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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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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 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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Train driver not at fault: Northern Railway CPRO on Amritsar mishap
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Northern Railway 's Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Deepak Kumar on Saturday ascertained that preliminary questioning with the driver has been conducted and prima-facie he is not being seen at fault.
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Artist playing Ravan among victims of Amritsar train tragedy
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Dalbir Singh, the artist who played the role of Ravan at the tragedy-stricken Ramleela also passed away after a train plowed into a crowd that had spilled over to a railway track to watch Dussehra fireworks here.
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Amritsar: Nearly 100 affected, claims Civil Hospital Emergency Medical Off
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (India): Nearly 100 people have been affected by the tragedy, where a crowd of Dussehra revellers spilled onto the railway track was run over by a train here, claimed Emergency Medical Officer at Civil Hospital.
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Wrong to hold Railways responsible for Amritsar tragedy: Ashwani Lohani
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Hours after the Amritsar train accident, Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani on Saturday said it would be wrong to say that the Railways is responsible for the tragic incident, adding that people need to be more alert.
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Amritsar Tragedy: Here are helpline numbers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Indian Railways have issued helpline numbers after the Amritsar Dussehra tragedy.
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Train accident: Dussehra celebrations organised without permission, claim
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Eyewitnesses at the train accident site, where more than 50 people are feared dead, claimed that the Dussehra celebrations were organised without permission.
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Railway Minister condoles loss of lives in Amritsar train accident
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Expressing grief over the Amritsar train tragedy, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that Railways is conducting immediate relief and rescue operations.
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Railways to provide saloon coaches for commercial purposes
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has instructed the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to make Railway Reserved Accommodation (saloon coach) available for commercial purposes.
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Stubble burning: Farmers block Amritsar-JK rail traffic
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 18 (ANI) Protesting against the prohibition on stubble burning, hundreds of farmers blocked the Amritsar-Jammu and Kashmir rail route by sitting on 'Dharna' on the tracks in Batala, 40 kms from Amritsar, on Thursday.
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