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Event organiser cries foul, says train mishap an 'act of god'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (India): Sourabh Madan Mithu, who organised the Dussehra event that ended with the death of 59 spectators on a railway track in Amritsar, on Monday cried foul and said that he had taken all preventive measures and permissions before organising the event.
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Amritsar train mishap: Petition seeking CBI probe filed in Punjab and Hary
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): A petition has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by a Gurugram-based lawyer seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry or formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the Amritsar train accident.
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Shiv Sena compares Amritsar train mishap with Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Shiv Sena, on Monday, compared the last week's Amritsar train mishap with Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919.
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Change names of places associated with Mughals: Giriraj Singh
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh on Monday called for change of all names that are associated with Mughals. He appreciated Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's initiative in this direction.
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SAD demands resignation of Sidhu, murder case against wife
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) core committee on Sunday demanded the immediate sacking of Punjab Local Bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and the registration of a murder case against Navjot Kaur Sidhu as well as the organizers of the Dussehra festival
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Maharashtra CM's wife crosses safety range to click selfie on board Angria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife, Amruta Fadnavis on Saturday trespassed to a barricaded edge of India's first domestic cruise Angira to click a selfie.
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Amritsar train mishap: Police permission granted for Dussehra event
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Amritsar Police Commissioner SS Shrivastava on Sunday confirmed that the police permission was granted for organising Dussehra event at Dhobi Ghat ground, where the unfortunate train accident took place that killed as many as 59 people in Amritsar.
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Train services resume at Amritsar mishap site
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab), Oct 21 (ANI): Train services at Joda Phatak area of Amritsar have resumed, nearly 40 hours after they were suspended when Dussehra revellers were crushed to death by a speeding train near Amritsar.
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Amritsar mishap: Punjab CM seeks victims' socio-economic profile for exten
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh, [India], Oct 21 (ANI): To ensure speedy, need-based solution for the rehabilitation of those affected by the recent Amritsar train mishap, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the city's top brass to make a detailed socio-economic profile of the vic
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Amritsar train mishap: Security personnel injured in face-off with protest
Updated : 7 years, 4 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, 4 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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BJP dismisses 'misleading' news item attributed to Goa Power Minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday dismissed the "misleading" news item attributed to state Power Minister Nilesh Cabral, stating 'Goa Forward Party (GFP) leader Vijay Sardesai's views on new Chief Minister is out of personal interest' whil
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