Train Accident

Madurai train fire: Five people arrested by the Railway Police

At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of last Saturday.

Madurai train fire: Tour operator booked for 'illegal' carriage of gas cylinder

At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday.

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Preliminary investigation shows that the fire broke out after the pilgrims tried to cook something inside the train using a gas cylinder

'If I close my eyes I will see the accident flash before me': Survivors of Odisha train tragedy show PTSD symptoms

Dr Jashobanta Mahapatra, associate professor of the Clinical Psychology Department at the hospital said that given the number of cases, the hospital has started counselling the survivors

Odisha Train Accident: Govt reaches out to neighbouring states for identification of 82 bodies

AIIMS Bhubaneswar said out of the 162 bodies kept at the institute, 80 bodies have been handed over to the families of deceased persons while 82 other remain unidentified. What has come as a problem is that some bodies are being claimed by multiple families

Odisha: What's electronic interlocking system & could Kavach have prevented it?

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the train accident at Odisha’s Balasore was caused due to a ‘change in the electronic interlocking system’. Since the tragedy took place on Friday night, many are also wondering if Kavach could have averted such a disaster. But what are these systems?

Odisha Train Accident: UN Chief Antonio Guterres deeply saddened by mishap

Pope Francis on Sunday also condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in Odisha's Balasore in which 275 people died and over a thousand were injured. During the Sunday Angelus in Saint Peter's Square, Pope Francis remembered the victims of the train accident

Odisha Train Accident: Railway Ministry seeks CBI probe into crash

The official probe, which concluded early on Sunday, indicated a possible 'sabotage' and tampering of the electronic interlocking system behind the triple train accident

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

Odisha Tragedy: Special train carrying family of victims leaves for Balasore from Chennai

According to the Indian Railway, the death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, and over 1,000 people got injured