Balasor/ Bhubaneswar: At least 288 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the worst rail accident in India in nearly three decades on Saturday when three trains collided in Odisha's Balasore district. Officials submitted a preliminary inquiry report into the incident.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and authorities from disaster management briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the tragedy scene. At the hospital, he also connected with some of the wounded.