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TopicOdisha train accident

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Jaya Verma Sinha becomes first woman to head Railway Board, will take charge from 1 September

Sinha was also the first woman principal chief operations manager of South Eastern Railways. She has also served as principal chief commercial manager of Northern Railways.

‘Their actions led to accident’: CBI arrests 3 Railways staff for Balasore train crash

Two engineers and a technician have been booked for culpable homicide and destruction of evidence among other charges.

Faulty signal connection made during repair work resulted in Odisha rail tragedy, says probe

In report, Commission of Railway Safety investigators said first collision occurred due to modifications done to signalling circuit to fix frequent issues at nearby rail-road barrier.

Odisha train accident: Railways denies reports of staffer missing amid CBI inquiry

CPRO of South Eastern Railway clarifies that all staffers under scrutiny in connection with the Odisha triple train accident go when they are summoned either by CBI or CRS.

Months before Odisha tragedy, Railway Board raised concerns over signalling staff’s ‘shortcut methods’

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.

Safety in focus but what’s Railways spending money on? More on new projects, less on upkeep

Analysis of official documents also shows that percentage of money Railways spent on signalling and communications hasn't changed in past 6 years.

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.

Bahanaga school, which turned a mortuary for Coromandel victims, razed to ‘erase memories’

Students and guardians said the classrooms reminded them of the heaps of corpses from the deadly train accident that claimed 288 lives.

Villagers were 1st responders to Odisha tragedy. They’re haunted by ‘cries for help, lingering stench’

Using mobile phones as flashlights, Bahanaga Bazar villagers leapt into bogies, rescued survivors & provided first aid till NDRF and medical personnel arrived.

Vaishnaw’s resignation won’t fix anything. Opposition playing into Modi’s game

Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned, why not Vaishnaw? Well, actually it is more complicated than the current debate makes it out to be.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.