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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.

Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday directed the officials to pay ex-gratia to the families of passengers from the state who died or were injured

The accident that occurred on Friday killed 288 people and left over 1000 people injured, as per the official figure.

Centre apparently did not initiate measures for addressing and fixing the safety lacunae, leading to the devastating tragedy at Balasore

The next of kin of the deceased will get an assistance of Rs 5 lakh and those who sustained serious injuries will get Rs 1 lakh as assistance, a statement issued by the CMO said.

Chennai-bound Coromandel Express entered the loop line and then hit a stationary goods train, preliminary investigation has revealed

Odisha government has decided to bring about 160 bodies of victims of the tragic train mishap in Balasore to Bhubaneswar

Odisha government on Saturday set up a temporary mortuary at the business park of North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Control rooms were set up in the districts and they were on the job of tracing passengers who did not respond to mobile phone calls.

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

Along with Kohli, former Indian cricketer, Virender Sehwag also came forward to express his sorrow

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy urged the creation of inquiry and grievance cells in the district collectors' offices to handle complaints and provide prompt resolution

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

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

The South Central Railway (SCR) on Friday has set up helpline numbers in connection with the derailment of Coromandel Express at Bahanagabazar station between the Balasore-Bhadrak section in Odisha