Delhi to Siliguri in just 6 hours: Centre govt unveils India’s longest bullet train corridor; Check details here

The Centre plans 4 bullet train corridors from Delhi as part of Rs 2 lakh crore high-speed rail push. Key routes include Delhi-Varanasi-Siliguri, Delhi-Lucknow-Varanasi, Delhi-Ahmedabad and Delhi-Amritsar. Delhi-Siliguri at 1705 km will be India’s longest.
Dhami says his govt is committed to establish Uttarakhand as spiritual capital of world

He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is witnessing a cultural renaissance and that the Uttarakhand government is committed to establishing the state as the spiritual capital of the world.
‘Aapko bacha lenge’: Firefighter reassures trapped victim as under-construction building collapses in Delhi’s Rohini; Watch

A three-storey under-construction building collapsed in Delhi’s Rohini on Wednesday evening, triggering a massive rescue operation by the police, NDRF, fire department and local residents.
Vasai station chaos: Commuters surround loco pilot as Mumbai rains disrupt Western Railway services; Watch

Heavy rainfall caused severe waterlogging in parts of Mumbai and nearby areas, forcing Western Railway to suspend train services between Vasai Road and Virar and leaving thousands of commuters stranded.
Earthquake hits Hingoli-Nanded area of Maharashtra amid heavy rain

Mild earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Maharashtra’s Marathwada region during the early hours of Thursday.
Ken Paxton tops $9 million in a personal best fundraising quarter, campaign says

The GOP Senate candidate raised more between April and June than he had in all prior quarters combined.
Faculty groups sue to block Texas Tech rules limiting instruction on race, gender, sexual orientation

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech.
James Talarico raises over $30 million in second quarter, campaign says, more than triple Ken Paxton’s sum

The Austin Democrat’s haul is a record for a U.S. Senate candidate in the second quarter of an election year and is nearly three times what Beto O’Rourke raised in the same period in 2018.
Battle over East Texas water rights heats up after Dallas millionaire files federal lawsuit to lift moratorium

Investor Kyle Bass’ high-capacity water wells in East Texas have been blocked by a moratorium. He says his rights as a landowner are being violated.
Son of man killed by ICE agent calls for investigation, says “My father would have complied.”

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son said his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop. Local leaders say they’ve received little information from federal officials about the shooting.