Public Accounts Committee pulls up railway ministry for failing to implement its own 2013 directions on digging work near cables, says staff shortage not a valid reason.
The Karnataka election loss, Balasore tragedy, wrestlers' protest, and Jack Dorsey's comments have all come in quick succession. The Modi govt's invincible facade is chipping away.
In his 3 April letter to zonal railways, Railway Board member R.N. Sunkar had cited 5 incidents of unsafe rides this year when staff adopted shortcut methods for clearing signals.
Using mobile phones as flashlights, Bahanaga Bazar villagers leapt into bogies, rescued survivors & provided first aid till NDRF and medical personnel arrived.
Balasore DM’s office has a book filled with photos of the dead, that families are leafing through to identify their missing loved ones. Construction workers are clearing out wreckage.
Congress leaders Pawan Khera & Shaktisinh Gohil cite reports by CAG, House panel and Railways' internal communication to flag govt 'inaction', seek Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation.
Survivors who've now reached Howrah station tell harrowing stories. Bengal govt has confirmed deaths of 35 passengers from state, while 544 were injured.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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