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Amritsar train mishap: Police permission granted for Dussehra event
Updated : 7 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 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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BJP dismisses 'misleading' news item attributed to Goa Power Minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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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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