PM Modi Bikaner visit live updates: PM inaugurates Deshnoke Station, to visit Nal airbase next
Prime Minister Modi inaugurates the redeveloped Deshnoke Station under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and flags off the Bikaner-Mumbai Express. He will also lay the foundation stone, inaugurate, and dedicate to the nation several development projects worth over Rs 26,000 crore, and address a public gathering in Palana.
PM Modi is presently at the Karni Mata temple before he heads to the Nal airbase where he will be addressing soldiers. He is also set to inaugurate 103 Amrit Stations.
PM Modi seeks the blessings of Karni Mata in south Bikaner before leaving for Nal airbase, which was targeted during Operation Sindoor.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate 103 Amrit Stations on May 22, 2025, via video conference from Bikaner, Rajasthan. This ambitious project, developed at a cost exceeding Rs 1,100 crore, spans 86 districts across 18 states and Union Territories, aiming to modernise railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS). Read More
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