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 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
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 must give dignity to the dead
Were the railway systems in place and working? Or was there any meddling at the signalling and interlocking points?
Photographs captured at the site of the recent train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district tell multiple tales of tragedy. A trigger warning.
Immediately after the Odisha train tragedy, when the minds were the most vulnerable, why was an attempt made to feed the conspiracy theory angle?
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 in the face of utter tragedy.
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 minds of friends and family members. On Tuesday, the death toll was...
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...
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...
The temperatures in Balasore are upwards of 30 degree-celsius, making it difficult to preserve the bodies with limited freezing facilities.
Day in and day out, rescue workers have been scrambling to find a pulse among the many limbs and bodies scattered on the railway tracks near the Bahanaga Bazar...
In a tweet, Adani, who heads a conglomerate that spans ports to energy, commodities, airports and data centres, said it is a joint responsibility of all to...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that 182 people from her state were still missing, questioning the death figures disclosed by the Odisha...
The accident involving three trains has left at least 280 dead and brought into focus the issue of railway safety. There has been demand for the resignation of...
In one of the worst railway tragedies of the country, two trains derailed and collided in Odisha's Balasore district, killing at least 261 people and injuring...
LIC chairman Siddhartha Mohanty announced a slew of relaxations to the claim settlement process for the kin of the victims
Nearly 300 passengers died and nearly 1000 injured when three trains collided in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has sent an advisory to arlines to monitor any abnormal surge in airfares to and from Bhubaneswar and other airports of Odisha...
A team headed by Minister Lad, accompanied by Manoj Rajan, Commissioner, Disaster Management and other officers has already left for Balasore where the...
Former India captain Virat Kohli and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, among several other sportspersons, expressed their anguish over the devastating...
At least 50 people were killed and more than 350 injured in a horrific triple train crash on Friday in Odisha's Balasore district involving the...
At least 233 people were killed and around 900 injured in the crash involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel...
At least 233 people were killed and more than 900 injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha's Balasore district,...
