Odisha
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Govt calls all-party meet on July 19 ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session
New Delhi: The government has called the customary all-party meeting on July 19 ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon session, official sources said on Thursday. The session, which begins from July 20, is set…
- India
Odisha tribal woman sells nine-month-old daughter for just Rs 800, 4 held
Bhubaneswar: A tribal woman in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has allegedly sold her nine-month-old daughter to a child-less couple for mere Rs 800, police said on Tuesday. The mother was identified as Karami…
- India
Odisha train tragedy: Multi-level lapses, says inquiry report
New Delhi: A high-level inquiry has found “wrong signalling” to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged “lapses at multiple levels” in the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) department but…
- India
Balasore train crash: CRS submits report to Railway Board, say sources
New Delhi: The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) probing the triple-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore has submitted its report to the Railway Board, sources said on Thursday. The contents of the report…
- India
CBI officer supervising Balasore train accident probe gets extension
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Viplav Kumar Choudhry, who is supervising the CBI probe in the June 2 Balasore train accident, was on Wednesday given a one-and-a-half-year extension as a joint director…
- India
PM condoles loss of lives in Odisha bus accident; announces ex-gratia
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid his condolences to the victims of the tragic bus accident in Odisha’s Ganjam district. At least 12 persons, including two minors and four women,…
- India
10 killed, several injured in bus accident in Odisha’s Ganjam dist
Ganjam: At least 10 people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between two buses under Digapahandi police limit in Odisha’s Ganjam district on the intervening night of Sunday…
- Telangana
Bala Vikasa holds awareness programme for widows in Telangana, Andhra
Hyderabad: To create awareness of the rights of widows, Bala Vikasa hosted a state-level convention and conducted awareness rallies in five states on June 23, marking International Widows Day. As part of…
- India
Nadda reaches Jharsuguda on two-day Odisha visit
Jharsuguda: BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday arrived in Jharsuguda on a two-day visit to Odisha. Nadda was welcomed at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport here by BJP state president Manmohan Samal…
- India
Train Tragedy: School used as makeshift mortuary reopens in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Bahanaga school, which was used as makeshift mortuary during triple train tragedy in Odisha’s Balasore district, reopened on Wednesday following completion of summer vacation. The 65-year-old school is just 500 metres…
- India
Railways rejects communal angle over Odisha train accident
As investigations are still underway by the CBI, rumours are being circulated on social media platforms alleging that a Soro railway signal Junior Engineer (JE) and his family are untraceable from June…
- India
Thousands of devotees arrive in Puri for Lord Jagannath’s ‘Rath Yatra’
Puri: Thousands of devotees have congregated at this seaside pilgrim town for Lord Jagannath’s annual ‘Ratha Jatra’ on Tuesday for which the Odisha government has made elaborate arrangements, officials said. As many…
- India
85 Odisha rail accident NDRF rescuers undergo assessment for PTSD, found ‘okay’
New Delhi: Eighty-five NDRF personnel who were part of the Odisha train accident rescue operations underwent a psychological assessment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on Friday, with an official saying they have…
- India
Railways to launch five new Vande Bharat trains on June 26
New Delhi: Railways will start operating Vande Bharat trains on five more routes from June 26, the first launch after the three-train accident in Odisha on June 2 that claimed 288 lives.…
- India
Mass ‘mundan’, all faith prayer for train accident victims
Balasore: People from all walks of life congregated at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district on Sunday, the 10th day of the train accident, to pray for the speedy recovery of the injured…
