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Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Utkal University has slipped to 93rd spot in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, which is a downfall from its past ranking of 88th. The university has secured a score of 43.45 as per the latest NIRF parameters. Earlier, Utkal University had...

Bhubaneswar: Around 40 bodies recovered from the Coromandel Express involved in the triple train crash had no visible injury marks and are believed to have died of electrocution, the GRP said. An FIR registered at the Government Railway Police station at Balasore indicated that live...

Cuttack: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Tuesday injured passengers of the ill-fated Coromandel Express who are currently admitted in different hospitals in Cuttack. Mamata Banerjee visited the eye and surgery departments of SCB Medical College and Hospital and interacted with the patients. She...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Tuesday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of June 7: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50kmph are very likely to...

Bhubaneswar: With over 100 unidentified bodies from Balasore triple train crash pilling up in different hospitals here, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar has started DNA sampling of the claimants, an official said Tuesday. As many as 10 samples have so far been collected from the claimants, a senior...

Bhubaneswar/ Balasore: A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reached the triple-train accident site near railway Bahanaga station in Odisha's Balasore district and started investigation. The Railway Board Sunday recommended a CBI probe into the tragic accident, in which the death toll has...

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in Odisha Tuesday to meet those injured in the triple train crash undergoing treatment there. Banerjee to be accompanied by state ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Shashi Panja, are also...

Bhubaneswar: Railways put the official death toll in the Odisha triple train crash at 278, stating that three more people have succumbed to their injuries. The state government's revised toll, however, remained unchanged at 275. Khurda Road Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rinkesh Ray said Monday...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will bear the transportation cost of bodies of the triple train accident victims to different states, Chief Secretary PK Jena said Monday. He said 170 bodies out of 275 have so far been identified in Balasore and Bhubaneswar. Jena said, “Arrangements...

London: Britain’s King Charles III sent a condolence message Monday to President Droupadi Murmu, expressing his profound shock and sadness over the deadly train accident in Balasore in which 275 persons were killed and more than a 1,200 injured. King Charles also recalled his fond...