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Saturday, May 4, 2024
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.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.