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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…
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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…
- India
Odisha train accident survivors show post-traumatic stress disorder: Doctors
Cuttack : Even as many Balasore triple train accident survivors are recovering from physical injuries, around 40 of the 105 patients admitted in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack are showing…
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UAE: Indian expat wins Rs 4 lakh, to donate to Odisha train crash victims
Abu Dhabi: A 28-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expatriate won the grand prize of Dirhams 20,000 (Rs 4,48,927) in Dream Island’s scratch card game. The winner of the game Sahajan Mohammad…
- Hyderabad
3 trains cancelled due to restoration work in Odisha
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway has announced cancellation of three trains and diversion of Howrah-Secunderabad train in view of ongoing restoration works at Bahanaga Bazar station of Kharagpur-Bhadrak section of South Eastern…
- India
Odisha train accident: AI, SIM card triangulation used to identify unclaimed bodies
New Delhi: The Railways is using an artificial intelligence-powered website and SIM card triangulation to identify the unclaimed bodies of the Odisha three train crash victims. Of the 288 people killed in…
- India
Odisha train accident: Cong seeks FIR against PM, railway minister for negligence
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Centre of dereliction of duty of Himalayan proportions in the Balasore train tragedy and said an FIR should be lodged by the CBI…
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Days after Odisha train accident, several bodies remain unclaimed
At least 83 bodies remain unidentified after the deadly train accident in Odisha’s Balasore, involving the Coromandel Express, a stationary goods train and the Bengaluru-Howrah Express, that took the life of 288…
- India
Goods train wagons run over 7 workers in Odisha, 4 killed
Bhubaneswar: Days after the horrific train tragedy in Odisha that stunned the entire world, rakes of a goods train ran over seven labourers, near Jajpur-Keonjar Road station in the state on Wednesday,…
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Centre trying to prevent truth behind Odisha train crash from coming out: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-ruled Centre alleging that there were attempts to suppress the cause of the train accident in Odisha. The Central…