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Odisha train derailment: Ashwini Vaishnaw oversees ongoing restoration wor
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw oversaw the restoration works that were underway overnight in Odisha's Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident, leaving 288 passengers dead and over 1,000 injured.
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Odisha train accident: Congress' Hanumantha Rao expresses condolences to b
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived at the accident site in Odisha. He will take stock of one of the most horrific train accidents in recent memory, which has according to the latest estimates killed over 261 people and over 1000 people injured.
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"He should resign", Chhattisgarh CM seeks ouster of Railway Minister after
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Taking note of the Odisha train crash, which killed atleast 288 people and left over 1000 injured, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday hit out at Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw saying that "he should tender his resignation".
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Balasore train crash: Efforts are on to clear wreckage from tracks, says N
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Around 288 bodies have been recovered while more than 1000 injured people have been admitted to different hospitals as efforts are underway to clear the leftover wreckage of derailed trains from the track here in Odisha's Balasore, a senior NDRF official said on Saturday.
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Sharad Pawar demands railway minister's resignation, says "Lal Bahadur Sha
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Asserting that the then Union Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri tendered his resignation when an accident took place, Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation after a tragic accident in Odisha that occurred on Friday.
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Balasore train accident: TN ministers meet CM Naveen Patnaik, laud Odisha'
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udaynidhi Stalin and Transport Minister SS Shivsankar met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas and appreciated the government's efforts in the rescue and treatment of the injured people, especially the passengers from Tamil Nadu, a press release from th
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Odisha train accident: Mamata-Vaishnaw argument over death toll caught on
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier on Saturday disagreed on the death toll in the Odisha train accident with their argument caught on camera
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Farooq Abdullah calls for an independent investigation into Balasore train
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, Indian Railways said on Saturday.
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Odisha train tragedy: Uttarakhand CM cancels roadshow, cultural programme
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha's Balasore has climbed to 288, Indian Railways said on Saturday.
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Odisha train mishap: PM Modi visits crash survivors at Balasore hospital
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
PM Modi flew down to the crash site in an IAF chopper at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district and was briefed by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw about the train mishap, which has claimed the lives of over 261 people.
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Lalu Prasad calls for high-level inquiry into Odisha train accident
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to Railways, the three-way accident on Friday evening led to 261 deaths. The injured have been taken to the Hospitals of Gopalpur, Khantapara, Balasore, Bhadrak and Soro.
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Forming a committee is not enough, Railway Minister should resign: AAP min
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As the death toll rose to 261 in the three-way rail accident that occurred on Friday evening involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district, AAP minister Saurabh Bhardwaj took a jibe
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