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Southern Railway reschedules train services

In a press release the Southern Railway said it has rescheduled three train services on June 4 in view of the derailment accident on June 2 at around 7 p.m. at Bahanaga Bazaar near Balasore, Odisha.

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Odisha govt appeals to next of kin to identify bodies; details here

Odisha government has urged people to the next of kin from different states to identify and claim the bodies of the deceased in the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train accident | Teams working round the clock to restore tracks

Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Dharmendra Pradhan who have camped here visited the railway accident site in the early hours on June 4. Read more on The Hindu

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"Electronic interlocking" behind Balasore train accident: Railway Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking". Read further on Dynamite News:

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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

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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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"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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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.

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Survivors of Odisha train disaster recount harrowing ordeal

“We never thought we would see you again. Many passengers around us died on the spot. It’s a rebirth for us, all thanks to the almighty,” said survivors of the triple train wreck who reached Vijayawada on a special train from Balasore on Saturday

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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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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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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.

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Helpline numbers for Balasore train accident victims relatives at Vellore Collectorate

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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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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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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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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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