More than 200 people died and over 900 were injured in a three-train collision in Balasore, Odisha on Friday evening, setting off a massive rescue and evacuation process. The train crash happened near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe. According to a Railway ministry spokesperson, the Yeshwantpur-Howrah Superfast struck the derailed bogies of a few coaches of the Coromandel Express that had collided and fallen onto the opposing track. The crash-hit bogies of Yeshwantpur-Howrah Superfast were brought back to Howrah station. According to multiple reports, there were several people trapped underneath the derailed carriages, and the community was helping rescuers. According to officials, the injured were being rescued by 60 ambulances and four units of the ODRAF (Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force). According to a railway official, a 32-member NDRF team began their journey from Cuttack, while a 22-member team arrived at the accident scene from Balasore. Following the accident, at least 13 trains were changed, cancelled, or terminated. The injured were treated at Howrah station on Saturday
Suvendu Das
Bollywood producer-director duo Amit Agarwal and Madhur Bhandarkar were spotted at Dakshineswar Temple on Saturday. Bhandarkar was in Kolkata to attend a wedding on Friday. Bhandarkar also enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast at Neu Nasta with malai toast, club kachori, jalebi, khandvi and kesar chai
My Kolkata
To commemorate World Bicycle Day and World Environment Day, The Heritage Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I) is back with its Heritage Cycling Tour “Pedal Through Heritage” with the support of the Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal and New Town Kolkata Development Authority. The Heritage tour started with a flag-off ceremony from New Town Business Club via Chacker Bheri on Saturday. The tour was flagged off by Debashis Sen, chairman, New Town Kolkata Development Authority, Kaliyamurthi Balamurugan, IFS, chief environment officer, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal along with GM Kapur, state convenor, INTACH, chairperson of the Heritage Committee, BCC&I
My Kolkata
