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Amritsar train mishap: Security personnel injured in face-off with protest
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): One security personnel was injured after locals pelted stones on police when being asked to clear railway tracks where they were protesting against Amritsar train accident that claimed 59 lives.
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Amritsar train tragedy: Swamy blames Amarinder Singh for the deadly mishap
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): After dozens of people were mowed down by a speeding train in Amritsar on Friday, Bharatiya Janata Party leader (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy blamed Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government for not doing enough to safeguard the area near the railway tra
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Amritsar accident: Ramlila committee holds candle march in Chandigarh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Artists of the Shree Ramleela Committee on Saturday held a candle march in Chandigarh as a tribute to the victims of the Amritsar train tragedy that took place during Dussehra celebrations on Friday.
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Independent agency should conduct inquiry into Amritsar mishap: Sukhbir Ba
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said that an independent agency should conduct an inquiry into Amristar train tragedy that claimed lives of 59 people.
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Prepare guidelines for permission to hold religious, social gatherings: Pu
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): A day after 59 people died in a train accident here, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has directed Home Secretary NS Kalsi to prepare detailed guidelines for permission to hold religious and social congregations.
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Amritsar train mishap mass massacre: Sukhbir Singh Badal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Calling for a stringent action against the guilty, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday termed the Amritsar train mishap as a "mass massacre".
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People were told repeatedly to occupy vacant seats in the ground: Navjot K
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Punjab Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the Dusshera celebrations organised at the Dhobi Ghat ground in Amritsar, where the tragic train mishap took place killing 59 people, on Saturday said that announcements were made several ti
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Railways should not be held responsible for Amritsar mishap: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Expressing grief over the Amritsar train accident in which 59 people were killed, Bihar Chief Minister and former railway minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the railways cannot be held responsible for the mishap.
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Amritsar train mishap: Magisterial inquiry ordered
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced that a magisterial inquiry under Divisional Commissioner of Jalandhar will be conducted to ascertain the cause of the train accident in which 59 people died on Friday evening. The
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Amritsar Train Tragedy: Family of 13-year-old victim holds protest
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India] October 20 (ANI): Distraught family of a 13-year-old, who died in the Amritsar train accident, staged a protest at the Amritsar-Jalandhar highway on Saturday.
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Vladimir Putin, Imran Khan express grief over Amritsar train mishap
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan offered condolences over the train accident in Amritsar, which claimed nearly 60 lives.
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Amritsar train tragedy was avoidable, railway not at fault: Manoj Sinha
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Manoj Sinha on Saturday asserted that Amritsar train accident was completely avoidable and the Railways was not at fault.
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