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India train crash: Brother rescues 10-year-old from under heap of seven bodies

Debasish Patra, 10, was left trapped under the weight of seven dead bodies in near Balasore, India, before he was miraculously rescued by his older brother from the train wreckage

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Trinamool Congress behind Odisha train accident, alleges Suvendu Adhikari

The Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari accuses Trinamool Congress of being behind the Balasore triple train accident in which at least 275 people were killed.

The Hindu

How an ISKCON temple near Balasore train accident site is helping victims, volunteers

Bahanaga ISKCON temple is the most sought-after place by Balasore train accident victims, voluteers to rest, refresh, recoup.

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About 83 bodies remain unidentified four days after Indian rail crash

Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify 83 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after the death toll in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades rose to 288.

Reuters

Asking CBI to probe Balasore train accident is Modi govt.’s ‘headline management,’ alleges Congress

The Congress on June 6 slammed the government over the Railways seeking a CBI probe into the Odisha railway tragedy, and termed the move as headlines management.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident: Over 100 bodies await identification

With over 100 bodies from Balasore triple train accident pilling up in different hospitals here awaiting identification, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has started DNA sampling of the claimants, an official said on Tuesday.

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Ayurvedic doctor Mamata on a mission to help people, alleviate human suffering at disaster sites

Ayurvedic doctor Mamata Pradhan interacted with women victims of Balasore train accident in Odisha, inquired about their special needs including sanitary napkins and arranged them.

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CBI all set to take over probe into Balasore train accident case

The CBI is all set to take over the investigation in the Balasore train accident that left at least 275 people dead and 1,100 injured. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tragic track: on the Balasore train accident and corrective measures by the Indian Railways

More important after the Balasore train accident will be the corrective measures by the Indian Railways at the operational and planning levels

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#BalasoreTrainTragedy: Kharge writes to PM Modi, asks 'Why were grave red flags ignored'?

Kharge said the latest audit report of CAG makes a special mention of how between 2017-18 and 2020-21, about seven out of 10 train accidents happened due to derailment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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A man searches desperately for his nephew, who is missing after India's train crash

Nitam Roy, a construction worker and a father of two, was on one of the trains that crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha. His uncle is hoping he can at least find some trace of his nephew.

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Trains resume service 51 hours after deadly India crash

BALASORE, India: Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India's deadliest train disaster in decades, which officials said was caused by failures linked to signal systems.

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Odisha Triple Train Crash: Indian Railways resume passenger trains services on tracks in Balasore

Indian Railways on Monday has started running passenger trains on the tracks in Bahanaga village in Odisha's Balasore which were affected due to the triple train accident. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India investigates rail disaster as trains crawl through crash site

The official investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in over two decades began on Monday after preliminary findings pointed to signal failure as the likely cause for a collision that killed at least 275 people and injured 1,200.

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Morning Digest | First train chugs out of accident-hit area in Balasore after 51 hours; Under construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Bhagalpur, and more

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Odisha train tragedy | First train chugs out of accident-hit area in Balasore after 51 hours

The first train on the section where the accident happened in Balasore started its journey at around 10.40 p.m. on Sunday, 51 hours after the horrific crash which killed 275 people, officials said.

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AAP criticises BJP over Balasore train accident

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Balasore train accident, and said that before the accident, there were complaints of problems with the signalling system and a shortage in manpower, but the Central government had not done anything about these issues.

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Stop politicising Balasore train accident: BJP on opposition’s demand for Railway Minister’s resignation

The Congress had earlier demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Odisha train accident: 32 from Karnataka who were stranded in West Bengal return safely

As many as 32 people from Karnataka, part of volleyball teams, who were stranded after the train accident in Balasore, managed to return on Sunday

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Srikakulam youth line up to donate blood for train accident victims in Odisha

People are queueing up at the blood bank belonging to Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) in Srikakulam to help the victims of the railway accident that occurred in Balasore of Odisha. Many youngsters including new donors from Hayathingaram, Relli Veedhi, Peda Relli Veedhi and other places donated blood on Saturday…

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India rail crash probe focuses on electronic track management system

Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday.

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Signalling system error led to deadly train crash: India official

Error in electronic signalling system blamed for deadliest crash in decades as families search for missing loved ones.

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Odisha train accident | Railway Board alleges ‘signalling interference’, seeks CBI probe

The railways said the Coromandel Express was “not over-speeding” and received the green signal to enter a loop line on which a goods train was stationary, virtually clearing its driver of any role behind the accident that killed 288 people in Odisha’s Balasore district.

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Deadly India train crash linked to signal system failure

BALASORE, India: The cause of India's deadliest train disaster in decades was linked to the signal system, the railway minister said Sunday, as families scoured hospitals and morgues for missing relatives with deaths expected to top 288.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident death toll lowered to 275

Though Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw declared that rescue operation was over on June 3, body parts continued to be discovered from the debris.

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