Thousands of farmers rally in New Delhi to demand higher crop prices
New Delhi, India Reuters Thousands of farmers rode buses and trains from across India to gather on Thursday at a rally in the capital, New Delhi, pressing a demand for higher guaranteed prices for their crops, as they faced down police barricades and tough security. The rally, days before general elections are expected to be […]
Deadly India rail crash caused by faulty signal connections made during repair
Bhubaneswar, India Reuters Workers repairing a rail-road barrier in India made faulty connections in the automated signalling system on the network, leading to the country’s worst rail disaster in two decades, an official probe has found. The 2nd June crash at Bahanaga Bazar station, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, killed 288 people and injured more […]
Over 100 dead bodies remain unclaimed after Indian rail disaster
Balasore, India Reuters Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades. The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the […]
India rail crash probe focuses on electronic track management system
New Delhi, India Reuters Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday. At least 275 people were killed on Friday when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, went off the tracks and hit […]
India rescue work ends as focus turns to cause of worst train crash in decades
Bahanaga, India Reuters Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after the country’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people. The death toll from Friday’s crash was revised down from 288 after it was found that some […]
India’s worst train crash in decades kills at least 288
Updated: 6:50am, 4th June, 2023 (AEST)Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 288 people have died in India’s worst rail crash in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in an accident a preliminary report blamed on signal failure. One train in Friday’s accident also […]
At least 207 dead, 900 injured in massive train crash in Odisha, India
Updated: 8:30am (AEST)Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in India’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade. The death toll is expected to increase, state Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said in […]
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
Lucknow/Bhubaneshwar, India Reuters Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors. A general view […]
Bridging divides: A priest overcomes India’s anti-Christian violence to lead interfaith dialogue
The Kandhamal riots of 2008 stand out as a watershed moment in India’s history of mass violence against minorities. PRIYADARSHINI SEN reports, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that a Catholic priest who survived them wants to bring faith leaders together to get past that history…
Cyclone leaves more than 150,000 people homeless in eastern India
Kolkata, IndiaReuters More than 150,000 people were left homeless in the aftermath of a cyclone that unleashed storm surges in eastern India and Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday, with heavy rains hampering relief work in some low-lying coastal areas. At least five people were killed in the two countries after Cyclone Yaas moved inland from […]