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At least 300 people were watching the 'Ravana Dahan' at a ground adjacent to railway tracks when the train struck and ran over people killing at least 61. (Photo: PTI)

Amritsar train tragedy: Many locals, including 10-month-old baby, still missing

On Sunday, protestors demanded that the missing persons be traced and also adequate compensation be given to families of the victims.

21 Oct 2018 4:05 PM

A Punjab police commando and a photojournalist were injured as the protestors, who were staging a sit-in at the site, started pelting stones and indulged in brick-batting. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

Protestors removed from Amritsar rail tracks, train services resumed

Earlier, agitated protestors resorted to stone-pelting and clashed with security personnel.

21 Oct 2018 1:16 PM

The protesters raised slogans against the district administration and vent their ire against the railways for not slowing down the train. (Photo: PTI)

Amritsar train tragedy: Trace those missing, give adequate aid, demand protesters

A group of youths raised slogans against the district administration claiming that some people were still missing.

21 Oct 2018 11:36 AM

Navjot Kaur Sidhu said Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had ordered a magisterial probe and after four weeks, it would be known who was at fault. (Photo: PTI)

‘Let 500 trains pass by, people won’t move’: Host bragged before Amritsar tragedy

An organiser boasted before Navjot Kaur Sidhu that over 5,000 people were standing on train tracks to witness function.

21 Oct 2018 11:27 AM

The accident happened when a crowd of Dussehra revellers spilled onto the railway tracks near Joda Phatak and could not see the train approaching them. (Photo: PTI)

Amid blame game over Amritsar train tragedy, event organisers go missing

Municipal corporation councillor Vijay Madan, her son Sourabh Madan Mithu, main organisers of Dussehra event, have gone underground.

21 Oct 2018 8:46 AM

Relatives of victims of a train accident in Amritsar mourn in Gopalganj, Bihar. (Photo: PTI)

Amritsar tragedy: Festive euphoria, firecrackers made people oblivious to train

Most people who were mowed down by the speeding train were migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

21 Oct 2018 6:35 AM

Mass funeral of victims of rail accident in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Railways: No nod sought for event, tragedy not our fault

Toll rises to 59, railways rules out punitive action against driver.

21 Oct 2018 4:13 AM

Medical teams were rushed to the site of the accident in which at least 61 people, including women and children, died. (Photo: PTI)

No penal action against driver in Amritsar train accident: MoS Manoj Sinha

Railway officials said that the accident was a 'clear case of trespassing' and no permission was granted for the event.

20 Oct 2018 5:47 PM

Mass funeral of victims of rail accident at Shiv Puri, Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Migrant workers from UP, Bihar among most dead in Amritsar train tragedy

The accident has claimed 61 lives so far out of which 39 bodies have been identified by the authorities.

20 Oct 2018 4:04 PM

59 people were killed and 57 injured in the accident, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said, adding except nine, most of the bodies have been identified. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Punjab CM visits injured, orders magisterial probe in Amritsar train tragedy

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said four weeks have been given to submit the report to find out who was at fault.

20 Oct 2018 3:05 PM

'When I talked to my wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu on Friday, she was in a hospital,' Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said. (Photo: ANI)

'Don't do politics on Amritsar Train Tragedy issue,' says Navjot Singh Sidhu

'Nobody has done it deliberately. However, there is a big negligence,' Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Amritsar train accident.

20 Oct 2018 2:37 PM

Dalbir Singh is survived by an 8-month-old daughter and a wife. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Amritsar man, who played Ravana, crushed to death while saving others

Singh had completed his act on-stage and was at the event to collect a shield of appreciation when the tragedy hit him.

20 Oct 2018 2:07 PM

At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said. (Photo: PTI)

Dussehra celebrations have been taking place at accident site for over 20 yrs: locals

Before train going to Amritsar that mowed down revellers, two trains passed through tracks, but they slowed down their speed, local claimed.

20 Oct 2018 10:30 AM

Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani further briefed that the two manned level-crossing on the track, where the accident took place, was closed. (Photo: PTI)

Don't blame Railways for Amritsar tragedy, people need to be alert: Ashwani Lohani

Ashwani Lohani asserted that Railways was not informed about Dussehra celebrations taking place near the main line.

20 Oct 2018 9:41 AM

Police and volunteers carry a victim from the site of a train accident at Joda Phatak in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Dussehra revellers clicking selfies when train ran over crowd in Amritsar

At least 61 people died near Amritsar when train ran through crowd that had assembled across tracks to watch Dussehra event.

20 Oct 2018 9:03 AM

Relatives mourn near a victim at the site of a train accident at Joda Phatak in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Train mows down people during Dussehra celebrations in Amritsar

Sound of firecrackers prevented people from noticing train bearing down on them at breakneck speed.

20 Oct 2018 8:44 AM

An angry crowd shout slogans as they sit by bodies of victims of the train accident in Amritsar on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Amritsar tragedy: 58 dead as train runs over revellers

Some said people could not hear the sound of the approaching train due to bursting of fire-crackers.

20 Oct 2018 5:31 AM

The accident took place at Choura Bazar near Amritsar. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

52 dead after train runs over people watching Ravana burning near Amritsar

'A train travelling at fast speed ran over several people during Dussehra celebrations in Choura Bazar,' eyewitnesses said.

19 Oct 2018 8:20 PM

In her complaint, the victim alleged that AIG Uppal posted in Chandigarh had been calling her repeatedly for the last three months and forcing her to keep sexual relations with him. (Representational Image)

Senior Punjab police official charged for raping law student at gunpoint

The assistant inspector general of police (AIG), however, refuted the allegations, terming them as baseless.

29 Sep 2018 1:18 PM

IG said the woman was told that the Punjab Police had cracked down on the suspects allegedly involved in the trafficking of an 18-year-old woman from Tarn Taran district to Dubai by the same travel agents. (Photo: File | Representational)

Punjab woman aborts journey to Dubai after cops tell her about cheat agent

Addressing press conference, IG, Border Range, Amritsar said Simranjit Kaur was promised a job as domestic help there by her travel agents.

31 Jul 2018 12:47 PM

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