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Injured in the Odisha's Balasore train accident arrive by a special train at Howrah railway station in West Bengal/ANI
The Indian Navy has deployed medical teams in Odisha's Balasore district to support the local administration in treatment of those injured in the horrific accident involving three trains. Navy officials said the Indian Navy is working in close coordination with Odisha's state administration...
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Investigators were on Saturday looking into any human error, signal failure and other possible causes behind the three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore district as officials submitted a preliminary inquiry report into the worst rail accident in India in nearly three decades that left at least 288...
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Slamming the Centre over the train accident in Odisha, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday alleged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's entire focus is on PR exercise and showing off and not passengers' safety. In a video message, AAP national general secretary (organisation) and...
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The viscera samples of actor Aditya Singh Rajput, who was found dead in his home on May 22, as well as his electronic devices like laptop have been sent to the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory to ascertain the cause of death, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. Rajput, also a model...
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Around 48 trains were cancelled, mostly in the Southern and South Eastern Railway Zones, while 39 were diverted and 10 short-terminated following the three-train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday in which 288 people were killed. According to the latest data released by the two zones,...
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Three Maoists have surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, a police official said on Saturday. He identified the three as 'jan militia' members Paraski Hidma, Podiam Soma and Vetti Sukka, all residents of Bheji area in the district. They said they were laying down arms after being...
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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
The Maharashtra government on Saturday effected a bureaucratic reshuffle for the second consecutive day, transferring five Indian Administrative Service officials. A day before, as many as 20 officers had been transferred. As per the latest notification, Anil Diggikar, vice president...
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The engine drivers and guards of two trains were injured in the Odisha triple train accident and are being treated in different hospitals, a railway official said on Saturday. The engine driver and the guard of the goods trains, however, escaped unhurt, the official added. Coromandel...
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded an inquiry into the three-train accident in Balasore in Odisha that killed more than 280 persons and injured nearly 1,000 a day earlier. Asked about demands for the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on moral...
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The death toll in Balasore triple train accident has risen to 288, railway officials said on Saturday. The train crash happened near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, around 7 pm on Friday, prompting the railway...
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In view of the train accident in Balasore district of Odisha, the North Western Railway has issued helpline numbers for the convenience of passengers. A spokesperson said that passengers or general public can get related information on numbers 0141-2725806 and 0141-2725804. Rajasthan...
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Twenty-three foreign nationals, including eight women from Nigeria, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district for allegedly staying illegally in India, the police said on Saturday. The arrests were made on Friday night, they said. Station house officer, Surajpur,...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived at the Fakir Mohan Hospital in Odisha's Balasore where some of the passengers injured in Friday's mishap involving three trains were admitted. The PM visited the hospital after reviewing the situation at the site of the...
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A delegation of senior functionaries of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and apprised him about various issues concerning the Sikh body. The delegation gave a representation on various issues pertaining to the functioning of gurdwaras...
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Preliminary investigations have revealed that the Coromandel Express train involved in a horrific rail tragedy in Odisha on Friday entered the loop line and crashed into a goods train parked there instead of the main line just ahead of the Bahanagar Bazar station, a source said. The coaches...
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Balasaheb Thorat
Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Saturday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after the massive three-train collision in Odisha a day earlier in which more than 200 people have been killed. Addressing a press conference, Thorat said the Union...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday urged fellow parliamentarians to donate a part of their salary to help the families of victims of the Odisha train accident. They should first get support and then justice, he said in a tweet. Calling the disaster heart-rending, he said...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived at the accident site in Odisha. He will take stock of one of the most horrific train accidents in recent memory, which has according to latest estimates killed over 261 people and over 1000 people injured. Modi...
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World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, expressed their condolences to the families and the Government of India on Saturday over the horrific train accident in Odisha in which at least 261 people...
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To mark the ceremonial beginning of the annual Amarnath Yatra, a puja was held at the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas on Saturday. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha joined the pratham puja (first puja) via video conferencing. To mark the ceremonial beginning...
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Injured being treated at Medical College Hospital in Balasore/ANI
As many as 250 passengers who survived the train crash in Odisha are arriving on a special train, with the majority of them scheduled to disembark at Chennai, a railway official said on Saturday. Train number P/13671 has started from Bhadrak towards Chennai carrying the stranded passengers...
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Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, starring Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan, has minted Rs 5.49 crore on the opening day at the domestic box office, the makers said Saturday. Directed by Laxman Utekar of Luka Chuppi and Mimi fame, the film debuted in theatres countrywide on Friday. Dinesh Vijan's...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for Odisha to take stock of the situation in the wake of the triple train accident. PM Narendra Modi is leaving for Odisha where he will review the situation in the wake of the train mishap, PMO tweeted. Earlier,...
