Out of 162 bodies sent to AIIMS Bhubaneswar, 81 were handed over to the family members in the first phase after the accident. Another 53 bodies were handed to the families following DNA tests. However, 28 bodies remained...
The Commissioner of Railway Safety has submitted their report on the probe and found lapses in several stages of the operations of the trains but they are yet to go official with the report as the Central Bureau of...
The aftermath of the devastating triple-train accident in Balasore, Odisha, has left families of the victims trapped in a state of unending anguish. Nearly four weeks have passed since the incident, which claimed 300 lives,...
Railway authorities noted that the horrific Odisha train tragedy that killed as many as 293 people and injured over 1,200, could have been averted if officials were alert.
Das said the state government has made arrangements to send all the bodies to their native places
The Odisha train disaster may soon become an event of the past, but the lives of the families of the victims and those involved in rescue and relief operations are changed forever
The three personnel who have been arrested have been identified as Senior Section Engineer (Signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan, and Technician Pappu Kumar.
The Central Bureau of Investigation continues its probe on the matter of the Odisha train tragedy and the alleged reasons behind its occurrence. The signal junior engineer and his family were found missing from their home on...
The assessment, conducted by experts from AIIMS-Kalyani, revealed that all the rescuers were found to be "okay," reaffirming the NDRF's commitment to...
Odisha energy minister PK Deb, who was also present on the occasion on Monday, prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Outlook accesses the joint inspection report that was filed on the ground by the police team that arrived first at the accident site.
Were the railway systems in place and working? Or was there any meddling at the signalling and interlocking points?
Human interest stories seem to have the potential to help readers not only remember the incident for longer but give them the optimism and hope that they lack...
The Balasore train accident is a grim reminder of shattered hopes and separated families. But what has made it worse is the politicisation of a catastrophe
The post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop when a person goes through a traumatic or terrifying incident or phase, such as a life-threatening...
Photographs captured at the site of the recent train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district tell multiple tales of tragedy. A trigger warning.
A temple was touted as a mosque; a process of ‘othering’ began soon after; and, sabotage permeated the media, WhatsApp and everything else. But for now, we...
It was clarified that the odor was due to rotten eggs being transported on the train, dispelling speculations about unattended bodies and providing relief to...
Immediately after the Odisha train tragedy, when the minds were the most vulnerable, why was an attempt made to feed the conspiracy theory angle?
Nearly a week, after the country witnessed its worst train accident in a decade, over 80 bodies, remain to be identified, as anger and exhaustion fill the...
Opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav have alleged that the CBI investigation in the Odisha train accident is an...
When the three trains crashed into each other in Odisha's Balasore district, it was the locals who were the first respondents to the accident. Chief Minister...
Gitanjali Datta of Maniabanda in Cuttack district had claimed that her husband Bijay Datta had died in the accident on June 2 and had even identified a body as...
The accident, one of the worst train tragedies in the country, claimed 278 lives and left more than 1,100 people injured. In a circular to insurers, the...
A 27-year-old man from Assam, who missed his train to Pondicherry and took the Coromandel Express, is still in shock and hasn’t been able to eat since June 2...
