Balasore Accident

The incident took place at Patapur Chhak in Odisha's Balasore district early on Tuesday.

Months after about 293 people were killed in a train accident in Odisha, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre about the safety parameters in the Railways, including the automatic train protection system 'Kavach'.

The Railway Ministry has made a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation amount to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

Four months after the triple train accident that claimed 297 lives in Odisha's Balasore district, authorities at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have initiated the process for cremation of 28 unidentified bodies on Tuesday.

Four months after the triple train accident that claimed 297 lives in Odisha's Balasore district, the authorities of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday initiated a process of disposing of the 28 unidentified bodies.

At least 20 pilgrims from Nepal and a person from Uttar Pradesh were injured on Sunday after their bus rammed into a truck on NH-16 in Odisha's Balasore district, police said.

Bodies of 23 passengers remain unclaimed and unidentified though three months have elapsed since the tragic triple train disaster near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha, an official said here on Monday.

The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident case, officials said.

The collision completely damaged three coaches of the Kalindi Express while the engine and two carriages of the Purshottam Express were derailed.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has informed that 113 bodies have been handed over to their relatives and family members so far and 29 bodies are yet to be identified.

Forty-one passengers from the accident have still not been identified, the government also revealed.

A special court in Bhubaneswar has sent the three accused railway officials in the Balasore train disaster to judicial custody, after the end of their CBI remand period.

At least seven railway employees, including three employees arrested by the CBI, were suspended on the charge of dereliction of duty leading to the triple train crash in Odisha, a top official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested three employees of the Indian Railways in connection with the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore last month that killed more than 290 people, and left several others severely injured.

The Congress alleged on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi government has "thoroughly compromised" on basic issues of railway safety and claimed that a recent train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore was a result of human error.

The incident took place at Patapur Chhak in Odisha's Balasore district early on Tuesday.

Months after about 293 people were killed in a train accident in Odisha, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre about the safety parameters in the Railways, including the automatic train protection system 'Kavach'.

The Railway Ministry has made a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation amount to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

Four months after the triple train accident that claimed 297 lives in Odisha's Balasore district, authorities at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have initiated the process for cremation of 28 unidentified bodies on Tuesday.

Four months after the triple train accident that claimed 297 lives in Odisha's Balasore district, the authorities of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday initiated a process of disposing of the 28 unidentified bodies.

At least 20 pilgrims from Nepal and a person from Uttar Pradesh were injured on Sunday after their bus rammed into a truck on NH-16 in Odisha's Balasore district, police said.

Bodies of 23 passengers remain unclaimed and unidentified though three months have elapsed since the tragic triple train disaster near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha, an official said here on Monday.

The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against three arrested Railways officials for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident case, officials said.

The collision completely damaged three coaches of the Kalindi Express while the engine and two carriages of the Purshottam Express were derailed.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has informed that 113 bodies have been handed over to their relatives and family members so far and 29 bodies are yet to be identified.

Forty-one passengers from the accident have still not been identified, the government also revealed.

A special court in Bhubaneswar has sent the three accused railway officials in the Balasore train disaster to judicial custody, after the end of their CBI remand period.

At least seven railway employees, including three employees arrested by the CBI, were suspended on the charge of dereliction of duty leading to the triple train crash in Odisha, a top official said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested three employees of the Indian Railways in connection with the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore last month that killed more than 290 people, and left several others severely injured.

The Congress alleged on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi government has "thoroughly compromised" on basic issues of railway safety and claimed that a recent train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore was a result of human error.