1. At least two passengers have died and several others are injured after nine coaches of a train derailed near Gulbarga in Karnataka.
2. The road transport and highways ministry will add nearly 50,000 km of roads to the National Highways (NH) network in the country in the next six months. This addition within two years of the Narendra Modi government will be more than twice the length NDA-I had added in its six years and over three times of what UPA added in its 10-year rule.
3. Mercedes-Benz India has announced the local assembly of two of its best-selling models - the CLA and GLA - and the Indian consumer will benefit from the decision with both models becoming substantially cheaper as a result.