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Odisha train accident: 48 trains cancelled, 39 diverted; Railway Ministry helpline numbers here

The accident involving the Coromandel Express and the Yeswanthpur-Howrah Duronto on Friday night has resulted in over 260 fatalities and 900 injuries.

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Following the rail tragedy at Balasore in Odisha, the Railways announced the cancellation of 48 trains since Friday night along with the diversion of 39 trains from the accident site while 10 other trains have been short-terminated. The accident involving the Coromandel Express and the Yeswanthpur-Howrah Duronto on Friday night has resulted in over 260 fatalities and 900 injuries with some coaches yet to be prised open to retrieve the bodies.

The Puri Duronto Express (22201), Siddhabali Jan Shatabdi Express (12038), Howrah-Tirupati Humsafar Express (20889), MGR Chennai Central Mail (12839), the Bengaluru-Guwahati Superfast Express (12509), the Thiruvananthapuram-Kolkata Superfast Express (22641), Mahima Gosain Express (20831), Bhanjpur Special Fare Special (08012) and Bagha Jatin Express (18044) are a few of the cancelled trains. Among the trains that have been rerouted are the Howrah-Mysuru Express (22817) and the Kanniyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express (22503).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the accident site and recovering passengers in nearby hospitals along with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Balasore. PM Modi said those involved will be punished. He added the government will support people who lost family members in the disaster.

According to officials, the prime minister has asked Cabinet Secretary and the Health Minister to make sure the injured and their families receive all the assistance they require. Meanwhile, the railway minister has issued ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the surviving family members of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh to the seriously injured, and Rs 50,000 to the minorly injured.

For the convenience of stranded passengers, the railways have provided helpline numbers for 10 locations: Howrah 033-26382217, Kharagpur 8972073925 & 9332392339, Balasore 8249591559 & 7978418322, Shalimar 9903370746, Santragachi Jn 8109289460 & 8340649469, Bhadrak 7894099579 & 9337116373,  Jaipur Keonjhar Road 9676974398, Cuttack 8455889917, Bhubaneswar 06742534027, Khurda Road 6370108046 & 06742492245.

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IT dept raids Meghana Foods eateries in Bengaluru

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The famous biryani restaurant Meghana Foods’ locations in Bengaluru, Karnataka, were searched by the Income Tax (IT) department on Tuesday morning. The reason the restaurant is being sued is currently unknown.

According to reports, I-T officials remained silent about the matter. Additionally, the restaurant’s owners were not immediately accessible for comment.

The restaurant, which specialises in Andhra-style food and is famous for its mouthwatering biryani, opened in 2006 in Bengaluru’s Koramangala area. Owned by a corporate company based in Hyderabad, it currently has nine branches throughout the tech hub, including locations in upscale areas like Indira Nagar and Koramangala.

The restaurant posted a statement on its website that read, Meghana is proud to be a favorite among all kinds of masses which range from corporate people and college going students in the afternoons to families and singletons at dinner time.

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Azam Khan sentenced to 7 years jail in case of trespass, vandalism of a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur

3 other retired deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Aaley Hasan, contractor Barkat Ali and Azhar Ali were found gulty along with Azam Khan by the MP-MLA court in Rampur on Friday. The court handed them 5 year sentences. Another three accused Omendra Chauhan, Farman and Zibran have been aquitted by the court.

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Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Azam Khan was on Monday sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in connection with a case of trespass and vandalism of a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur in 2016. This is the 5th case in which Khan, who is already serving a jail sentence has been convicted over the past 1 year.

3 other retired deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Aaley Hasan, contractor Barkat Ali and Azhar Ali were found gulty along with Azam Khan by the MP-MLA court in Rampur on Friday. The court handed them 5 year sentences. Another three accused Omendra Chauhan, Farman and Zibran have been aquitted by the court.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place in 2016, but the case was filed 3 years later. In his complaint filed in 2019, Ahtesham Khan told police that he had bought a parcel of land in Rampur district’s Dongarpur in 2011-12 in order to set up a school.

In a portion of the land, he had built a house where he started living with his family. On the evening of February 3, 2016, Azhar Khan, Aaley Hasan and Barkat Ali along with 20-25 policemen, forcibly entered his house, dragged his family out, vandalized household items, and ran a bulldozer over the property.

Ahtesham alleged the accused also took away Rs 25000 in cash and a cellphone from the house. He added the accused told him that this was being done to his family for not voting for Azam Khan. He then went to Azam Khan to complain about the incident, at which time the politician along with other abused and threatened him with imprisonment.

Azam Khan and 3 other have been found guilty under Indian Penal Code sections 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 427(mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

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Election Commission removes West Bengal DGP, home secretaries of Gujarat, Bihar, UP and 3 other states

Days after announcing the Lok Sabha 2024 schedule, the Election Commission ordered to remove home secretaries in six states, namely Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

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Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Election Commission issued orders for the removal of six Home Secretaries and the top bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.

The top police official in a state where there have been multiple incidents of violence during elections in recent years, West Bengal’s Director-General of Police, was also transferred by the poll panel. The poll panel also mandated that by 5 p.m., a shortlist of three possible candidates for the position be prepared and submitted.

The transfer of the home secretaries of Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, as well as top officials affiliated with the offices of the chief ministers of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh, is part of the reorganisation, which is a customary action by the Election Commission  ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

In addition, Iqbal Singh Chahal, the Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, as well as other officials from Maharashtra’s municipalities, have been dismissed.

The 2024 Lok Sabha election is less than a month away; the ECI announced on Saturday that voting will take place in seven phases starting on April 19 and ending on June 1.

Actually, since the ECI issued polling dates, this is the first bureaucratic reshuffle.

Following a meeting with his two associates, the recently appointed Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar took action. In the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, as well as the by-polls for 26 seats across 13 states, the poll panel is committed to providing fair and equal opportunities for all political parties. This action is part of that commitment.

According to sources, the dismissed officials were found to be holding multiple positions in the chief ministers’ offices of each state. This could compromise needed impartiality, especially with regard to law-and-order before, during, and after voting.

The Congress asserted that the state had unleashed thugs on the populace, while the Trinamool charged the opposition with inciting violence and chastised central authorities for their inability to safeguard voters.

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