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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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How Odisha train accident got politicised

NEW DELHI: The three-train accident at Balasore in Odisha on June 2, besides being one of the worst in the country in the recent years, is also the most politicised railway mishap with the opposition launching a no-holds-barred attack on the Narendra Modi government while the ruling BJP leaders resorting…

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Mamata visiting Odisha to meet injured in train crash to get political dividend: BJP

The BJP alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Odisha to meet injured people of the Balasore triple train crash was to “get political dividend”.

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Data | Balasore tragedy: Data reveals decline in train accidents, but Indian Railways’ safety expenses remain low

Despite a significant decrease in accidents over the years, the recent Balasore tragedy highlights concerns about low safety expenses. A deep dive into historical railway accident numbers if India, causes of accidents, allocation of funds, and track renewal targets

The Hindu

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash

Officials try to source iced containers to preserve bodies as they appeal to families to identify the dead.

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Odisha train accident | CBI gathers evidence; 83 bodies yet to be claimed

A 10-member CBI team, which is in Odisha to probe the triple train accident, inspected the tracks, signal room and talked to railway officials at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district on June 6

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India train crash: Brother rescues 10-year-old from under heap of seven bodies

Debasish Patra, 10, was left trapped under the weight of seven dead bodies in near Balasore, India, before he was miraculously rescued by his older brother from the train wreckage

Daily Mirror

Trinamool Congress behind Odisha train accident, alleges Suvendu Adhikari

The Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari accuses Trinamool Congress of being behind the Balasore triple train accident in which at least 275 people were killed.

The Hindu

How an ISKCON temple near Balasore train accident site is helping victims, volunteers

Bahanaga ISKCON temple is the most sought-after place by Balasore train accident victims, voluteers to rest, refresh, recoup.

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About 83 bodies remain unidentified four days after Indian rail crash

Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify 83 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after the death toll in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades rose to 288.

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Asking CBI to probe Balasore train accident is Modi govt.’s ‘headline management,’ alleges Congress

The Congress on June 6 slammed the government over the Railways seeking a CBI probe into the Odisha railway tragedy, and termed the move as headlines management.

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Odisha train accident: Over 100 bodies await identification

With over 100 bodies from Balasore triple train accident pilling up in different hospitals here awaiting identification, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has started DNA sampling of the claimants, an official said on Tuesday.

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Ayurvedic doctor Mamata on a mission to help people, alleviate human suffering at disaster sites

Ayurvedic doctor Mamata Pradhan interacted with women victims of Balasore train accident in Odisha, inquired about their special needs including sanitary napkins and arranged them.

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CBI all set to take over probe into Balasore train accident case

The CBI is all set to take over the investigation in the Balasore train accident that left at least 275 people dead and 1,100 injured. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tragic track: on the Balasore train accident and corrective measures by the Indian Railways

More important after the Balasore train accident will be the corrective measures by the Indian Railways at the operational and planning levels

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#BalasoreTrainTragedy: Kharge writes to PM Modi, asks 'Why were grave red flags ignored'?

Kharge said the latest audit report of CAG makes a special mention of how between 2017-18 and 2020-21, about seven out of 10 train accidents happened due to derailment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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A man searches desperately for his nephew, who is missing after India's train crash

Nitam Roy, a construction worker and a father of two, was on one of the trains that crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha. His uncle is hoping he can at least find some trace of his nephew.

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Trains resume service 51 hours after deadly India crash

BALASORE, India: Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India's deadliest train disaster in decades, which officials said was caused by failures linked to signal systems.

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Odisha Triple Train Crash: Indian Railways resume passenger trains services on tracks in Balasore

Indian Railways on Monday has started running passenger trains on the tracks in Bahanaga village in Odisha's Balasore which were affected due to the triple train accident. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India investigates rail disaster as trains crawl through crash site

The official investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in over two decades began on Monday after preliminary findings pointed to signal failure as the likely cause for a collision that killed at least 275 people and injured 1,200.

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