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Reporters Without Orders Ep 274: On the ground during the Odisha train tragedy

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar, who went to Odisha to cover the horrific three-train accident of June 2. The official death toll is 288, but Basant says his experience on the ground suggests the toll might be much higher.

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BJP's response on Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to PM Modi example of intolerance: Chidambaram

Mallikarjun Kharge had written to PM Modi earlier this week, saying the CBI is meant to investigate crimes, not railway accidents, and cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional, and political failures.

The Hindu

TV Newsance 214: Manipur violence and Odisha tragedy not as important as ‘gaming jihad’

Over the past week, 288 lost their lives in the Odisha train tragedy. The violence in Manipur continued, with a seven-year-old and two others, including his mother, being burned to death in an ambulance. Elsewhere in the state, a BSF jawan was killed.

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Centre downplaying Odisha train accident deaths, says A.P. Congress leader Chinta Mohan

Blaming the Narendra Modi government for the ghastly train accident in Odisha, senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan has alleged that the government was underreporting the death toll and claimed that more than 500 people died in the train crash.

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | The trauma after a tragedy on tracks

A report on the Balasore tragedy, the agony of the families who continue to search for their loved ones and the CBI investigation

The Hindu

Odisha CM removes Minister, Secretary for ‘poor’ performance

The Naveen Patnaik Government on Friday shunted out the Minister and Secretary at the Higher Education department for “poor performance”.

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Dominant India start campaign with easy win over Mongolia in Intercontinental Cup

BHUBANESWAR: While the heat and humidity of the Odisha summer played a key role in both matches on the opening day of Intercontinental Cup, the spotlight stayed on Igor Stimac’s Indians who embarked on their preparation for the Asian Cup with a 2-0 victory over Mongolia.

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Jaipur Foot makers offer limb fitment to Odisha train accident victims

The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS)— makers of the world-renowned Jaipur Foot— on Friday offered services for providing artificial limbs to the passengers who lost their limbs in the recent triple train collision in Odisha.

The Hindu

Odisha Train Mishap: School that stored bodies demolished after students scared to return

The process of demolition of a school building where some of the bodies of those killed in the recent train crash in Bahanaga in Odisha's Balasore district were stored, began on Friday morning after students expressed their reluctance to return to the place. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Triple train tragedy | Odisha government to reconstruct Bahanaga high school used as makeshift mortuary

The Odisha government announced to demolish and reconstruct a portion of Bahanaga High School that was used as makeshift mortuary to preserve corpses of people who lost lives in June 2 deadly train accident involving Coromandel Express in Balasore.

The Hindu

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik drops Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari from ministry

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dropped Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari from the council of ministers on June 9.

The Hindu

Fire in Durg-Puri Express in Odisha, no casualties

A fire was spotted in an a/c coach of Durg-Puri Express in Odisha’s Nuapada district on June 8, 2023; no casualties

The Hindu

Odisha train accident | Safety ‘derailed’

Indian Railways is a 24/7 365-day organisation with its staff covering every inch of the track on a daily basis. Yet, the horrific Odisha train accident raised doubts on safety protocols

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Getting railway safety back on track after Odisha

How the Indian Railways can work to ensure that catastrophes such as the Odisha accident are never repeated is important

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BJP supporter arrested in Nagercoil for tweeting fake news on Odisha train accident

The Thuckalay police have arrested an advocate, who is a supporter of ruling BJP, for posting a tweet in connection with the recent train accident in Odisha on his Twitter handle with the motive of triggering religious hatred.

The Hindu

DRDO successfully flight-tests New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ off Odisha

A New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ was successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on June 7.

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Six labourers die after a goods train under which they had taken shelter began moving in Odisha

Three persons died on the spot while three others died of injuries in hospital

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Bengal CM distributes ex gratia, appointment letters to kin of Odisha train accident victims

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday distributed ex gratia to the kin of Odisha train accident victims. During the event held at the Kolkata Netaji Indoor Stadium, Ms. Banerjee accused the Union government of suppressing facts.

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Five days after Odisha accident, Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express resumes journey

“There is fear but we have little option but to take the train and report to work.”

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Govt. right in intervening on airfare surge: Akasa Air

The government is right in intervening over the issue of price gouging by airlines, says Akasa Air co-founder, Vinay Dube, days after a government advisory to airlines in the aftermath of the train crash in Odisha.

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Odisha train accident | Days after incident, locals continue to flock crash site

Five days after the tragic triple train accident near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore, it was business as usual here with a handful passengers, including a few sightseers thronging the tiny station

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Coromandel Express departs from West Bengal's Shalimar to Chennai, first time after three-train accident in Odisha

Days after triple train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore that involved Coromandel Express, the train resumed its services on Wednesday and left Shalimar station in West Bengal for its journey to Chennai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train accident | Man finds son alive in a morgue ‘under a pile of bodies’

In a touching story, Helaram Mallik’s 230-kilometre journey to Balasore led him to reunite with his 24-year-old son Biswajit who was presumed dead after the Odisha train accident

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Odisha train accident: DNA samples sent to AIIMS Delhi for identification of deceased

As relatives continue to search for their loved ones among the bodies of the victims of the Odisha train tragedy, the Bhubaneswar municipal corporation has said that it will send 30 DNA samples collected from visitors to AIIMS in New Delhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

How Odisha train accident got politicised

NEW DELHI: The three-train accident at Balasore in Odisha on June 2, besides being one of the worst in the country in the recent years, is also the most politicised railway mishap with the opposition launching a no-holds-barred attack on the Narendra Modi government while the ruling BJP leaders resorting…

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