Srinagar, April 30 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today attended the flag-off ceremony marking the historic extension of the Vande Bharat Express service from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Jammu, enabling for the first time a direct rail connection between Jammu and Srinagar. The train was flagged off by Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, PP/DoPT, Atomic Energy, Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, Members of Parliament Sat Paul Sharma and Ghulam Ali Khatana, several MLAs, along with senior officials from the Government of India, Northern Railways and the Jammu and Kashmir administration. Addressin...