New Delhi: The railways has initiated a high-level probe into the train crash in Odisha, which will be headed by the commissioner of railway safety, South Eastern Circle, officials said on Saturday.

New Delhi: In a tweet from May 22, 2012, which resurfaced on Saturday, journalist Sudhir Chaudhary was seen expressing his sadness over train accident in Karnataka then and the apparent lack of government response.

Chhatarpur (MP): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in view of the Odisha train accident and cited the example of former Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Amritsar: A 20-year-old youth was held on Saturday for making a hoax call saying four bombs were planted around the Golden Temple here.

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot threw a microphone on the floor, apparently enraged after the public address system malfunctioned during a public event in Barmer. A purported video of the incident surfaced on social media.

New Delhi: In a speech delivered at India Today's Conclave South 2023, senior Congress leader and General Secretary in-charge, KC Venugopal, shed light on the new direction of the Congress party following the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Venugopal emphasized that the party's leadership today operates in a consultative manner, with inputs provided by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, while the final decision-making authority rests with Mallikarjun Kharge.

Kolkata: The death toll in Friday's triple train accident at Bahanaga Bazar in Odisha's Balasor rose to 288 even as work to remove mangled coaches and repair tracks at the site started in full swing, a railway official said.

New Delhi, Jun 3: The Delhi High Court on Saturday sought a report from the LNJP hospital on the health condition of AAP leader Manish Sisodia's ailing wife as it reserved its order on his interim bail plea for six weeks in a money laundering case arising from the alleged excise policy scam.