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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

President Droupadi Murmu will come to Odisha in the last week of July on a two-day visit, officials said on Thursday.

Four college students drowned while taking a bath in the Kuakhai River near Dhabalahara under Balianta Police station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

“I am not human like you. In a way, I am a form of magic. Technology created me and Big TV named me Maya,” she said.

The agency arrested Senior Section Engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar

The company is planning to start operations in VK Coal Mine (Kothagudem), Rompedu Open Cast Mine (Yellandu) and Goleti Open Cast Mine (Bellampalli)

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'.

Thirteen dead bodies of the victims of the Odisha train crash have been identified on the basis of DNA test results and handed over to their families

'Bahuda Yatra' or return car festival began in the pilgrim town of Puri amid the chants of 'Jai Jagannath' on Wednesday.

“I never imagined that I could make darshan, thanks to Puri Police for making it possible,” said 80-year-old Sarangadhar Sarangi.

At least 10 people were killed and eight others injured in a head-on collision between two buses under Digapahandi police limit in Ganjam.

The central agency officials are trying to find out the persons responsible for the massive tragedy

Cyberabad police arrest eight smugglers and seize property in a major marijuana bust, highlighting the syndicate's procurement from Odisha.

Trains will not stop at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha where the triple train tragedy took place on June 2 evening

Due to derailment of Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express in Kharagpur-Bhadrak section of South Eastern Railway, at least five trains were cancelled which were to commence journey on June 6.

Outside the hospital, two large screens cycled through photos of the bodies, the faces so bloodied and charred that they were hardly recognisable.

Major challenge before the Odisha government is the identification of dead bodies. As the bodies are in bad condition, the family members were facing difficulty in identifying

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.