CBI begins probe into Balasore train accident in Odisha

New Delhi, June 6:-- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated an investigation into the Balasore train accident in Odisha. East Coast Railway's Khurda Division sources said a ten-member team of the investing agency visited Balasore's Bahanaga triple train accident site yesterday, June 5.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who is camping at Bahanaga to see the restoration work, said the CBI would investigate the circumstances of the train accident and the persons responsible for this mishap. The Railway Board had recommended a CBI probe into Friday’s accident. The Railway Safety Commissioner Shailesh Kumar Pathak also started probing the cause of the accident separately. Besides, the Balasore Government Railway Police has registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Railway Act over the accident. Meanwhile, train services on the accident route have been normalized.

Related India News

Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha : PM is compromised, we were stopped from speaking

(Fast Mail News):-- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, claimed on Wednesday that he has been stopped from speaking multiple times in the House, and for the first time in India's history, the Leader of Opposition has not been allowed to speak in the House. Rahul Gandhi said, &....

Those who used to criticize Nehru are now quoting him: Priyanka Gandhi hits back at BJP

(Fast Mail):-- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi targeted the BJP on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha. She said it is strange that the leaders who often speak ill of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru are now quoting him in support of their arguments. During the debate on a motion seeking the rem....

Bihar: Rajesh Ram targets BJP and JDU, says - BJP has put Nitish Kumar under ‘digital arrest’

(Fast Mail):--Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President Rajesh Ram said on Monday that the news of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar going to the Rajya Sabha came as no surprise to Congress, as it was already decided. He alleged that the current government in Bihar was formed through "vote the....

The man with 56-inch chest has become a coward and a compromiser: Congress

(Fast Mail News):-- Congress intensified its attacks on the Modi government on Saturday by citing a recent statement from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, accusing it of being "cowardly and compromise-prone." Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh shared a video clip from an ....

SIR becomes a curse in West Bengal! Two people allegedly committed 'suicide' after publication of voter list

KOLKATA: In West Bengal's Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas districts, two people allegedly committed suicide due to mental stress following the publication of the final voter list under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has targete....