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The Congress on Saturday said the horrendous train accident in Odisha reinforces why safety should always be the foremost priority in the functioning of the rail network and asserted that there are many legitimate questions that need to be raised. At least 261 people were killed and more...
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Films stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Jr NTR and other celebrities on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a train accident in Odisha's Balasore district. Taking to Twitter, Salman said he is really saddened by the unfortunate train accident. Really saddened to hear abt...
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At least four Maoists were reportedly injured in an encounter with security personnel in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, but their colleagues managed to drag them away into a forest hideout, an official said. The encounter took place this morning near Regadgatta village under...
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Army columns were rushed in and Air Force helicopters deployed for relief and rescue operations for passengers injured in the triple train crash site at Bahana Nagar in Odisha, a Defence official said on Saturday. The operations are being carried out in coordination with the railway...
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A two-year-old girl slipped into a borewell and was stuck at a depth of 20 feet in an agricultural field in Gujarat's Jamnagar district on Saturday following which fire department personnel launched a rescue operation, an official said. The toddler, belonging to a tribal family working as...
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The toll in the disastrous railway accident in Odisha has risen to 261 and rescue operations at the site have been completed, a South Eastern Railway official said on Saturday. The number of casualties in Friday's railway accident has increased to 261. Another 650 injured passengers are...
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Two trains carrying around 1,200 stranded passengers of the trains involved in the gruesome accident at Bahanaga Bazar in Odisha's Balasore district will arrive at Howrah on Saturday, a South Eastern Railway official said. While one train is coming with 1,000 passengers, another is on its...
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The Tamil Nadu government has made arrangements to ensure the return of the stranded and injured passengers from Odisha, and a high-level delegation comprising state ministers and officials have been sent to coordinate the rescue and relief activities at the accident site, Chief Minister M K...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday visit the site of the train accident in Odisha and also the Cuttack hospital where the injured are being treated. At least 238 people were killed and more than 900 injured in the train crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the triple train accident in Odisha. He offered condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in the accident. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Justin...
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Following the horrific train crash in Odisha involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Railway officials in Bengaluru on Saturday said as per the latest information available, no one from the reserved coaches got injured or died, while few passengers from the general seating coach had...
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United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will pay a two-day visit to India beginning Sunday, more than two weeks ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled trip to Washington. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Austin will hold talks on Monday on a host of issues relating to...
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Anubhav Das, a passenger on the Coromandel Express that was involved in a horrific triple train crash on Friday, has posted an eyewitness account of the tragedy on Twitter.In a series of tweets, Das has described how the accident unfolded.As a passenger on the Coromandel Express from Howrah to...
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Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia arrived at his residence from the Tihar jail on Saturday, after getting interim relief to meet his ailing wife.The Delhi high court on Friday allowed the Aam Aadmi Party leader, arrested in cases related to alleged irregularities in the city...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting to review the situation in relation to the Odisha train accident, government sources said on Saturday.The accident involving three trains in Odisha's Balasore district has left at least 233 people dead so far.Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200...
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United Nations General Assembly President Csaba Korosi has expressed his deepest condolence to the families and the Government of India for the tragic train crash in Odisha in which at least 233 people were killed. On Friday, in one of the worst railway disasters in India, three trains...
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After the horrific train accident in Balasore that claimed the lives of at least 233, people queued up to donate blood for the injured in Balasore.As per officials, as of now 233 people have died and around 900 are injured.I was nearby when this accident happened, we rescued around 200-300...
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The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Friday demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation over the horrific triple train crash in neighbouring Odisha. TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the Centre was spending crores of rupees on software...
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The railways has initiated a high-level probe into the train crash in Odisha to be headed by the commissioner of railway safety, South Eastern Circle. The commissioner of railway safety works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and investigates all such accidents.A M Chowdhary, CRS, SE...
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Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday visited the train accident site in Odisha's Balasore in which over 230 people were killed and about 900 injured, involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train. Vaishnaw said...
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Wielding gas torches and electric cutters, rescuers worked through the night to pull out survivors and the dead from the mangled steel of three trains that derailed one on top of another in a horrific sequence, killing at least 233 people and injuring more than 900 in Odisha's Balasore district,...
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Three Indians, who had illegally crossed into Pakistan and arrested by the Rangers, were repatriated on Friday, an official said. Those released are Uttar Pradesh-resident Bablu Ram and Punjab residents Balwinder Singh and and Harjinder Singh, an official posted at the India-Pakistan...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will visit Balasore on Saturday morning to take stock of the ground situation after two passenger trains collided with a goods train leaving several injured. There have been casualties but we haven't yet counted. It was a tragic train...
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Incidents of insurgents fighting gun-battles with security forces were on Friday reported from various parts of Manipur a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah left the ethnic strife-torn northeastern state following his visit, during which he appealed for peace and return of...
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