New Delhi, June 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurateS the first Vande Bharat Express train to Kashmir today from Jammu after the completion of the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project.

Modi will flag off train services from the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) railway station in Jammu's Katra to Srinagar Kashmir. On the occasion, Modi will also flag off another train from Srinagar to Katra.

So far, trains have been running between Banihal and Baramulla, north of Srinagar in the Kashmir valley, and between Jammu, Udhampur and Katra in the Jammu region.

This will be Prime Minister Modi's first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after 'Operation Sindoor' - India's precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan launched on 7 Ma...