Balasore: News
25 Oct 2024
Amit ShahCyclone Dana makes landfall in Odisha; trees uprooted, roads blocked
Cyclone Dana made landfall on the Odisha coast shortly after midnight on Thursday.
08 Sep 2024
BiharMagadh Express derails in Bihar, no casualties reported
The Magadh Express derailed on the Buxar-DDU-Patna rail section in Bihar on Sunday.
02 Aug 2024
Climate ChangeHow Odisha plans to counter lightning strikes via palm trees
The government of Odisha has greenlit a proposal to plant 19 lakh (1.9 million) palm trees in an effort to mitigate the rising deaths from lightning strikes in the state.
18 Jun 2024
Ashwini VaishnawBengal accident: Congress seeks Vaishnaw's resignation, asks Centre 7 questions
The Congress on Tuesday called for the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, accusing the government of "destroying" the Indian Railways.
18 Jun 2024
CrPC Section 144Odisha curfew: What led to communal violence in Balasore?
Balasore in Odisha is under curfew following violent clashes between two groups.
04 Jul 2023
OdishaOdisha train tragedy: Wrong signaling led to collision, says report
The inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has found wrong signaling and human errors as reasons for the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, which killed at least 293 people last month, reported The Indian Express.
01 Jul 2023
Indian RailwaysFaults at various levels caused Balasore train tragedy: CRS report
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), investigating the catastrophic triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, reportedly submitted a report to the Railway Board on Thursday that highlighted faults of the Operations (Traffic) Signaling and Telecommunication (S&T) departments.
23 Jun 2023
OdishaWeeks after Balasore train crash, Railways transfers 5 top officials
Around three weeks after the triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore district, five top officials of the South Eastern Railway (SER) have been transferred.
12 Jun 2023
Indian RailwaysHuman errors caused 192 train accidents in India since 2017
Human error by the railway staff and general public reportedly caused over 192 train accidents in India between 2017 and 2022, data by the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) revealed, per News18.
11 Jun 2023
OdishaHow victims of Odisha train accident were identified using AI
The triple train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore threw multiple challenges for the authorities, and the biggest one was the identification of scores of bodies.
09 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train tragedy: School-turned-morgue demolished after corpses terrify students
The Bahanaga Nodal High School in Balasore, which was turned into a temporary morgue for the Odisha train accident victims, has been demolished, News18 reported.
07 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train accident could be result of human error: Report
The Odisha triple train accident, which killed at least 288 people and injured over 900, might be the result of "human error," Railways officials told News18.
07 Jun 2023
Odisha51 hours, 2,300 personnel: All about Balasore accident rescue
The triple train crash near Odisha's Balasore, which claimed the lives of 288 people and injured over 900 others, saw more than 2,300 personnel carry out an arduous rescue operation lasting for 51 hours.
06 Jun 2023
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)CBI takes over Odisha train tragedy probe on Centre's request
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took over the investigation into the Odisha triple train crash, which killed around 278 people and injured over 900.
05 Jun 2023
Ashwini VaishnawOdisha train accident: Passenger trains back on track after restoration
After nearly 60 hours of laborious rescue and restoration work following the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, passenger trains resumed operations on the repaired tracks on Monday.
05 Jun 2023
OdishaAnother train derails in Odisha 3 days after massive tragedy
A goods train derailed in Odisha's Bargarh district on Monday, barely three days after the state witnessed one of the worst train accidents in Balasore district, killing nearly 290 people and injuring over 900 others on Friday, NDTV reported.
05 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train accident: Railways seeks CBI probe amid political outburst
The Railways has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the Odisha train accident after Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw claimed the "root cause of the accident" and the individuals behind the "criminal" act were identified.
04 Jun 2023
Comptroller and Auditor GeneralMonths before Odisha tragedy, CAG report highlighted rail safety flaws
While the Centre is yet to fix the accountability for the Odisha triple train accident, a 2022 audit report of the Indian Railways of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has surfaced, which flagged several serious rail safety lapses.
04 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train accident: Latest details on rescheduled, canceled trains
Restoration work is in full swing after a tragic accident in Odisha's Balasore, where three trains collided on Friday night, leaving nearly 290 people dead and over 900 injured.
04 Jun 2023
OdishaTriple train crash in Odisha: How it happened
The triple train crash that took place on Friday in Odisha's Balasore district involved two passenger trains, moving in opposite directions near Bahanaga Bazar station, and stationary goods train.
04 Jun 2023
Ashwini VaishnawOdisha train accident: Root cause identified, says Railways Minister Vaishnaw
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday that the root cause of the triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore—which killed nearly 300—had been identified.
04 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train accident: Balasore hospitals turn into war-zones amid tragedy
The Balasore District Hospital and Soro Government Hospital in Odisha looked like war zones soon after three trains collided on Friday—in one of the most horrific train accidents—as authorities began rushing the injured to these facilities.
03 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train accident: 'Kavach' safety system unavailable on affected route
The Kavach safety system developed by the Indian Railways to prevent train accidents was reportedly unavailable on the tracks in Odisha's Balasore, where three trains crashed on Friday night in one of India's worst train accidents.
03 Jun 2023
OdishaOdisha train crash: 250 survivors board special train to Chennai
As many as 250 survivors of the Odisha train tragedy boarded a special train on Saturday, with a majority of them on their way to Tamil Nadu's Chennai, PTI reported, quoting a railway official.
09 Feb 2023
Bharti AirtelAirtel 5G launched in more cities across Gujarat, Odisha
Bharti Airtel has launched its 5G services across more cities in Gujarat and Odisha, including Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Sambalpur, and Balasore.
23 Jul 2021
Indian Air ForceIndia flight tests new generation surface-to-air Akash missile
India on Friday successfully flight tested the New Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur which is located off the Odisha coast, the DRDO sources said.
09 Jun 2021
OdishaCoastal districts of Odisha need disaster-resilient infrastructure: Central team
With Odisha frequently facing natural calamities, an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which is in the state to make an on-the-spot assessment of damages caused by Cyclone Yaas, said coastal districts require more disaster-resilient infrastructure, official sources said.
18 May 2020
OdishaCyclone Amphan becomes 'extremely severe storm'; Odisha, Bengal on alert
After brewing over the South Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Amphan has now intensified into an "extremely severe storm" and is likely to turn into a "super cyclonic storm" on Monday.
11 Nov 2018
OdishaUnder-trial prisoner killed by murder convict in Odisha jail hospital
An under-trial prisoner was killed after a murder convict allegedly hit him with a brick in Balasore district jail hospital in Odisha today, jail officials said.
