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CBI probe recommended into Odisha train accident, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

MHA assisting us, no officers absconding right now: Railway Board

Train accident: Gautam Adani takes responsibility to educate orphaned kids

Billionaire Gautam Adani on Sunday offered to provide free school education to children who lost parents in the country's deadliest train crash in decades, saying the train accident in Odisha was deeply disturbing. In a tweet, Adani, who heads a conglomerate that spans ports to energy, commodities, airports and data centres, said it is a joint responsibility of all to support the victims and their families and give a better tomorrow to the children. "We are all deeply disturbed by the train accident in Odisha. We have decided that the Adani Group will take care of the school education of the innocents who have lost their parents in this accident. It is the joint responsibility of all of us to support the victims and their families and give a better tomorrow to the children," he said in a tweet in Hindi. The deadliest rain accident in nearly three decades left nearly 300 dead and hundreds injured.

Odisha train crash: Driver error ruled out, possible sabotage being probed

The railways on Sunday virtually ruled out driver error and system malfunction, indicating a possible "sabotage" and tampering of the electronic interlocking system behind the triple train accident that claimed at least 288 lives in Odisha. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the "root cause" of the accident and the "criminals" responsible for it have been identified. "It happened due to a change made in the electronic interlocking and point machine," he told reporters at the site of the accident in Balasore district. Here in Delhi, top railway officials explained how the point machine and the interlocking system function. They said the system is "error proof" and "fail safe" but did not rule out the possibility of outside intervention. "It is called a fail safe system, so it means that even if it fails, all the signals will turn red and all train operations will stop. Now, as the minister said there was a problem with the signalling system. It could be that someone has done so

50 killed, over 350 injured in Odisha triple train crash; rescue ops on

Four coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed in Odisha's Balasore district on Friday evening after a head-on collision with a goods train, officials said. The accident happened around 7.20 pm near Bahanaga Bazar station when the train was on the way to Chennai Central station from the Shalimar station near Kolkata, they said. Accident relief trains have been dispatched to the spot, a South Eastern Railway official said. It was not immediately known how many people were injured in the accident. The state government directed the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action (ODRAF) Force to assist in rescue operations.

Coromandel preps for new businesses, plans to invest Rs 1,000 cr in 2 years

Agriculture solutions company will get into speciality and industrial chemicals

Uptrend intact in GNFC, Coromandel, Madras Fertilizers; may gain up to 16%

Fertilizer shares have been the outperformers so far in 2022, gaining up to 100%; While the bullish sentiment seems overrated, charts indicate continuation of the uptrend.

Kerala reports 8,126 fresh coronavirus infections, 20 fatalities

Infection count at 11,97,301

Letter to BS: Pay, job security of teachers should be a priority area

Left with no option, some teachers are now forced to take up agricultural works in villages

Sebi asks 8 entities to make open offer to Kanchan Int'l shareholders

The entities have been asked to make the open offer within 45 days from the date when the coronavirus-induced lockdown would be lifted

Covid-19: Sebi gives more time to mutual funds on unlisted debt

Sebi extended the timelines for reducing exposure to unlisted NCDs in phased manner to September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2020

Uddhav praises Gadkari for asking state govts to complete road projects

There have been numerous gazette notifications from Gadkari's ministry on land acquisition and other related issues to expedite work on national highways, bridges and flyovers

MGNREGA stares at a tough challenge ahead as labourers return to villages

Significantly expanding the budget for the rural employment guarantee scheme is vital, but so is exploring other forms of job creation

New York sees glimmer of progress against coronavirus, New Orleans worsens

The rate of hospitalizations in New York has slowed in recent days, Cuomo said, with numbers he called "almost too good to be true." But he said much more work needed to be done

Market share gain makes Coromandel a preferred pick among fertiliser stocks

Overall acreage for the ongoing rabi season is up nearly 7 per cent over last year's levels, with sowing for key crops of wheat, rice, and pulses being higher than the year-ago period

Coromandel gets pollution control board's nod for Sarigam plant in Gujarat

The Sarigam facility was closed due to a fire incident at a product godown in the unit in January this year