Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Tuesday, 06 June 2023

The appointment came close on the heels of the horrific train mishap at Bahanaga where 288 people lost their lives and more than 600 are currently under treatment. More

NDRF Constable Bhim Kumar said, “PM Modi came to meet us after visiting the crash site. He wanted to know from us the exact situation of the rescue operation and the hurdles we were facing. The Prime Minister spoke with us and we felt very happy about that gesture.” More

They were begging to collect money for the treatment of passengers injured in the Balasore train mishap. More

The deceased has been identified as Dhananjay Pande, who was working as the driver of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Pradeep Purohit. More

As per reports, they went to Gabon on February 14 this year for a job through an agent. They were reportedly promised a monthly salary of Rs. 25,000 by the agent. But they were allegedly put to work for more than 3 months without payment of any remuneration. More

As per the FIR, a lot of bodies did not have any injury marks on them, so death might have been caused by the snapped power cables on the railway tracks. More

So far 83 bodies are yet to be identified and significant progress in the identification is likely by tomorrow, said Jena. While talking to reporters, the Odisha Chief Secretary on Tuesday informed that the death toll in Bahanaga train mishap is now 288 which is based on the final report submitted by the Balasore Collector. More

The thunderstorm activities are likely to provide some respite to people who are reeling under intense heat and humid conditions for the past several days. More

So far the official death toll in the tragic train accident at Bahanaga Bazaar Station in Balasore stands at 288, Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena informed on Tuesday. More

The FIR was earlier lodged by the Odisha police but now the probe into the mishap has been taken over by the CBI. More

Unknown to the intrepid reporter, the grieving woman and her angry relative, I too was recording the sound byte of the wailing on my mobile phone. My commissioning editor in Delhi had kept reminding me about that elusive wailing audio with which she wanted to start the radio package even before I had reached Ground Zero. More

Mamata who reached Cuttack and met the injured at the SCB medical college and hospital on Tuesday said, “Truth must not be suppressed as several lives have been lost. It is not a time to argue. We want to help people…” More

The CBI took over the investigation after reaching Balasore on Tuesday. The case was earlier registered at Balasore Government Railway Police Station (GRPS) in Cuttack. More

Many family members had fought among themselves claiming some bodies of the victims on Monday. Similar incidents were also witnessed today. More

There were only a few minutes left for the train to reach Dhanushkodi station. At 11.55 pm, the cyclone had intensified.  More

Utkal University stood at 8th position from the bottom among the 100 universities across the country with a score of 43.45. More

Four persons including two sisters who have come all way from Nepal are doing rounds of hospitals in Bhubaneswar hunting for the bodies of their relatives.  More

Smoke in Secunderabad-Agartala Express: Passengers deboard train in Berhampur More

The raids on the assistant engineer’s properties were conducted on the strength of the search warrants issued by the Special Judge of Sundargarh Vigilance Department. More

The Express was running at a speed of 128 kmph speed on the main line and it was supposed to go straight as a goods train was already on the loop line. So, there was no question of the Coromandel Express taking the loop line.  More

After confession of Sahu, police arrested his five associates for helping him in the fake kidnapping plot. They will be forwarded to court tomorrow. More

While undergoing treatment at the Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack, the child breathed his last night.  More

A CBI team has reached Bahanaga for the investigation into the horrific accident. It is expected that the team will inspect the accident site and question several individuals including railway officials. More

“There was green signal on the main line. The signal is usually green when all the pre-conditions required for the signal to go green are perfect. If any of the pre-conditions does not meet, technically the signal can never turn green," said Khordha DRM. More

The deceased couple has been identified as Satyaniranjan Das (55) and Gayatri Das (50) from Berhampur. The other deceased is Rakesh Nanda, a friend of Satyaranjan’s nephew. More

As per the latest reports, out of the 278 dead bodies, 177 bodies have been identified so far. The rest of the bodies are kept at six hospitals in Bhubaneswar; AIIMS, Capital Hospital, SUM Hospital, KIMS, Hitech Hospital, and AMRI Hospital. More

A woman at Bahanaga allegedly claimed ex-gratia money at the Government Railway Police (GRP) station while impersonating as the widowed wife of one of the rail tragedy victims. More

While many of his co-passengers lost their lives in the harrowing train mishap, Atal and his family which included his wife Savitri, two daughters, and a son, got out with just a few scratches. More

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the probe agency cannot fix accountability for technical, institutional and political failures, a day after the railways sought a CBI probe into the tragedy in Odisha that claimed 275 lives. More