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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday that the tracks destroyed during Saturday’s horrific Odisha train accident will be repaired as soon as possible and rail services in the affected sector will be restored by Wednesday. “The root cause of this accident has been identified. PM Modi inspected the site yesterday. We will try to restore the track today. All bodies have been removed. Our target is to finish the restoration work by Wednesday morning so that trains can start running on this track,” the minister was quoted as saying by ANI. At least 288 people have been killed and around 803 injured in a horrific three-train collision. The crash involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train. #WATCH | The root cause of this accident has been identified. PM Modi inspected the site yesterday. We will try to restore the track today. All bodies have been removed. Our target is to finish the restoration work by W

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said on Saturday that the Central government is doing its best to resolve the wrestler’s issue so they can end their more than a month-long protest. Addressing a press meeting in Udupi, she claimed that the protest is getting international support as it is against the central government. Karandlaje accused business tycoon George Soros and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of bringing inability to the country. The protests by Indian wrestlers against the alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh must be investigated and the offenders must be punished under law, she said. “I am not talking in support of anyone. An internal investigation is taking place and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur is involved in the investigation. The sports department will answer any further queries,” she said. Referring to her home state of Karnataka, she also urged the newly-made Congress governme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting to review the situation in relation to the Odisha train accident, according to government sources. More than 233 people have been killed and over 900 injured in the crash on Friday involving the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train. Officials in Bhubaneswar said 200 ambulances, 50 buses and 45 mobile health units, besides 1,200 personnel, are working at the accident site. PM Modi expressed his distress over the accident, and announced an additional ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the PM’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF). “Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance i

Odisha Triple Train Crash: According to state chief secretary Pradeep Jena, work is being done to cut the only remaining bogie that was badly damaged in the terrible train disaster in Balasore, Odisha. According to the Chief Secretary, there have been 238 fatalities so far, and at least 900 people have been hurt and are receiving medical attention. “So far around 900 passengers have been injured and are being treated in various hospitals in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Cuttack districts. A total of 238 dead bodies have been recovered so far. The search and rescue operation is going on,” the official told the media. “Only one bogie is left, which is severely damaged. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and Fire Service are still working to cut the bogie and try to recover the living or the dead,” he added. The Chief Secretary added that the bodies were being given to the deceased’s kin upon presentation of identification

Odisha Triple Train Crash: The eastern state of Odisha witnessed one of the most horrific railway accidents in independent India when three trains collided in Balasore district on Friday evening, leading to the deaths of over 233 people and leaving more than 900 injured. The deadly accident set off a massive rescue and evacuation process, officials said on Saturday. #WATCH | The site of the horrific #BalasoreTrainAccident in Odisha where a collision between three trains left 233 dead & around 900 injured. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is taking stock of the situation at the spot as search & rescue operation continues. An ex-gratia of… pic.twitter.com/oTpbba338N — ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2023 “Death toll rises to 233 in the Balasore Train Accident,” Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena tweeted. Around 7 p.m. on Friday, one of the deadliest railway accidents in Indian history occurred close to the Bahanaga Baazar station in the Balasore district, some 250 km south of Kolka

At least 233 people were killed and more than 900 others got injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district, setting off a massive rescue and evacuation process, officials said on Saturday. “Death toll rises to 233 in the Balasore Train Accident,” Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena tweeted. In one of the worst railway disasters in India, the train crash happened near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, around 7 pm on Friday, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe. The inquiry into the train accident will be led by A M Chowdhary, Commissioner Railway Safety, South East Circle, the Indian Railways said in a statement. The Commissioner Railway Safety comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Several coaches of the 12864 Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, on the way to Howrah, derailed and fell on adjacent tracks, an official said. “These derai

Rail minister Ashwini Vaishnav is rushing to the spot of the Odisha train accident where a Coromandel and Bengaluru-Howrah Express collided with a goods train late on Friday. A three-way accident involving Bengaluru-Howrah superfast express, the Coromandel Express and goods train on three separate tracks occurred at Bahanagar in Odisha’s Balasore district. #WATCH | Visuals from the site of the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district where two passenger trains and one goods train met with an accident leaving hundreds injured. Rescue operation is underway at the spot. pic.twitter.com/0mJADqUua4 — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2023 “Rushing to the site in Odisha. My prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured and condolences to the bereaved families. Rescue teams mobilised from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. NDRF, State govt. teams and Airforce also mobilised. Will take all hands required for the rescue ops,” Vaishnav tweeted. Rushing to the site in Odisha. My prayers for the speedy rec

