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18-year-old Chotu Sardar dreamt of pucca house, ventured to Kerala for work; Odisha train crash killed him

BURDWAN(WEST BENGAL): Chotu Sardar, who just turned 18, dreamt of building a pucca house for his family, so he joined his father -- a construction worker -- to venture to Kerala in search of work.

The Times of India

Ground report: How a bogus communal angle was added to the Odisha train tragedy

The Odisha train accident involving three trains has claimed approximately 275 lives and left 1,000 injured. But that hasn’t stopped unscrupulous elements from attempting to add a communal angle to the tragedy that took place on June 2.

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Odisha train accident: Officials clueless about injured and missing passengers from Andhra Pradesh

While the railway officials say that only ‘a few passengers’ travelled by the trains that met with an accident, the people’s representatives have put the figure at 695, and claim that the whereabouts of 28 are not known

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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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Andhra Pradesh: Government announces ex gratia of ₹10 lakh each to next of kin of those who died in Odisha train accident

A sum of ₹5 lakh each will be given to those seriously injured in the Odisha train accident and ₹2 lakh who suffered minor injuries; this is in addition to the ex gratia announced by the Central government to the train accident victims

The Hindu

Srikakulam youth line up to donate blood for train accident victims in Odisha

People are queueing up at the blood bank belonging to Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) in Srikakulam to help the victims of the railway accident that occurred in Balasore of Odisha. Many youngsters including new donors from Hayathingaram, Relli Veedhi, Peda Relli Veedhi and other places donated blood on Saturday…

The Hindu

Adani Group to educate children who lost parents in Odisha train tragedy

Adani Group will take the responsibility of the school education of the wards of those deceased in the tragic Odisha train accident. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India rail crash probe focuses on electronic track management system

Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday.

Reuters

Dial 139 helpline for any assistance related to Odisha train tragedy

Arrangements have been made at the Railways dedicated helpline number 139 to facilitate family and relatives of deceased persons and passengers stranded in the tragic train accident in Odisha. Read further on Dynamite News:

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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

Congress demands Rail Minister’s resignation, alleges Centre prioritised PR of Vande Bharat trains over rail safety

Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Centre of not implementing the suggestions for track renewals as reason for Odisha train accident.

The Hindu

Bangladeshi diplomat visits Odisha hospitals to look for injured train passengers

One Bangladeshi passenger admitted at a Bhadrak hospital was discharged after treatment. Another has been referred to SCB Medical College in Cuttack

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Railway Board alleges ‘signalling interference’, seeks CBI probe

The railways said the Coromandel Express was “not over-speeding” and received the green signal to enter a loop line on which a goods train was stationary, virtually clearing its driver of any role behind the accident that killed 288 people in Odisha’s Balasore district.

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Odisha train accident death toll lowered to 275

Though Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw declared that rescue operation was over on June 3, body parts continued to be discovered from the debris.

Dynamite News

Odisha govt appeals to next of kin to identify bodies; details here

Odisha government has urged people to the next of kin from different states to identify and claim the bodies of the deceased in the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Six Tamil Nadu passengers of Coromandel Express could not be contacted, but they may be safe

The whereabouts of eight passengers, including two women, who were onboard the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, which met with an accident in Odisha on June 2, were still not known, the Tamil Nadu government said

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Teams working round the clock to restore tracks

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Dharmendra Pradhan who have camped here visited the railway accident site in the early hours on June 4. Read more on The Hindu

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"Electronic interlocking" behind Balasore train accident: Railway Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking". Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Hindu

Odisha train tragedy | CM announces ₹5 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those from State killed in accident

Earlier Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced an ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh and the Prime Minister’s Office declared ₹2 lakh for the families which lost their near and dear ones in the tragedy.

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Odisha Train Accident: State govt to run special train from Bhadrak to Chennai today

As the restoration work after the horrific thee-train accident in Odisha's Balasore is underway, the State government said on Sunday that a special train will run from Bhadrak to Chennai at 1:00 pm. Read further on Dynamite News:

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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.

Dynamite News

"Root cause of accident and people responsible for it have been identified..." Railway Minister on Odisha train tragedy

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who reviewed the restoration work at the Balasore triple train collision site on Sunday, said that the accident that claimed the lives of 288 passengers happened due to a change in electronic interlocking. Read further on Dynamite News:

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