Odisha train accident LIVE Updates: Envoys of several countries offer condolences, express solidarity

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Saturday called for an independent investigation led by a retired judge into the Balasore train accident, in which the death toll, as per Indian Railways, has reached to 288 and 747 people have been injured: ANI

A passenger, who was on board the Coromandel Express that was involved in a horrific accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday recalls the moment and said that such a situation brings out the scariest part of you: ANI

The Andhra Pradesh government has dispatched 20 ambulances and 21 funeral vehicles to the train accident site at Bahanaga Bazaar in Odisha, said Health Minister Vidadala Rajini on Saturday: PTI

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit AIIMS Bhubaneswar and Medical College in Cuttack on Sunday to take stock of medical assistance being provided to the injured victims of the Odisha tragic train accident, according to the sources: ANI