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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

Odisha train accident in frames

At least 288 people have died in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country
3 June 2023, 07:38 AM
3 June 2023, 06:35 AM

2 Bangladeshis among injured in Odisha train accident

Two Bangladeshi nationals, who were going to Chennai from Shalimar station near Kolkata, are reportedly among the injured in the triple train crash in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, a Bangladesh deputy high commission official in Kolkata said today..Both the Bangladeshis were in the C
3 June 2023, 06:11 AM

Train accident in Odisha: Hotline opened for Bangladeshis

Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has opened a hotline to get information about Bangladeshis following a terrible train accident in Balasore, Odisha state of India
3 June 2023, 05:43 AM

India's deadliest rail accidents in recent decades

Here are details of some of the deadliest rail accidents in India in recent decades
3 June 2023, 03:21 AM

'There were loud shrieks and blood all over'

A mass of mangled train coaches piled atop one another and profusely-bleeding passengers writhing in pain and shrieking for help — the site of the triple train accident site near Balasore in the eastern Indian state of Odisha painted a grisly picture
2 June 2023, 23:16 PM

Rahul takes a dig at Modi over China

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of relations with China, saying Beijing was “occupying our territory,” while also taking a dig at the Hindu nationalist leader over the country’s religious polarization.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM

At least 50 killed as trains collide in India

At least 50 people were killed and 350 injured when two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha yesterday, Indian media reported.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar

Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping up ketamine production as they seek to expand their business, the UN said yesterday.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Modi invited to address joint Houses of US Congress June 22

US congressional leaders yesterday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate on June 22, one of the highest honors Washington affords to foreign dignitaries.."During your address, you will have the opportunity to share
2 June 2023, 16:23 PM

Death toll jumps to 288 in Odisha triple train collision

The death toll from the horrific triple train collision in the eastern Indian state of Odisha rose to 288 people this morning
2 June 2023, 16:20 PM

Imran Khan’s bail extended in 3 cases linked to May 9 violence

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan’s Lahore today extended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s bail in three cases linked to May 9 violence, including the vandalism of Jinnah House and Askari Tower..At least eight people were killed and as many as 290 were injured on May 9 after the PTI chief
2 June 2023, 09:27 AM

Export to Bangladesh: Meghalaya HC pulls up state govt for not checking coal's origin

The Meghalaya High Court has pulled up the state government for allowing coal export to Bangladesh through land customs stations in the state without seeking to ascertain the origin of such coal..The state of Meghalaya is to the north-east of Bangladesh and shares over 400 kilometres of bo
2 June 2023, 07:53 AM

Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar: UN

Report flags high volumes of the drug heading into Bangladesh, India
2 June 2023, 06:41 AM

United Indian opposition can beat Modi in 2024: Rahul Gandhi

India's leading opposition figure Rahul Gandhi denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stranglehold on Indian society on Thursday but expressed confidence that the opposition can beat the ruling party in 2024 elections..Gandhi, who was speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, is
2 June 2023, 04:34 AM

Transmission Line: Nepal can now use transmission line in India

Nepal yesterday got New Delhi’s green signal for selling power to Bangladesh using the Indian transmission line, giving a boost to sub-regional cooperation in power trading.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Indian minister demands return of snatched guns

India’s interior minister yesterday demanded people in a restive northeastern state surrender guns following deadly inter-ethnic fighting during which rival forces raided police stations and seized assault rifles.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM

President of ex-Pak PM’s party arrested

The president of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s party was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore yesterday on charges of corruption, a government official said.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM