Tag: Odisha

OTP-sharing racket: Odisha STF nabs another accused with ISI links

The STF had, on 14 May last, had arrested three persons including a teacher in connection with racket.

June 8, 2023

Edge of a Precipice

A point, missed by most, is the antiquated and dilapidated infrastructure of the railways. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 13 December 2019, the Railway Minister informed that there were 38,850 railway bridges, which were more than 100 years old. Much of the railway track is more than fifty years old, with more than 100 per cent utilisation on trunk routes. Train bogies of even prestigious trains, like Rajdhani, are more than twenty years old

June 8, 2023

Odisha: Four labourers run over by goods train

They had taken shelter under the stationary goods train as it rained in torrents due to Nor'wester impact. As the goods trains started to move, the workers were crushed under the wheels.

June 7, 2023

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

This is the first time after the June 2 three-train accident in Odisha that the train resumed its services.

June 7, 2023

Congress accuses Centre of bid to shift focus away from railways safety

"Instead of finding out what caused this grave accident, the government is now spinning conspiracy theories," the party's spokesperson pointed out.

June 6, 2023

CBI probe into Balasore train tragedy begins, death toll rises to 278

DNA sampling of claimants of bodies also begin amid minor fire in Secunderabad-Agartala Express occurred near Brahmapur station on Tuesday.

June 6, 2023

Sabotage angle

The Howrah-Chennai route links two of the country’s largest cities, and the site of the accident is one where trains linking eastern India to two other major metropolises pass.

June 6, 2023

Mamata cancels Darjeeling trip, to visit Odisha again on Tuesday

"Several people from West Bengal who were injured in the train accident are still under treatment at different hospitals in Odisha. I will be going there again to review their condition," the Chief Minister said on Monday.

June 5, 2023

Three days on, Odisha railway police registers case in rail tragedy

The case was registered in response to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by a Sub Inspector of Government Railway Police.

June 5, 2023

Goods train derails in Odisha, 3 days after Balasore accident

According to sources, five bogies of a goods train derailed near Mendhapali of Bargarh district on Monday morning.

June 5, 2023

Odisha triple train crash: Indian Railways resume passenger trains services on tracks in Balasore

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.

June 5, 2023

Odisha triple train tragedy: Union ministers visit injured at SCB Medical College and Hospital

The accident in Balasore district, involving two passenger trains and one goods train, claimed 275 lives and left over 1,000 injured.

June 5, 2023

Odisha 3-train crash: “Our responsibility is not over yet,” says Ashwini Vaishnaw as train movement resumes on affected section

Railway minister said work on the reconstruction of the damaged tracks started soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out instructions to that effect.

June 5, 2023

Death toll from Bengal stands at 62, may increase

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said this afternoon that 62 people from Bengal died in the tragic train accident in Odisha, as per the latest count.

June 5, 2023

Balasore train accident: Initial probe reveals issue in signalling system

Jaya Varma Sinha, Member of Operation and Business Development, Railway Board, said, "Only Coromandel Express met with an accident."

June 4, 2023

At 95.5 pc, Odisha logged highest Covid immunization

The human trial of the Covid vaccine Covaxin was also conducted at IMS and SUM Hospital.

June 4, 2023

Odisha train tragedy: Images of unclaimed bodies uploaded on websites for identification

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of train victims.

June 4, 2023