Derailed coaches of the Coromandal express on the accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Last month’s deadly multi-train collision at Balasore — which was caused by tampering of signalling equipment, and left at least 295 people dead, with over a thousand injured — may have shocked the Railways … Read more
A police personnel stands guard at the desserted Dabhari beach ahead of cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall in Kutch, in Surat, on June 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Assam CM meets Kuki insurgent groups with peace plan in Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Kuki militant groups offering them a peace plan on behalf … Read more
Speed or safety. How to combine both. That’s the solution Indian Railways has to find now after the tragic triple train mishap at Bahanagar Bazar station in Balasore, Odisha, last Friday, as questions have been raised about its functioning. Signalling neglected? Having had a relatively major accident-free record in the recent past, the government and … Read more
A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand’s Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near Bhojudih station. Representational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand’s Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near Bhojudih station when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was passing from there, … Read more
Israel has seen a surge in new cases of the more infectious coronavirus variant in recent weeks, and began closing its borders and restricting travel in late November. Representational Image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The tragic train accident in Odisha has put the spotlight on safety and financial protection for passengers. Experts suggest that travelers … Read more
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waves as a train passes after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on Sunday night, June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@RailMinIndia via PTI CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe A 10-member CBI team … Read more
Workers remove debris from the railway tracks during the restoration work at the triple train mishap site where over 270 people died and more than 1,000 injured, near Bahanaga Bazar in Balasore district on Monday, June 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In order to authenticate the identification of bodies and keep fake claimants at … Read more
Several wagons of a goods train carrying limestone derailed near Sambardhara in the Bargarh district, of Odisha on June 5. Several wagons of a goods train carrying limestone derailed near Sambardhara in the Bargarh district of Odisha on June 5. The train was en route to Bargarh from Dunguri. No casualty was reported. The incident … Read more
All types of investigation have been ordered, whoever is found guilty will be punished, PM Modi said after visiting the accident site June 04, 2023 09:40 am | Updated 09:44 am IST Rescue workers recover victims’ bodies from a carriage wreckage of a three-train collision near Balasore, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, on June … Read more
Derailed coaches of the Coromandel express are seen on its accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha on June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Pope Francis on Saturday voiced immense sadness at the Odisha train accident which killed at least 261 people and injured over 900, and offered his … Read more