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A Balasore family alleged they received the wrong body of their kin, who died in Bengaluru, due to mislabelling of a coffin. The mix-up was discovered after opening the casket, forcing an ambulance en route to Siliguri to return
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A 20-year-old B.Ed student in Odisha died after self-immolating over alleged sexual harassment by her professor. She succumbed to burn injuries at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. Police have arrested the accused HoD and the college principal for negligence and abetment.
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Another male student, who attempted to save her, also suffered injuries and both were rushed to the district headquarters hospital here. Later, she was referred to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for advanced treatment
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The accident took place when the bus on its way to Puri skidded off the road and fell on its side in paddy field near Mahamadnagar Patna
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The collisions involved two passenger trains and a goods train. At least 14 passengers were killed and over 50 injured in Sundays collision between Visakhapatnam-Palasa passenger and Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger near Kantakapalli junction in Kothavalasa mandal (block).
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As per their wishes, inmates and staff of the leprosy treatment centre had arranged a marriage ceremony as per Hindu marriage rituals.
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CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 54,000.
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CBI 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
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Due to the incessant downpour, water levels in the Bramhani, Baitarani and Mahanadi rivers have increased, leading to the inundation of crop fields
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Union Minister further said that the Commissioner of Railway Safety under the Ministry of Civil Aviation has completed its inquiry into the Balasore train accident
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Putting in place fool-proof systems to prevent the recurrence of such ghastly mishaps and fixing systemic shortcomings are main challenges
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After the arrests, the central agency brought all of them to Bhubaneswar and produced before them in a CBI court here after their health check-up.
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The agency arrested Senior Section Engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar
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The CRS, which is probing the Balasore accident, in its report also highlighted the "lapses in the signalling-circuit-alteration" carried out at the north signal 'goomty'.
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As many as 287 people had died on the spot in the triple train crash on June 2 while 1,208 persons were injured
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The Railway Board had on Sunday recommended for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Odisha train accident.
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Loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of Coromandel Expressthat met the severe accident on June 2 are alive, stable and under treatment
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The Coromandel Express runs at a speed of 130 km/hr and covers a distance of 1659 kms between Shalimar railway station, West Bengal, and Chentntral railway station, Tamil Nadu.
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The incident is however not connected with the Indian railway system and took place on a private track laid inside the ACC Cement plant near Bargarh.
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Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "Our goal is to make sure missing persons' family members can find them as soon as possible...our responsibility is not over yet."