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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicCoromandel train accident

Topic: coromandel train accident

West sees overcrowded trains as a classic Indian trope. But they are a colonial relic

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'.

Duty calls, say nervous labourers on board as Coromandel Express chugs along route of deadly tragedy

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.

CBI takes over Odisha train accident probe, FIR against ‘unknown persons’ points to negligence

Odisha govt has extended CBI’s jurisdiction to the entire state for investigation. Official toll revised to 288.

After Odisha tragedy, rush to offer closure to shattered families — ‘missing is not good enough’

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.

Family of Odisha triple-train crash victim pin hopes on DNA test to claim body

Nearly a hundred bodies remained unclaimed in several hospitals and mortuaries across Odisha as of late Monday, according to officials.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.