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Indian rail crash that killed more than 300 people ‘caused by signalling failure’

More than 300 people died after the collision involving two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha

Evening Standard

Cause of devastating India train crash which killed nearly 300 revealed by investigators

In one of India's deadliest rail accidents in decades, nearly 300 people were killed and many more injured in the crash in the Balasore district of eastern Odisha state

Daily Mirror

Odisha train tragedy | CM announces ₹5 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those from State killed in accident

Earlier Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced an ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh and the Prime Minister’s Office declared ₹2 lakh for the families which lost their near and dear ones in the tragedy.

The Hindu

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Odisha Train Accident: State govt to run special train from Bhadrak to Chennai today

As the restoration work after the horrific thee-train accident in Odisha's Balasore is underway, the State government said on Sunday that a special train will run from Bhadrak to Chennai at 1:00 pm. Read further on Dynamite News:

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UN Secretary-General Guterres deeply saddened by loss of life and injury in Odisha train accident

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more.

The Hindu

"Root cause of accident and people responsible for it have been identified..." Railway Minister on Odisha train tragedy

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who reviewed the restoration work at the Balasore triple train collision site on Sunday, said that the accident that claimed the lives of 288 passengers happened due to a change in electronic interlocking. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India rescue work ends as focus turns to cause of worst train crash in decades

Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people.

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Odisha train tragedy | Root cause of accident and people responsible identified: Railway Minister

The Balasore train accident where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved claimed 288 lives so far while over 1,000 people sustained injuries. Tap more to read on The Hindu

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Odisha train accident | Team of doctors from AIIMS rushed to provide medical aid to injured

A team of doctors and experts from the AIIMS here and other central hospitals of Delhi have been rushed to Bhubaneswar through a special IAF flight to provide medical assistance to those injured in the deadly Odisha train accident, official sources said on June 4.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | CAG’s 2022 report on ‘Derailments in Indian Railways’ flagged multiple shortcomings; normalcy returning in Manipur, says security adviser, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu

Odisha accident | Senior official flagged serious flaws in Indian Railways’ signalling system in February

In February this year, a senior railway official had flagged the issue of the faulty signalling system which is now suspected to be the cause of the tragic train accident in South Eastern Railway on May 2, 2023, that left about 288 passengers dead and over 900 injured.

The Hindu

T.N. team in Odisha says no victims from State among 70 bodies identified so far

The Hindu

Around 90 trains cancelled, 46 diverted following Odisha train accident

Around 90 trains were cancelled, mostly in the Southern and South Eastern Railway Zones, while 46 were diverted and 11 short-terminated following the three-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday, in which 288 people were killed.

The Hindu

LIC eases claim process norms for Odisha train accident victims

National insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Saturday announced many relaxations for the claim settlement process for the victims of the Balasore train tragedy.

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India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters

“This is very, very tragic. I have never seen anything like this in my career,” said a fire and emergency official at the scene.

The Hindu

Odisha train crash | Survivors remain traumatised; some wait for news of missing loved ones

At Bahanaga railway station, many passengers could be seen wandering in search of loved ones who were separated in the accident

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Probe to examine whether the Coromandel Express derailed or switched tracks

Officials said that none of the trains in the Odisha crash were equipped with anti-collision equipment nor was the section covered by the National Automatic Train Protection System or Kavach

The Hindu

Death toll in Odisha train accident rises to 288

The toll in the Friday evening train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station of Odisha’s Balasore district rose sharply to 288 on Saturday, while 1,091 injured persons have been provided medical assistance. Of the injured, 56 were stated to be grievously wounded.

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Condolences pour in from global leaders on Odisha rail disaster

A number of global leaders — including the Chinese President and Premier, the President of France, and the Prime Ministers of Japan and the United Kingdom — have expressed their condolences regarding the rail accident in Orissa that has left more than 280 people dead. In a message on social…

The Hindu

Volleyball team from Karnataka stranded in Kolkata to fly back

A batch of 31 sub-junior volley ball players from Karnataka who were stranded in Kolkata following the triple train crash in Balasore in Odisha, will fly to Bengaluru on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

‘Second lease of life’ say survivors of deadly India train crash

Nearly 290 people have died in the accident involving three trains in the country’s worst rail disaster in 20 years.

The Hindu

Mirwaiz’s Hurriyat expresses grief over Odisha train accident calling it “a human tragedy”

The Hurriyat expressed “heartfelt condolence and sympathy” with the families of those killed in the train collision and “prayed for the recovery of the injured”

Daily Mirror

India train crash casualties left 'screaming for help' as 288 die after carriages derail

As many as 288 people lost their lives - with the death toll expected to rise further - after three trains collided in the Odisha state of India on Friday evening

The Hindu

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…

The Hindu

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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