50 feared dead, 300 injured in the train accident involving Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel express in Odisha
In a new update, about 50 people are feared injured and 300 injured in the train accident that involved coaches…
In a new update, about 50 people are feared injured and 300 injured in the train accident that involved coaches…
The driver of the train had told the police in a statement that he had not stopped his train because of stone pelting from the crowd at the accident spot.
By all counts, it was an unsafe venue, but the organisers, led by a Congress councilor’s husband, still succeeded in getting a no-objection certificate from the police and didn’t deem it necessary to get a permission from the municipal corporation and the pollution department, which otherwise form a mandatory condition for organising such functions.
The Punjab Police has deployed its personnel, including commandoes, to manage the crowd. The Rapid Action Force is also present in the Joda Patak area.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met the families of the victims of the Amritsar train mishap on…
The CM also ordered an immediate release of Rs 3 crore to DC Amritsar for ex gratia payment to the families of the deceased.
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured after a crowd of Dussehra revellers while watching burning of Ravana effigy, was run over by a train near Amritsar.
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train.
Railway authorities in Punjab and New Delhi defended themselves saying that they had not been informed about the Dusshera event at the spot.
Relief and rehabilitation efforts have been mounted by the state government on a war footing, with all necessary administrative and police personnel on the job, said the CM.
