India’s bullet train project hit a milestone, completing a 2.7-km section of a 21-km undersea tunnel between BKC and Thane, using Japanese Shinkansen technology and E10 trains.

The MEA said India and China agreed to take “additional practical steps”, including travel and direct flight connectivity, for facilitating people-to-people exchanges

India on Monday described as “despicable” the disruption of a Rath Yatra in the Canadian city of Toronto over the weekend and said the matter had been strongly taken up with Canadian authorities.