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Artist playing Ravan among victims of Amritsar train tragedy
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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Guiding system snag caused New Farakka Express derailment: Report
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): A mechanical failure had led to the derailment of New Farakka Express last week, a preliminary investigation report suggested on Wednesday.
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Ghaziabad: 1 killed, 3 injured while crossing tracks
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): One person was killed and three others were injured when they were hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
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Koreas to begin joint railway modernisation, connection project
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 16 (ANI): In a bid to follow-up on decisions made during the Pyongyang summit, South and North Korea have decided to begin joint projects to modernise and connect railways and roads between the two nations by late November or early December this year.
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31 Bangladeshi nationals apprehended from Guwahati railway station
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Thirty-one Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended from Guwahati railway station here on Monday while they were planning to go back to Bangladesh.
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IRCTC rolls out chatbot 'AskDisha'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) on Saturday launched AskDisha - a chatbot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) for improving the customer services of railway passengers and IRCTC users.
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