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Citizen activism that is missing from the wrestling ring

The state of the wrestlers’ protests clarifies the need to look beyond the superficial, celebrity-dependent model of civil society activism

The Hindu

India, Maldives able to develop deep and close cooperation at all levels: MoS Muraleedharan

India on Sunday signed 10 more agreements for the implementation of high-impact projects in 11 Atolls in the Maldives as part of expanding New Delhi’s development cooperation portfolio in this strategically important archipelagic nation.

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AAP criticises BJP over Balasore train accident

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Balasore train accident, and said that before the accident, there were complaints of problems with the signalling system and a shortage in manpower, but the Central government had not done anything about these issues.

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Stop politicising Balasore train accident: BJP on opposition’s demand for Railway Minister’s resignation

The Congress had earlier demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu’s meeting with Amit Shah sparks speculation of a TDP-BJP alliance

It is said that TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu briefed Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the political situation in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and emphasised the need for a tie-up

The Hindu

WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to address U.P. BJP rally on June 11

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will address a BJP rally at Katra on June 11, 2023 as part of the BJP’s ‘Mahasampark Abhiyan’ to mark completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government

The Hindu

India train disaster: signal fault identified as cause, says minister

Train was diverted on to wrong tracks before collision, says railways minister as efforts to clear crash wreckage continue in Odisha

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India says rescue operations have concluded after train crash

Indian authorities say they had concluded rescue operations after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades.

The New Daily

Signalling system error led to deadly train crash: India official

Error in electronic signalling system blamed for deadliest crash in decades as families search for missing loved ones.

Al Jazeera

India train disaster: What we know so far

The failure of a sophisticated electronic system designed to keep trains from colliding has been blamed for the crash.

Al Jazeera

A signaling error appears to have caused the train crash that killed 275 in India

The derailment in eastern India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks.

WEKU

Indian rail crash that killed more than 300 people ‘caused by signalling failure’

More than 300 people died after the collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha

Evening Standard

Cause of devastating India train crash which killed nearly 300 revealed by investigators

In one of India's deadliest rail accidents in decades, nearly 300 people were killed and many more injured in the crash in the Balasore district of eastern Odisha state

Daily Mirror

UN Secretary-General Guterres deeply saddened by loss of life and injury in Odisha train accident

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more.

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Indian officials end rescue work for 2 wrecked passenger trains that killed over 300 people

With rescue work finished, authorities have begun clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing over 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in decades

The Hindu

'There are things bigger than politics when you step outside the country': EAM Jaishankar

There are sometimes “things bigger than politics” when one steps outside the country, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on June 3, days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi repeatedly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government during his ongoing U.S. visit.

The New Daily

Modi visits train crash site, as signals failure suspected

Preliminary report blames signal failure for Indian train crash that has killed at least 288 people and injured another 803.

Chicago Sun-Times

India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters

“This is very, very tragic. I have never seen anything like this in my career,” said a fire and emergency official at the scene.

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Death toll in Odisha train accident rises to 288

The toll in the Friday evening train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station of Odisha’s Balasore district rose sharply to 288 on Saturday, while 1,091 injured persons have been provided medical assistance. Of the injured, 56 were stated to be grievously wounded.

The Hindu

Condolences pour in from global leaders on Odisha rail disaster

A number of global leaders — including the Chinese President and Premier, the President of France, and the Prime Ministers of Japan and the United Kingdom — have expressed their condolences regarding the rail accident in Orissa that has left more than 280 people dead. In a message on social…

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Rajnath Singh set to host U.S., German leaders for defence deals

U.S. Secretary of Defence and German Defence Minister will be in India for bilateral talks with Rajnath Singh.

The Guardian - UK

Modi has spent billions modernising India’s trains but safety is biggest need

Though the number of railway accidents has come down in the past few years, derailment remains the main cause

The Hindu

Commercial production at Barmer oil refinery set to start by Dec. 2024

₹72,937-crore project’s mechanical work targetted by May 2024

The Independent UK

India's deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade

India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature _ another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the lifeline of the world’s most populous nation

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Death toll climbs to 288, over 1,000 injured in Odisha train crash: Railways

The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, Indian Railways said on Saturday.

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