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Cyclone Dana: 8,10,896 Evacuated, 35.95 Lakh Impacted in Odisha

Cyclone Dana has caused widespread devastation in Odisha, with over 35 lakh people impacted and 8 lakh evacuated to cyclone relief centres. The worst-hit districts include Kendrapara, Balasore and Bhadrak, with a human casualty of zero. The state government is providing food, shelter and compensation to those affected, and has also launched a survey to assess the extent of damage …

Balasore

1 month, 3 weeks ago

India to Deploy Advanced Doppler Weather Radars in Odisha in 2024

New Indian Express

India is set to receive advanced tech-driven weather forecasting network in the next two years. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has expedited the installation of three Doppler weather radars in Odisha, with two S-band radars in Balasore and Sambalpur and an X-band radar in Bhubaneswar. These radars will provide accurate weather forecasts, helping meteorologists predict the intensity and location of …

Bhubaneswar

2 months ago

Cyclone Dana: Odisha Evacuation Plans Put in Place

New Indian Express

Odisha is bracing for cyclone Dana, with authorities preparing evacuation measures for low-lying areas. The state is on high alert, with officials monitoring vulnerable areas and taking necessary precautions. The state's water resources department is closely monitoring the situation, while the fisheries department has advised fishermen to return home with their boats due to the potential threat of cyclone.

Environment Law Safety Disaster Management Balasore

5 months, 1 week ago

Balasore, Bhadrak are mule bank account hotspots of Odisha, finds SBI

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: After emerging from the chit fund scam, Balasore and Bhadrak have now turned major hotspots of mule bank accounts used by cyber fraudsters to dupe people of lakhs of rupees everyday, a State Bank of India investigation has found. Investigation into recent cyber crimes revealed scamsters based out of China are using mule bank accounts opened in the name …

Chinese Bhadrak Cyber Accounts Balasore Panda Sbi

6 months ago

Odisha government relaxes curfew for 6 hours in Balasore

The Hindu

Curfew was relaxed for six hours in Odisha's Balasore town to allow people to buy essential items, an official said. Curfew was clamped in this northern Odisha town on Monday night following a group clash in which 10 people were injured in stone pelting incidents. All shops and commercial establishments were allowed to remain open and to allow people to …

Essential Items Curfew Balasore Odisha Town

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha votes in 4th phase of Assembly polls, 37.64% turnout till 1 pm

India Today

Polling is currently underway for 42 seats in Odisha in the fourth and last phase of voting in the Assembly polls. After seven hours of polling, the voter turnout for the twin Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state stood at 37.64 per cent as of 1 pm. In this election season, the state witnessed simultaneous voting for the …

Odisha Assembly Lok Sabha Polls Bhadrak Balasore

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Determined to grab power in Odisha, Modi plans more public meetings in state

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has so far addressed seven public meetings and held two roadshows in Odisha in his previous three trips, is scheduled to visit the state again on Wednesday. According to the Odisha state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, PM Modi will address three poll rallies in Kendrapara, Balasore and Mayurbhanj parliamentary constituencies to boost the …

Odisha Congress Bjp Modi Bjd Address Balasore

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha: Revival of sick industries my priority says Pratap Chandra Sarangi

New Indian Express

BALASORE: BJP’s Balasore Lok Sabha candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Thursday assured to revive sick industries in the district. Addressing mediapersons, Sarangi said industries like Baliapal spinning mill and Birla tyre factory in Bamapada are in ruins owing to the apathy of the state government. Blaming the government and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the state of affairs, he said …

Odisha State Sarangi

9 months ago

Two poachers arrested for opening fire at Odisha sanctuary staff: Police

Hindustan Times

Two poachers were arrested for allegedly firing at two members of the Kuldiha sanctuary in Odisha’s Balasore district on Monday night, officials said. Officials of the state forest department said while patrolling in the sanctuary last night, the forest staff saw two poachers who then fired from their country made guns which hit two volunteers of Sabuja Vahini accompanying the …

