On June 2, the Coromandel Express rammed into a stationary goods train and the Bengaluru-Howrah Express at Balasore in Odisha. Official figures put the death toll at 288. More than a thousand are injured. The Railway Minister has called it sabotage. A CBI enquiry has been ordered. Can a tragedy be moulded like this?
Far away from Odisha, the wrestlers' protest gains momentum in Delhi and the northwestern states of India. Olympic, Asian, and Commonwealth medallists Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, and Sangeeta Phogat continue to battle the gender, caste, and community politics entangled with the demand for justice; to arrest WFI chief Brih Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment.
Sabotage'd: RIP Human Wreckage
'Bhalobeshei toke chai sarakhhon, achis tui moner sathe'...(With love, I need you at all times, you are there in my mind at all time)A fragment of a poem in Bengali on a sheet of paper was found in one of the mangled coaches of the Coromandel Express. The poet is still missing.
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Outlook's latest issue on Odisha train accident and ongoing wrestlers' protest
Outlook's latest issue on Odisha train accident and ongoing wrestlers' protest
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