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More than 100 bodies remain unclaimed CBI begins probe

Indian authorities yesterday made fervent appeals to families to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades.
6 June 2023, 18:00 PM

One border guard killed, 2 hurt

A gun battle between Indian security forces and insurgents in Manipur state killed one security personnel and wounded two others early yesterday,
6 June 2023, 18:00 PM

CBI opens probe into Odisha train accident

After the railway investigation team, a 10-member team of India's premiere probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today started probing the causes of the triple train accident in Odisha state
6 June 2023, 10:58 AM

Indian rail disaster: Over 100 bodies remain unclaimed

Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families today to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country's deadliest rail crash in over two decades..The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationa
6 June 2023, 10:30 AM

BBC ‘acknowledges’ it paid lower tax than liability in India

BBC has "acknowledged" that it may have paid lower taxes in India than its liability, Indian media reported today quoting unidentified government sources
6 June 2023, 06:59 AM

US, India agree on defence industry co-op plan

The United States and India agreed a roadmap for military industrial cooperation yesterday, as New Delhi seeks to reduce its reliance on key arms supplier Russia in the face of tensions with China.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Trains resume service 48 hrs after disaster

A little over 48 hours after India’s worst train disaster in three decades, the movement of trains resumed at the site of the incident after hundreds of workers
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Massive 4-lane bridge falls like a house of cards in India’s Bihar

An under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganges river in India's statte of Bihar came crashing down like a house of cards last evening
5 June 2023, 07:15 AM

Odisha train tragedy: First train runs on accident-affected section

After 51 hours of closure following Friday's horrific triple train accident in India's Odisha, the first train set off on the route last night, officials said
5 June 2023, 05:25 AM

Deadly Train Crash In Odisha: Indian minister claims ‘sabotage’

Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday spoke of “sabotage’ as the cause of India’s deadliest train disaster in decades was linked to the signal system.
4 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Cause of Odisha train disaster identified: India's railways minister

India’s Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the triple-train accident in Indian state of Odisha, which left at least 288 people dead, happened due to a change in electronic interlocking.
4 June 2023, 06:26 AM

India asks Germany to return 2-yr-old

India on Friday urged Germany to send back a 2-year-old Indian girl who has been in its foster care system for more than 20 months, saying it infringed on “her social, cultural and linguistic rights.”
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

288 dead in India’s worst train crash in decades

As Indian rescuers wrapped up last night’s race against time to retrieve survivors and bodies following the devastating train crash in Odisha state, preliminary investigations revealed that a signal failure was behind India’s worst rail crash in over two decades.
3 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Modi visits site of Odisha train accident

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the site of the horrific triple train accident site in Odisha state, met the injured in hospitals and assured that those responsible for the incident will be punished severely
3 June 2023, 16:48 PM

CPB protests Akhand Bharat mural

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) today protested the installation of a mural at the newly inaugurated Indian parliament building depicting the Indian subcontinental landmass
3 June 2023, 16:46 PM

Odisha train accident: 3 Bangladeshis escape unhurt

It was a lucky escape for three Bangladeshis, including a couple from Gopalganj, who came out unscathed from the deadly train accident in India’s Odisha state
3 June 2023, 13:25 PM

PM mourns casualties in India train accident

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the casualties of hundreds in the collision of trains in Odisha, India.
3 June 2023, 10:46 AM

Mamata demands proper probe

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today termed Friday's train accident in Odisha's Balasore district as the "biggest of the century" and called for a proper investigation to get to the truth.
3 June 2023, 09:52 AM

Odisha train accident: Identities of 2 injured Bangladeshis confirmed

Two Bangladeshi citizens from Rajshahi and Bogura are among the injured in India’s one of the worst rail disasters in Odisha last night..Of the injured, Russel-uz Zaman, 27, from Rajshahi was a passenger of Chennai-bound Coramandel Express from Shalimar near Kolkata, a senior official of B
3 June 2023, 09:25 AM

A race against time to save lives

As dawn broke at Bahanaga Railway Station in Balasore district of the Indian state of Odisha today, it looked like a tornado ripped through the area throwing the rail coaches atop each other
3 June 2023, 07:52 AM