeper train connecting Howrah and Guwahati as he flagged off the train from West Bengal's Malda on Saturday. (PTI)

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Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presents PM Modi with a sculpture of Goddess Durga at West Bengal's Malda during the inauguration event of the country's first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati on Saturday. (PTI)

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PM Modi with union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the railway station in West Bengal's Malda where he arrived to flag off the Vande Bharat sleeper train on Saturday. (PMO/PTI)

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PM Modi shares smiles and shakes hands with school students aboard the new Vande Bharat sleeper train. (PMO/PTI)