Balasore

Railway board chairman briefs PMO about Odisha triple train accident

While the enquiry ordered by the railway ministry is currently underway, the government has also sent a request to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the matter

Triple train crash in Odisha 100% sabotage with extensive planning, calculation: Dinesh Trivedi

On June 2, the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train, derailing most of its coaches at 7 pm. A few coaches of the Coromandel toppled over the last few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah express which was passing by at the same time in the opposite direction

Odisha train accident: Kolkata man refuses to believe son died, travels to Balasore only to find him alive in morgue

A strong belief of a father refusing to believe that his son has died in Odisha train accident eventually led him to trace and bring back his son home safely to Kolkata who is said to be stable now, according to a report

Should railways ministers resign after train accidents? A look at past records

The political blame game over the Odisha train accident has begun but Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has steered clear. He is on Ground Zero doing the hard work even as Opposition leaders have called for his resignation

Love poems found scattered on tracks of Odisha train accident site

The torn pages of a diary featured doodles of elephants, fish, and the sun, along with some jottings, presumably penned by a passenger whose identity is not known as yet

WATCH: Another goods train derails in Odisha's Bargarh, two days after the Balasore tragedy

Five wagons of the goods train derailed 15 kilometres from the nearest station. No casualty was reported in today's incident, police said

'World decided to stand with India': EAM S Jaishankar on Odisha train accident

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday the condolence messages and the outpouring of support that he received in the wake of the horrific train accident in Odisha shows how connected the world is with India

Police say social media accounts giving communal colour to Odisha accident, threaten legal action

Odisha Police on Sunday said some social media accounts were giving a communal colour to the horrific train accident in the Balasore district and threatened strong legal action against those who try to incite communities through false and malicious posts

WATCH: Train movement resumes near Bahanaga station in Balasore

Earlier today, the Ministry of Railways recommended a CBI probe into the three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore that claimed the lives of 275 people and left 1000 injured

Odisha Train Accident: Driver error ruled out giving way to possibility of sabotage

A system of signal equipment called an electronic interlocking prevents trains from moving in opposition to one another along a network of lines. Essentially, it is a safety mechanism to stop signals from being changed in the wrong order. This system’s goal is to prevent a train from moving forward