As many as 293 people were killed and over 1,200 injured when the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary freight train at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district.
A journalist was even convinced that railway facilities weren't the problem. Indian passengers lacked the 'self-possession' necessary to travel like 'sane human beings'.
Many have travelled this route countless times before. The train is fully booked until at least 28 July. Meanwhile, survivors of 2 June accident stare at uncertain future.
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.
The accident, involving three trains, is one of the worst in the country and took place in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday night. The accident also injured more than 900 people.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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