Forest Staff Poachers Odisha Sanctuary Kuldiha Kuldiha Sanctuary Two Poachers

1 year, 5 months ago

NHRC calls for action taken report on Balasore train accident

The Hindu

The National Human Rights Commission has called for an action taken report from the Odisha government on a complaint filed by a Delhi-based advocate who had alleged that the State government and the Indian Railways failed to maintain the dignity of the dead in the case of the Balasore train accident. Responding to the complaint filed by Radhakanta Tripathy, a …

Odisha State Balasore Nhrc

1 year, 5 months ago

Odisha train accident aftermath: South Eastern Railway's Gen Manager Archana Joshi removed from her post

India TV News

Odisha train accident: Almost a month after the ghastly train tragedy in Odisha's Balasore district, South Eastern Railway's General Manager Archana Joshi has been removed from her post. Indian Railway said in a statement that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Anil Kumar Mishra to become the new General Manager of South Eastern Railway. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw holds …

Odisha Accident Railway Train Vaishnaw Balasore South Eastern Railway

1 year, 6 months ago

Lessons from history for the Balasore tragedy

Hindustan Times

The Balasore train tragedy which killed at least 288 people, mostly poor and crammed into unreserved bogeys, has shaken us. But it has also done something else that brings a couplet from the Tirukkural to life: As swift as the arm that saves one’s vesture from slipping/ Is the help of a friend when it comes at the moment of …

Railways Resignation Minister Parliament Shastri Railway Accident Mahabubnagar

1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: Govt Demolishes School Used as Morgue

Deccan Chronicle

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Friday began demolition of Bahanaga High School buildings where hundreds of bodies of the June 2 train crash victims were kept before being shifted to different morgues. On Thursday, the Balasore district administration had forwarded a building demolition resolution adopted by the Bahanaga High School Management Committee to the higher authorities for final approval. The …

Students School Sme Balasore Govt Demolishes

1 year, 6 months ago

Balasore accident: Banerjee gives home guard appointment letters to next of kin

Hindustan Times

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday issued appointment letters to induct 86 people who lost a family member in the Balasore train accident as home guards. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee gives compensation to injured and relatives of those killed in the Balasore train accident At least 103 persons from West Bengal have been killed in …

West Bengal Accident Mamata Banerjee State Bjp Balasore Banerjee

1 year, 6 months ago

Bahanaga Bazar: The rural station in Odisha's Balasore rocked by train crash

Hindustan Times

Few trains stop at Bahanaga Bazar, the sleepy, small rural station in the Balasore district of Odisha state where India's deadliest train accident in more than two decades happened. Coromandel Express train leaves from Bahanaga Bazar railway station after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, in Balasore district, Monday, Three rooms, topped by a …

Train Station Balasore Balasore District Bahanaga Bahanaga Bazar

1 year, 6 months ago

Over 1,000 human lives saved by Odisha people in Balasore train crash, says CM Patnaik

India Today

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday claimed that the people of the state have saved over 1,000 human lives in the Balasore train crash as they swung into action immediately after the accident. People providing support for rescue operations and the long queues for blood donations are "rare sights but invaluable". After observing a one-minute silence in memory of …

Odisha Accident Train Patnaik Balasore Balasore Train Crash

1 year, 6 months ago

Death toll in Odisha train accident revised again to 288

Hindustan Times

BALASORE: Two days after the Odisha government revised the death toll in Friday’s rail accident in Balasore to 275 citing cases of double counting of bodies, the state government on Tuesday revised the death toll to 288 again. Balasore: A train runs past derailed coaches after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanga …

Odisha Accident Death Toll Train Bengal Balasore Odisha Train Accident

1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident | CBI gathers evidence; 83 bodies yet to be claimed

The Hindu

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation officials, accompanied by forensic experts, on Tuesday examined the site of the June 2 train accident involving the Coromandel Express, the Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and a goods train at Odisha’s Bahanaga Bazar, which has claimed 288 lives and left more than 1,200 injured. Editorial | Tragic track: on the Balasore train accident and corrective …

Body Railway Dna Cbi Balasore Dna Samples Odisha Train

1 year, 6 months ago

CBI team arrives at Balasore to probe train accident, questions railway officials

