Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (December 25) inaugurated new Magenta line of Delhi Metro from Botanical Garden in Noida to Kalka Ji Mandir in New Delhi. Along with him, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were also present.

On Christmas Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the new Magenta line Delhi Metro, that had made headlines over brake failure crash inside the depot.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the newly-built Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro is an example of modernising urban transport and making travel between Delhi and Noida faster and convenient.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a segment of the newly-built Magenta Line of Delhi Metro on Monday which will connect Botanical Garden in Noida to South Delhi's Kalkaji Mandir, the government said on Saturday.

A couple of days before Prime Minister is to launch Magenta line of Delhi Metro, its driverless trial run failed with wall crash at Sarita Vihar depot on Tuesday. No one was injured.

A Metro train on a new line, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, hit a wall here on Tuesday evening during trials, a Delhi Metro official said. No one was injured.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday slammed proposals to hike metro fares, said it will kill the transport system.

The increased metro fares will be applicable from Tuesday as scheduled, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Monday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded an independent audit of the Delhi Metro's accounts and a stay on the proposed fare hike till this report is received.

Even as the DMRC defended another fare hike by saying its input costs had gone up, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the Centre to direct Delhi Metro to withhold the "unjustified" proposed increase from October 10.