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The Railway Board had on Sunday recommended for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Odisha train accident.

Loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of Coromandel Expressthat met the severe accident on June 2 are alive, stable and under treatment

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.

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.

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."

Indian Railways on Monday resumed running passenger trains on the tracks of the accident-affected route.

Before leaving for Odisha from Delhi, the Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting with regard to the tragic train mishap at the Bahanagar Bazar railway station on Friday evening.

By Saturday afternoon the number of people who were killed in the incident had gone up to 261 while around 900 have been been injured, according to officials

The train crash, one of the deadliest in the country, took place in Balasore district about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar around 7 pm on Friday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier held a meeting to review the situation amid the massive ongoing relief-and-rescue operation

It probably is the biggest train accident related incident. Not to exaggerate but I have myself witnessed more than 200-250 deaths, said Anubhav Das

The South Central Railway (SCR) has either cancelled, diverted or rescheduled several trains following the major train accident in Balasore, Odisha

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reached the spot and supervised the rescue operation

MK Stalin's party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has also cancelled all its events scheduled for Saturday celebrating former Chief Minister Kalaingar Karunanithi's centenary

Several trains have been cancelled while many were diverted following a major accident in Odisha's Balasore where three trains collided claiming the lives of 233 people and injuring around 900

More than 233 people have been killed and over 900 injured in the crash on Friday involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train

Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units were working at the accident site, besides 1,200 personnel

According to Defence sources, the missile was equipped with new technological developments which were successfully proven.

Out of these, four infants (under one month) are under observation at the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), while another six are under treatment at the hospital, said Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer

Patnaik has announced a seven-day relief for 128 villages in Balasore and Bhadrak districts that were marooned by the tidal surge and heavy downpour on Tuesday and Wednesday.