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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicOdisha train crash

Topic: odisha train crash

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.

Rajasthan political storm & ‘unity meet’ in Bihar

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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.

Over 100 bodies yet to be identified, days after triple train crash in Odisha’s Balasore

AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been displaying pictures of the dead on large television screens to help desperate families locate friends and relatives in hospitals, mortuaries

‘Your govt finding diversionary tactics’—Mallikarjun Kharge to PM Modi on Odisha train accident

Instead of focusing on strengthening the railways at the basic level, only superficial touch up is being done to stay in news, writes Congress president Kharge in his letter to Modi.

3 days after deadly Balasore accident, freight train derails in Odisha’s Bargarh

Five coaches of goods train carrying limestone go off the tracks near Mendhapali; no casualties reported.

2.6 lakh people died in rail accidents in India in past 10 yrs. Most weren’t killed in collisions

New Delhi: A collision involving three trains in Odisha’s Balasore Friday claimed 288 lives and left over 900 people wounded in what’s being considered...

Preliminary inquiry into Odisha train crash points to possible ‘signalling error’

Signalling error may have caused Coromandel Express to enter loopline when it was supposed to be on main line, leading to triple collision that has claimed at least 288 lives thus far.

‘Investigate if anti-collision device was installed on route’ — Farooq Abdullah on Odisha train crash

The Indian Railways, which has initiated a high-level probe into the train crash has clarified that anti-train collision system "Kavach" was not available on the route.

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

After Op Sindoor setback, Pakistan to form China-inspired military rocket force targeted at India

The ARFC is meant to be a dedicated force for conventional missile & rocket systems, & will include cruise missiles, rockets, ballistic missiles & Pakistan’s planned hypersonic missiles.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.