Odisha man beaten to death by relatives; body tied to bicycle, police hunt accused
A grim land dispute in Balasore district has left one dead, sparked public fury, and drawn senior police attention as investigators race to nab the remaining accused.
A grim land dispute in Balasore district has left one dead, sparked public fury, and drawn senior police attention as investigators race to nab the remaining accused.
The INDIA bloc, led by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, has called for a statewide bandh on Thursday, demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister and the Higher Education Minister.
The southwest monsoon has started to withdraw from the coastal state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Bhubaneswar regional centre said on Sunday.
A passenger train and a goods train collided in Bhairab, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the capital Dhaka, causing the tragedy
Twenty-eight unclaimed bodies of the Balasore train tragedy preserved at AIIMS here have been handed over to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the cremation, a release said.
The Additional Commissioner said over 80 bodies had piled up in different hospitals awaiting identification.
The triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore which left 275 dead and more than 1,000 injured, Indian Railways on Monday resumed running passenger trains on the tracks of the accident-affected route.
Railway minister said work on the reconstruction of the damaged tracks started soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out instructions to that effect.
The passengers from the state who were seriously injured will receive Rs 5 lakh while those slightly injured will get Rs 1 lakh. The compensation announced will be in addition to the ex-gratia provided by the Centre.
CPRO of South Eastern Railway, said, "The capsized bogies have been removed and the work of connecting the track is going on from one side".
