Bhubaneswar: Passengers of Puri-Lokmanyatilak Express narrowly escaped a mishap today as the Mumbai bound train took wrong route from Raja Athagarh station and was made to divert back to Dhenkanal due to alleged negligence of station master. The Railways suspended the station master for dereliction of duty following a prima facie report. “Prima facie it […]
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways today diverted some Odisha bound trains including Rajdhani Express running from New Delhi following derailment of Azamgarhg-Delhi Kaifiyat Express in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh today that left around 50 injured. New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express leaving New Delhi on August 22 will run via Kanpur-Lucknow-Muradabad-Gaziabad, a Railway statement said. Similarly, New […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odia passengers who were injured in Utkal Express derailment at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh two days ago returned to Bhubaneswar on Monday. A team of BJD members led by Transport Minister Nrusingha Sahu landed in State Capital with the five injured passengers. “Out of five injured, Madhu Mandal of Banpur and Sabita Mallik […]
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways has decided to restore the services of Puri-Haridwar-Puri Kalinga Utkal Express from Puri on August 22 and from Haridwar on August 25, respectively. Earlier on Sunday, three trains had been cancelled and six others diverted following the derailment of Utkal Express in Khatauli, near Muzaffarnagar on August 19, in which 22 […]
Bhubaneswar: At least 21 persons have been killed and 130 injured in the Utkal Express derailment near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, said East Coast Railways (EcoR) Officials here on Sunday. Addressing a press conference, chief PRO Nirakar Das informed that the identity of five deceased has been ascertained while so far there is no report […]
New Delhi: An unverified telephonic conversation apparently between two railway employees widely circulated on social media on Sunday hints that “negligence” may have caused the Saturday train accident in Uttar Pradesh. The nearly 15-minute audio clip could not be verified independently. A railway official said they were looking into it. One of the men in […]
New Delhi: Nearly 53 per cent of the 586 train accidents in the last five years were due to derailments with the Utkal Express derailment being the latest. Notwithstanding the railways’ attempts to upgrade the safety apparatus, many such accidents continue to occur. Over 20 people died and 97 were injured after 14 coaches of […]
Muzaffarnagar: The Government Railway Police (GRP) has filed a charge sheet against five Railway officials in connection with the Kalinga Utkal Express accident of August 2017 in which 23 people were killed and over 100 injured, officials said on Sunday. The charge sheet was filed in a court here against the then Senior Section Engineer […]
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