Odisha chief secretary Pradeep Jena on Saturday confirmed that the death toll in the train accident in Balasore has risen sharply to 207 and the number of injured passengers is now at 900.
Following the horrific derailment incident in the Balasore district involving two passenger trains and a good carriage, which left 120 passengers dead and at least 600 injured on Friday evening, all BSKY-accredited private hospitals have been instructed to admit accident victims and provi
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) DIG Manoj Kumar Yadav on Friday said search operations were underway inside the derailed passenger train coaches in Odisha's Balasore and the primary focus was on mobilising emergency rescue and relief.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will visit Balasore on Saturday morning to take stock of the ground situation after two passenger trains collided with a goods train leaving several injured.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took stock of the situation in Odisha's Balasore where a passenger train collided with a goods train leaving several injured. PM Modi said the rescue operations are underway at the site of the accident and all possible assistance is being provided.
Three units of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), over 50 fire services with full equipment have rushed to Odisha's Balasore, where a passenger train hit the derailed coaches of another train, leaving over 130 people injured.
New Delhi [India], June 2: Indians and train journeys go hand in hand and every passenger wants to enjoy it with their family without worrying for meals and the food arrangements. The hassle of waking up early and cooking meals to pack and carry on the journey or relying on the local unhygie
An HRTC bus carrying at least 40 passengers veered off the road and fell into a gorge near Kharodi under Karsog sub-division of Mandi district on Thursday morning, police said.
Panic broke out at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Wednesday after a woman passenger claimed that she was carrying a bomb in her luggage.
The maiden flight to Silchar, a key town in the state which is about over 300 kilometres away from the capital city, had a total of 63 passengers against its capacity of 72.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Trichy International Airport arrested three passengers on Wednesday and seized 1197.5 grams of 24-carat gold worth Rs 72,73,781, officials said on Wednesday.