As far as history goes, Muslim League was responsible for Indian Partition, but for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi the party of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah is “secular”. The Indian Union Muslim League which is a state party in Kerala is an old ally of the Congress-led UDF in the southern state. During an interaction at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Gandhi said there was nothing non-secular about Muslim League. “Muslim League is a completely secular party. There is nothing non-secular about Muslim League. I think the person (who sent the question) has not studied the Muslim League,” the Congress leader said as he answered questions on several issues. ‘Sinister’ Rahul Gandhi The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reacted to Gandhi’s Muslim League remark with party’s Amit Malviya calling it the Congress leader’s “compulsion to remain acceptable in Wayanad.” Gandhi was a Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad before losing the membership following his conviction in the 2019 Modi sur

Not new to protests and known for throwing her weight behind any ongoing agitation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to the streets of Kolkata for the second straight day on Thursday to support wrestlers in their protest against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Leading a candlelight march from the statue of Gostha Pal — the first captain of India’s national football team — at the Kolkata Maidan to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing, Banerjee described the wrestlers’ struggle as “a struggle for life, justice, and independence”. “Will fight till the protesting wrestlers get justice,” the West Bengal Chief Minister said. “I will request the wrestlers to continue their movement. This fight is for life, for independence, for humanitarian justice.” After the march, Banerjee hopped onto a motorcycle in Kolkata and rode pillion. In a video, widely circulating on social media, the Chief Minister is

The Law Commission of India has recommended the retention of the 153-year-old colonial law on sedition in India. However, it has suggested certain amendments to bring about greater clarity in the interpretation, understanding, and usage of the provision.” In its report submitted to the government, the panel said cognizant of the views on the misuse of Section 124A, it recommends that model guidelines curbing them be issued by the Centre. “In this context, it is also alternatively suggested that a provision analogous to Section 196(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) may be incorporated as a proviso to Section 154 of CrPC, which would provide the requisite procedural safeguard before the filing of an FIR with respect to an offence under Section 124A of IPC,” chairman of the 22nd Law Commission Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi (retd) said in his covering letter to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. While it is imperative to lay down certain procedural guidelines for curbing any mis

Months after Congress leader DK Shivakumar termed “fake” the then BJP government’s claims of new MoU with Foxconn to manufacture iPhones in the state, Priyank Kharge, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, who is also in-charge of the IT & BT department, in the newly-formed Karnataka government on Thursday confirmed the veracity of the upcoming project. The development has paved the way for both the BJP and the Congress to claim credit for the project announced in March by former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Since the project is seeing the light of the day under the newly-formed Congress regime, it is in all likelihood that the party would claim credit for the project. Taking to Twitter, the minister said, “Huge boost for Karnataka with Foxconn’s Project Elephant. They will set up an iPhone assembly plant with an investment of $ 1.7 Bn & will generate 50,000 jobs. The proposed annual capacity up to 20 million smartphone units per annum.” Huge bo

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Muslim League is a completely secular party and there is nothing non-secular about the outfit, drawing a sharp condemnation from the BJP. The Indian Union Muslim League, a state party in Kerala, is a traditional ally of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala. Responding to a question on Congress’ alliance with the Muslim League during his interaction at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Rahul Gandhi said, “Muslim League is a completely secular party. There is nothing non-secular about Muslim League. I think the person (who sent the question) has not studied the Muslim League.” #WATCH | Washington, DC: …” Muslim League is a completely secular party, there is nothing non-secular about the Muslim League…”: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on being asked about Congress’s alliance with Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala pic.twitter.com/wXWa7t1bb0 — ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2023 While Gandhi’s statements in the US have already stirr

A Kiran trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka on Thursday, while on a routine training sortie. Both the pilots ejected and are said to be safe. A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, said IAF in a tweet. #WATCH | A Kiran trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka today, while on a routine training sortie. Both aircrew ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident: Indian Air Force pic.twitter.com/RQn6JFRJqH — ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2023 “A Kiran trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka today,  while on a routine training sortie. Both aircrew ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident,” IAF tweeted. A Kiran trainer aircraft of the IAF crashed near Chamrajnagar, Karnataka today, while on a routine training sortie. Both aircrew ejected safely. A Court of Inquiry h