Deccan Chronicle

BAHANANGA: A 10-member team of Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning arrived at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district to launch investigation into the catastrophic train crash that left 275 passengers killed and more than 900 others injured. Reports from All India Institute of Medical Sciences -Bhubaneswar said the hospital has so far handed over 64 bodies of the accident …

Family Members Bodies

1 year, 6 months ago

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash

Al Jazeera

Authorities are trying to source iced containers to help preserve bodies as they issue fervent appeals to families to identify the dead. Family hopes DNA test will help Mohammed Imam Ul Haq has been struggling to find his missing brother and to claim his nephew’s body from the many corpses lying in Bhubaneswar hospitals. Authorities had taken DNA samples from …

India Odisha Body Train State Bhubaneswar Help

1 year, 6 months ago

Suvendu Adhikari blames Trinamool for Odisha train accident, party questions his 'mental balance'

India Today

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday sharply reacted to the allegations by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who had claimed the ruling TMC was responsible for the Odisha train accident. Earlier, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal State Assembly Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the TMC was behind the accident. He was speaking about TMC leader Kunal Ghosh sharing a …

Odisha Railway Trinamool Cbi Bengal Balasore Tmc

1 year, 6 months ago

Suvendu Adhikari blames Trinamool for Odisha train accident, party questions his 'mental balance'

India Today

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday sharply reacted to the allegations by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who had claimed the ruling TMC was responsible for the Odisha train accident. Earlier, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal State Assembly Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the TMC was behind the accident. He was speaking about TMC leader Kunal Ghosh sharing a …

Odisha Railway Trinamool Cbi Bengal Balasore Tmc

1 year, 6 months ago

‘I am haunted by it’: Survivors of disastrous train crash in India recount their trauma

LA Times

A passenger injured in a catastrophic train accident in India receives treatment at a hospital in the Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha. Pallay, 24, landed next to the tracks along with metal wreckage of the train he’d been riding in, and instantly lost consciousness. Investigators said Sunday that a signaling failure might have caused the three-train crash, …

India Odisha Train Crash His Brother Balasore

1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train tragedy: King Charles III sends message of condolence; recalls his visit to state in 1980

India TV News

Odisha train tragedy: Expressing profound shock and sadness over the horrific train accident in Balasore, Britain’s King Charles III sent a condolence message to President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. The triple train accident is said to be one of the worst in the country that took place in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday night. He has a special place for …

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Cyclone Dana: 8,10,896 Evacuated, 35.95 Lakh Impacted in Odisha

India to Deploy Advanced Doppler Weather Radars in Odisha in 2024

Cyclone Dana: Odisha Evacuation Plans Put in Place

Balasore, Bhadrak are mule bank account hotspots of Odisha, finds SBI

Odisha government relaxes curfew for 6 hours in Balasore

Odisha votes in 4th phase of Assembly polls, 37.64% turnout till 1 pm

Determined to grab power in Odisha, Modi plans more public meetings in state

Odisha: Revival of sick industries my priority says Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Two poachers arrested for opening fire at Odisha sanctuary staff: Police

NHRC calls for action taken report on Balasore train accident

Odisha train accident aftermath: South Eastern Railway's Gen Manager Archana Joshi removed from her post

Lessons from history for the Balasore tragedy

Odisha Train Accident: Govt Demolishes School Used as Morgue

Balasore accident: Banerjee gives home guard appointment letters to next of kin

Bahanaga Bazar: The rural station in Odisha's Balasore rocked by train crash

Over 1,000 human lives saved by Odisha people in Balasore train crash, says CM Patnaik

Death toll in Odisha train accident revised again to 288

Odisha train accident | CBI gathers evidence; 83 bodies yet to be claimed

CBI team arrives at Balasore to probe train accident, questions railway officials

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash

Suvendu Adhikari blames Trinamool for Odisha train accident, party questions his 'mental balance'

Suvendu Adhikari blames Trinamool for Odisha train accident, party questions his 'mental balance'

‘I am haunted by it’: Survivors of disastrous train crash in India recount their trauma

Odisha train tragedy: King Charles III sends message of condolence; recalls his visit to state in 1980