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Coromandel disaster: Families back home face an agonising wait for news of their loved ones

A sombre atmosphere prevailed at Vijayawada Railway Station and other railway stations in the division on Saturday as people, with tension writ large on their faces, queued up at the help desks to enquire about the well-being of their loved ones who had booked tickets on the ill-fated Coromandel Express…

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Opposition mourns the tragedy at Balasore, largely holding back on questions

Opposition parties largely refrained from attacking the government on the Odisha train accident

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Death toll climbs to 288, over 1,000 injured in Odisha train crash: Railways

The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, Indian Railways said on Saturday.

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"Probe ordered; those guilty will not be spared": PM Modi after meeting Odisha train crash survivors

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that directions have been given to probe the train accident in Odisha's Balasore which killed over 260 passengers, and that whoever is found guilty will not be spared. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Narendra Modi inspects Odisha train accident site, takes stock of situation

BALASORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday inspected the triple train accident site at Bahanaga in Odisha's Balasore district to take stock of relief operations, and said that those responsible will not be spared.

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Odisha train accident | PM inspects site, takes stock of situation; assures stringent action against guilty

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 3 inspected the triple train accident site at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district to take stock of relief and restoration operations.

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Odisha Train Accident: PM Modi arrives at mishap site in Balasore; meets survivors in hospital

Prime Minister will take stock of one of the most horrific train accidents in recent memory, which has according to latest estimates killed over 280 people and over 1000 people injured. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train crash: Official death toll rises to 238, says Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena

Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena on Saturday confirmed that the death toll has risen to 238 in the Odisha train crash that occurred in Balasore on Friday evening. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Stimac condoles victims of Odisha train accident

BHUBANESWAR: Indian men's national football team head coach Igor Stimac on Saturday condoled the devastating train accident in Odisha's Balasore district that has killed at least 238 people and injured more than 900.

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Odisha train accident | Mamata visits accident site raises question on why anti collision device was not installed

On visiting the site of the Odisha train accident, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Indian Railways is facing a “coordination gap”

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More than 280 killed in three-train crash in India's eastern Odisha state

At least 288 people have died and about 1,000 injured in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country.

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Odisha train accident: Balasore district hospital a 'war-zone' with rooms bursting with patients

BALASORE: The Balasore district hospital and Soro hospital where the injured have been rushed after three trains derailed one on top of another in a horrific accident, killing at least 261 people and injuring over 650 in Odisha, looked like war zone with the injured lying on stretchers in the…

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Green signal for main line was ‘taken off’, and Coromandel Express entered loop line: preliminary probe report

A preliminary investigation by a team of railway officials has revealed that signal was given and then taken off for Coromandel Express which entered the Loop Line and collided with the goods train resulting in the accident near Balasore

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Odisha train accident | Tamil Nadu announces one day of State mourning; ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh to families of deceased

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh to the families of those deceased, and ₹1 lakh to those injured, from Tamil Nadu in the train accident involving three trains near Balasore in Odisha, in which the death toll has now crossed 230.

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Odisha Train Accident: PM Modi convenes highlevel meeting; to visit mishap site later today

The Prime Minister will visit the accident site in Balasore and also the Cuttack hospital where the injured are being treated, according to sources. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy orders IT Minister, three IAS officers from State to visit Balasore accident spot

Enquiring about the ghastly train mishap in Balasore district of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed Industries and IT Minister Gudivada Amarnath to visit the accident site along with a team of IAS officers to obtain a first-hand account of the passengers belonging to A.P.…

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Indian train crash death toll rises to 288

BALASORE, India: At least 288 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision, India’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years, officials said on Saturday.

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Coromandel Express derailment | List of cancelled and diverted trains

On Friday evening, at least 70 persons were feared dead and more than 350 injured in a major rail accident involving two express trains and a goods train in Balasore district of Odisha.

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Coromandel Express derailment | Three NDRF teams at site, six more being rushed

Three NDRF teams are working at the triple train crash site in Odisha’s Balasore district while six more are being rushed to the spot, officials said on Friday.

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SWR officials estimate 994 reserved, 300 unreserved passengers boarded Bengaluru-Howrah SF express train from Bengaluru

Following a major rail accident involving two express trains and a goods train in Balasore district of Odisha on Friday evening (June 2), officials of the South Western Railways (SWR) said that 994 reserved passengers and around 300 unreserved are estimated to have boarded from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal in…

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At least 207 dead, 900 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India

At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in India's deadliest rail accident in over a decade.

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At least 207 killed, over 900 injured in train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district

This breaking news article by The Hindu reports on the Coromandel Express derailment in the Balasore district after a head-on collision with a goods train on June 2, 2023.

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FM University launches Sachetanata Ratha to sensitize people on lightning

BHUBANESWAR: Fakir Mohan University Balasore has launched district level lightning monitoring and awareness programme by reaching almost every household in the district of Balasore with an aim to make the fatalities due to lightning zero.

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DRDO official arrested for passing information to Pak spy sent to 4-day police remand

The DRDO officer arrested over allegations of sharing secret defence information with a Pakistani woman spy has been remanded to police custody for four days on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha: 28 workers fall ill after ammonia gas leak at Balasore prawn plant

Balasore Chief District Medical Officer informed that the workers who came in contact with the gas complained of burning of throat, nose and respiratory tract

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