Balasore

India’s Tragic Train Disasters: From Coromandel To Bihar’s Deadly Accidents

17 Jun 2024

India has witnessed numerous devastating train disasters throughout its history, each leaving a profound impact on the nation. The most recent addition to this tragic list occurred in 2023, when the Coromandel Express collided with a goods train in Balasore, leading to a triple train crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast...

BJD unveils 1 candidate for LS elections, 9 for Odisha assembly polls

11 Apr 2024

Odisha Chief Minister and leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Naveen Patnaik, revealed the fourth roster comprising nine candidates for the upcoming Odisha Assembly polls and one candidate for the Lok Sabha elections. According to sources within the BJD party, Lekhasri Samantasinghar has been nominated to contest from the...

Mamata Banerjee arrives in Cuttack to meet Balasore’s tragedy victims

06 Jun 2023

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal and a former Minister of Railways, visited the Balasore train accident victims on Tuesday at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha.She had earlier been at the accident scene in Balasore on Saturday to assess the state of the rescue...

No increase in cancellations following accident: IRCTC denies Congress’ claims

06 Jun 2023

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), which provides railway ticketing services, has denied the Congress' claims that thousands of Indians cancelled their tickets following the triple train accident in Odisha. "This is factually incorrect. Cancellations have not increased. On the contrary, cancellations have reduced from 7.7 Lakh...

Howrah Vande bharat express resumes service on repaired track in Balasore

05 Jun 2023

Following the resumption of passenger train services in Balasore district, Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express successfully traversed the restored railway track in Odisha's Balasore on Monday. The train services in the area had been disrupted due to the triple train accident that occurred on June 2 near the Bahanaga Baazar station,...

Odisha train derailment: CM Patnaik announces ex-gratia payments of Rs. 5 lakh to each deceased person’s family and Rs. 1 lakh to injured people

04 Jun 2023

On Sunday, Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, announced that the CM's Relief Fund would provide an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh to each of the relatives of those killed in the railway crash in Balasore. "The next of kin of the deceased will get the assistance of Rs...

Odisha train accident: Special train arrives in Chennai from Balasore

04 Jun 2023

In the early hours of Sunday, according to officials, a special train from Balasore carrying victims of the horrible accident and derailment on Friday arrived in Chennai. At Chennai's MGR Central Railway Station, Ma Subramanian, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, and KKSSR Ramachandran, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management,...