Railways will run the first Bharat Gaurav train on March 21, 2023, which is specially designed to cover the northeastern states under the project “North East Discovery: Beyond Guwahati.”

The 15-day and 14 nights tour will cover about 5,800 km and several northeastern states, including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya.

Bharat Gaurav Train route:

• The first stop of this train is Guwahati where tourists will visit Kamakhya Temple followed by Umananda Temple and a sunset cruise on the Brahmaputra after which it will depart on an overnight journey for Naharlagun railway station in Arunachal Pradesh.
• The next city to follow is Sivasagar, the old capital of the Ahom Kingdom in the eastern part of Assam where tourists will get to visit the famous Shiva temple at Sivasagar along with various heritage sites.
• The train will next depart from Furkating for Tripura where tourists will get to visit the famous heritage sites of Unakoti and Agartala, including the famous Ujjayanta Palace, the Neermahal palace, and Tripura Sundari mandir at Udaipur.
• After Tripura, the train will depart for Dimapur in Nagaland.
• From Dimapur station, tourists shall be taken to Kohima by bus for visiting the local sites, including a tour of Khonoma village, to experience the Naga way of life.
• The next halt for the tourist train will be Guwahati from where tourists will be taken to Shillong by road with a pit stop at the majestic Umium Lake en route, an excursion to Cherrapunji, Shillong Peak, Elephant Falls, Nawkhalikai falls, and Mawsmai caves.
• From Cherrapunji, the tourists will travel back to Guwahati station to board the train for the return train journey to Delhi.

The Deluxe AC Tourist Train is a state-of-the-art creation, equipped with AC I and AC II class coaches to accommodate a total of 156 tourists.

A harrowing story has come to light from Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district where a Dalit man was beaten to death with a brick. As per the reports, after being murdered, the accused men dragged his naked body.

It was also reported that the 25-year-old Dalit man’s faced severe injuries in his eyes by the accused. The victim has been identified as Durgesh Meghwal and he had been missing from his village in Hanotiyal Raimal village for a couple of days.

The body of the victim was recovered from inside a government school in his village on Saturday after the victim went missing from his village. As per the reports, the intention of the murder has not been determined yet, however, the Sunel police have taken cognizance of the matter.

The Additional Superintendent of Police Chiranjilal Meena and Superintendent of police Richa Tomar also reached the bereaved family to give them assurance. The body of the victim has also been sent for post-mortem by the police and the authorities are investigating the matter further.

A case has also been filed based on the complaint of the victim’s family.

Locals in the village stage protest

After learning about the murder of the Dalit man, the locals of the village assembled and gathered around to demonstrate and seek justice for the victim. According to the reports, the locals also demonstrated near the Sunel bypass which resulted in a jam.

The locals, like the relatives of the victim, also echoed the demands and sought the police to nab the accused men in the matter. The family of the accused man also denied taking the body of the victim back until justice is served. The police, upon reaching the place of the incident, tried to assure the family that the police are doing everything in their power to nab the accused murderer in the matter.

In a shocking incident, a 60-year-old doctor of Kerala’s Kozhikode hospital was beaten by the relatives of a woman patient for an alleged delay in the treatment. The incident which took place on Sunday has been captured on camera.

According to the reports, the senior doctor was thrashed by a group of people at the Fathima Hospital. The attendants of the patient slapped and kicked the cardiologist PK Ashokan alleging a delay in their patient’s postnatal treatment at the hospital. They even smashed the glass shield of a counter at the hospital.

The cardiologist suffered grievous injuries including a nasal bone fracture and bruised on his face in the assault. Dr Ashokan is the husband of Dr Anitha, who treated the patient. Reportedly, the doctor has been admitted to the ICU. Hospitals across the state might also go on strike.

Dr Anitha, a gynecologist at Fathima Hospital, was taking the case of the woman patient. However, a week ago woman’s baby died during delivery at the hospital and was undergoing postnatal treatment.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded strict action against the accused.

Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister Veena George has stated that strict action will be taken against those who attacked the doctor at a private hospital. The health department has ordered a probe into the matter.

A similar incident happened last year in November when a man attacked a woman doctor after learning about the death of his wife. The man kicked the neurosurgeon of the Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital in the abdomen.

The health minister staged a protest against the attack.