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Balasore accident: CBI makes first arrests, 3 railway staff held

The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident, making its first arrests in the case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Morning Digest | Balasore train accident could have been averted by running checks, says CRS report; India lifts SAFF Championships title for record 9th time, and more

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Balasore train accident | Modi government has compromised basic rail safety issues, says Congress

“We would like to appeal that do not get into this business of hot food and new Vande Bharats,” Supriya Shrinate said.

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Morning Digest | ‘Human error’ led to Balasore train tragedy, says report; NCP feud festers, goes to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker’s court, and more

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‘Human error’ led to Balasore train tragedy, says report, pins fault on Signal & Telecommunication department

Lapses at multiple levels in the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) department led to the Balasore train accident on June 2, which left 291 dead and more than 900 injured, the Commission of Railway Safety said in its report submitted to the Railway Ministry last week.

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Odisha train accident | 13 more bodies handed over to families

At least 13 more bodies of the June 2 Balasore train accident kept at AIIMS Bhubaneswar were handed over to their family members, official sources said.

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Passenger trains lost over 1 crore minutes in delays in 2022-23, RTI reply states

After the June 2 Balasore train tragedy, the Indian Railways has come under the spotlight for balancing both punctuality and safety when it comes to train movement across routes

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Balasore Train Accident: 52 bodies await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar

As many as 52 bodies at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar are yet to be identified after the triple train collision in Odisha's Balasore district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train mishap: As media points to ‘absconding’ official, railway says ‘factually incorrect’

With several media outlets claiming that a railway official named Amir Khan has gone missing amid the CBI’s probe into the Balasore train mishap, the South Eastern Railway has clarified that this is “factually incorrect”.

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Balasore train accident toll mounts to 292

CUTTACK: The death toll in the Balasore train accident rose to 292 on Sunday with a 24-year-old passenger named Paltu Naskar from West Bengal succumbing to his injuries at a state-run hospital in Cuttack, an official said.

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Death toll rises to 291 in Odisha's Balasore train accident

The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore reached 291 after a victim died while receiving treatment

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Migrating on the Coromandel Express

Migrant workers from West Bengal, who survived the train accident in Balasore, share how the Coromandel Express provides them a way to livelihood in southern states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka when they cannot gain employment in their native State. Though the trauma from the tragedy is fresh on their…

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Odisha train accident | Bihar announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for families of victims from State

The Bihar government on Thursday announced an ex gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the next kin of the 53 people from the State who died in the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2.

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Is the Indian Railways stretched beyond its capacity?

A discussion on safety, overcrowding and maintenance works following the Balasore accident

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Odisha train accident | South Eastern Railway AGM transferred two weeks after collision

After the devastating train accident in Odisha’s Balasore, the Railways Ministry has transferred out Atulya Sinha, AGM, South Eastern Railway, on June 15, 2023

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A journey with migrants on an unreserved coach of the Coromandel Express

Migrant workers resume undertaking tough journeys to other States for work, travelling in cramped conditions on unreserved general coaches of the Coromandel Express and other trains. They push haunting images of the tragic train accident at the Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station at Balasore to the back of their minds.

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Balasore train accident | 12 Opposition parties demand SC-monitored SIT

The train accident reiterated the fact as to how insecure the railway passengers were and the jeopardy the railway system was in. Read more on The Hindu

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Odisha train accident | The trauma after a tragedy on tracks

A report on the Balasore tragedy, the agony of the families who continue to search for their loved ones and the CBI investigation

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Odisha Train Mishap: School that stored bodies demolished after students scared to return

The process of demolition of a school building where some of the bodies of those killed in the recent train crash in Bahanaga in Odisha's Balasore district were stored, began on Friday morning after students expressed their reluctance to return to the place. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Congress seeks FIR against PM, Railway Minister for negligence in Balasore train accident

Ajoy Kumar said that in the past four years, there had been over 1,129 derailments yet there had been no accountability.

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Odisha train crash | 89 bodies await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Due to difficulties faced by relatives in identifying bodies of their kin who may have died in the accident, the hospital is preserving DNA samples of all bodies.

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Odisha train accident | Days after incident, locals continue to flock crash site

Five days after the tragic triple train accident near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore, it was business as usual here with a handful passengers, including a few sightseers thronging the tiny station

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Coromandel Express departs from West Bengal's Shalimar to Chennai, first time after three-train accident in Odisha

Days after triple train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore that involved Coromandel Express, the train resumed its services on Wednesday and left Shalimar station in West Bengal for its journey to Chennai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train accident | Man finds son alive in a morgue ‘under a pile of bodies’

In a touching story, Helaram Mallik’s 230-kilometre journey to Balasore led him to reunite with his 24-year-old son Biswajit who was presumed dead after the Odisha train accident

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Odisha train accident: DNA samples sent to AIIMS Delhi for identification of deceased

As relatives continue to search for their loved ones among the bodies of the victims of the Odisha train tragedy, the Bhubaneswar municipal corporation has said that it will send 30 DNA samples collected from visitors to AIIMS in New Delhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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