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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 | Ashwini Vaishnaw, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee visit site

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited the spot to take stock of the situation

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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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PM Modi leaves for Odisha, to review triple train accident

“PM Narendra Modi is leaving for Odisha where he will review the situation in the wake of the train mishap,” PMO tweeted.

The Hindu

Odisha Train Accident: Rescue ops completed, restoration work begins, says Rly Minister Vaishnaw

The number of people who have been killed in the incident had gone up to 280 while around 900 have been been injured, according to officials. Read further on Dynamite News:

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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

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Tamil Nadu political leaders express condolences; Congress, PMK and others demand detailed probe

Leaders of major political parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday expressed deep condolences to the families of those killed in the train accident in Odisha, and demanded that the rescue and relief efforts be expedited.

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Odisha Train Accident: Safety should be top priority in rail network, says Congress

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet that the train accident in Odisha is truly horrendous and is a matter of the greatest anguish. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train accident | Karnataka survivors recount horror; ‘Saw limbless bodies, people screaming for help’

Following the horrific train accident in Odisha leaving more than 260 dead, survivors from Karnataka recounted their horror

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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.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | 250 stranded passengers on board special train from Bhadrak to Chennai

The train is expected to arrive at Chennai Central station on the morning of Sunday, June 4; Southern Railway has also announced a train to take families of victims of the accident to Bhadrak that will depart on the evening of Saturday, June 3

The Hindu

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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Odisha train accident | Ringing mobile phones help relatives find injured kin

Desperate relatives made calls at the phone numbers as bodies were lying in school classrooms in Bahanga that was converted into makeshift mortuary for Odisha train accident victims

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Odisha train accident: Over 150 passengers from Andhra Pradesh were in the two trains

More than 150 passengers were in Train No. 12841 (Shalimar- Madras) Coromandal Express, and in Train No. 12864 (Yashwantpur – Howrah) Express, which crashed at Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha on Friday, June 2,2023.

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Odisha train accident | DMK cancels centenary celebrations of Karunanidhi

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday, June 3, 2023, announced the cancellation of the birth centenary celebrations of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, on account of the train accident in Odisha, in which over 230 people were killed and over 900 injured.

The Hindu

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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BJP defers its Modi govt.’s ninth anniversary programme after tragic Odisha train accident

Due to Odisha train accident, BJP cancels its June 3 Modi government’s ninth anniversary programme

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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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Morning Digest | 233 people killed, over 900 injured in Odisha triple train crash; PM Modi announced ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of deceased, and more

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India's worst train crash in decades kills at least 288

At least 288 people have died in India's worst rail crash in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in an accident a preliminary report blamed on signal failure.

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TMC demands Railway Minister's resignation over Odisha accident

The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Friday demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation over the horrific triple train crash in neighbouring Odisha.

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Factbox-India's deadliest rail accidents

Here are details of some of the deadliest rail accidents in recent decades in India, where a railway official said at least 275 people were killed in a train crash in eastern state of Odisha on Friday.

The Hindu

Accident fatalities incidence up by 24.91% in one year in Odisha

In three districts, Jharasuguda, Jajpur and Deogarh, road accident deaths had doubled during the time.

The Hindu

Coromandel Express derailment | PM Modi announces ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of deceased

Expressing distress over the train accident in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said rescue operations were underway at the site and all possible assistance was being given to those affected.

The Hindu

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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