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Amritsar train mishap: Municipal Corporation to provide jobs to deceased's
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Amritsar Mayor Kamaljeet Singh on Thursday said that on instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the corporation has decided to give jobs to family members of those who were killed in the Amritsar train accident.
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Sidhu writes to Piyush Goyal seeking high fencing along rail tracks
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Punjab Minister of Local Government Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday wrote a letter to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal stressing the urgent need for high fencing along the railway tracks, especially in densely populated areas to prevent accidents.
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Amritsar train mishap: Event organiser denies responsibility
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Saurabh Madan Mithu, the organiser of the Dussehra event in Amritsar's Choura Bazar area, on Wednesday denied responsibility of the accident in which 59 people lost their lives after being crushed by a speeding train.
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'Punjab govt covering up Amritsar Train Tragedy'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress-led Punjab government and said that they are on mission to cover-up the Amritsar train accident.
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NHRC takes cognizance in Amritsar accident; issue notices to state, railwa
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Monday took suo motu cognizance of media reports of dozens of people mowed down by a train in Amritsar on Dussehra and issued notices to the Government of Punjab, Chairman of the Railway Board seeking a detailed report
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Amritsar train tragedy: Sidhu points loopholes, holds Railways and Centre
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Punjab's Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday pointed out loopholes into the October 19 train accident while accusing the Indian Railways and the central government responsible for the tragedy.
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SIT formed to investigate Amritsar train tragedy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Amritsar Commissioner of Police SS Srivastava on Monday confirmed that Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate the train accident which took place here on October 19. As many as 59 people were dead and 57 injured in the tr
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Event organiser cries foul, says train mishap an 'act of god'
Updated : 7 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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