Manipur violence will be probed by multiple agencies including CBI which will investigate 6 separate incidents of violence, said Home Minister Amit Shah. Addressing the media, Shah said that several agencies are working in Manipur to investigate violent incidents. “A high-level CBI probe will be conducted in six incidents of violence that hint at a conspiracy,” he said. #WATCH | Several agencies are working in Manipur to investigate violent incidents. High-level CBI probe in 6 incidents of violence that hint at a conspiracy. We will make sure that the investigation is fair: Union Home Minister Amit Shah pic.twitter.com/uH334y3bRF — ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2023 Joint Secretary, Joint Director level officers of the Home Minister and other ministries will be present in Manipur to help people and take stock of the situation in the state, he added. The home minister further said “I urge citizens of Manipur to not pay heed to fake news. Strict actions will be taken against anyone violat

Delhi recorded its coolest May in 36 years with excess rainfall bringing the average maximum temperature down to 36.8 degrees Celsius this time, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Meanwhile, June started on a cooler note in the national capital with overcast skies and the after-effect of rains over the last few days. The capital’s primary weather station, Safdarjung Observatory, recorded a minimum temperature of 20.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, six notches below normal. Generally cloudy skies, light rain and gusty winds are predicted during the day. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 35 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of IMD, said Delhi had recorded an average maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius in May 1987. “The average maximum temperature of 36.8 degrees Celsius in May this year is the lowest since then,” he said. Delhi recorded maximum temperatures ab

More than 300 travelers find themselves stranded in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand as a critical road has been washed away following a devastating landslide. The affected tourists and locals are reportedly stuck in Dharchula and Gunji, unable to continue their journeys after the Lipulekh-Tawaghat road near Lakhanpur collapsed, eroded by 100 meters due to a massive rockfall. Local authorities anticipate that it will take approximately two days to restore the road and make it accessible for traffic once again. In the meantime, rescue operations are underway to ensure the safety and well-being of those stranded. Weather department has issued a dust storm and thundershower alert for several districts in Uttarakhand, including Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Garhwal, Hardwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar, and Uttarkashi. This further adds to the challenges faced by the stranded travelers and necessitates caution and prep

Aurangabad, Osmanabad and now Ahmednagar. What do these three cities in Maharashtra have in common? For starters, they have all undergone a name change in this year. After the first two cities, Aurangabad and Osmanabad, underwent a change in name earlier this year – they are now Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv – the Maharashtra government announced that Ahmednagar will be renamed Ahilyanagar. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced at a function, “Our government works keeping in mind the ideal of governance set by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Ahilyadevi Holkar. Therefore, as per the wish of all of you, we have decided to rename (the district) for Ahilyadevi Holkar.” अहिल्यादेवी होळकर यांनी जन्म घेतलेल्या मातीचे आपल्यावर मोठे ऋण आहे. अहिल्यादेवींनी समाजातल्या सर्व स्तरातील जनतेच्या कल्याणासाठी काम केले. हे सरकारही सर्वसामान्यांचे सरकार असून सर्वसामान्यांना न्याय देणारे सरकार आहे. राज्यात कालच झालेल्या मंत्रिमंडळ बैठकीत नमो शेतकरी सन्मान योजना… http

A suspected Pakistani intruder was gunned down by troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. The incident took place near the Mangu Chak border outpost (BoP) in the Samba sector around 2:50 am, they said. “In the early hours today, alert BSF troops noticed suspicious movement of a person, who crossed the IB from Pakistan’s side, in the Samba area,” a Border Security Force spokesperson said. He was challenged by the troops but the intruder kept advancing towards the border fencing. The troops opened fire, killing him, the spokesperson said. The BSF has launched a search operation along the IB in Samba sector as the intruder’s body is lying in the forward area. This is the second such incident along the India-Pakistan border in the Jammu division in two days. On Wednesday, the Army foiled an infiltration bid with the arrest of three terrorists along the Line of C

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday claimed that “half of the people” at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s US event “did not even bother to stand up” during National Anthem. Sharing a video of the event on Twitter, BJP’s Shehzad Poonnawalla tweeted, “Shocking, shameful. Received this video from media person with respect to Rahul Gandhi’s program. During National anthem half of the people Rahul addressed later did not even bother to stand up. Later they paused the national anthem in the middle and said it was just ‘Mic Check’. The onus is on Rahul Gandhi’s organising team to clarify if and why this disrespect was done? Who are the audiences who disrespect the National Anthem! No Indian would.. is Anthem used for Rahul’s mic check? Clarity would be appreciated” Shocking , shameful Received this video from media person with respect to Rahul Gandhi's program. During National anthem half of the people Rahul addressed later did not even bother to stand up. Later they paused