Amritsar : The Punjab and Railway Police on Saturday questioned the driver of a train that crushed at least 60 people to death here while they were watching the burning of a Ravana effigy from a railway track. Punjab Police officials said that the DMU (diesel multiple unit) driver had been detained at the Ludhiana […]
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58 dead as train runs over Dussehra revellers in Punjab
Amritsar : In a terrible disaster, 58 people watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track were crushed to death by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday, triggering anger in the area and nationwide outrage. Nearly 72 others were injured, many of them seriously. A large number of some 700 […]
Big mistake from railway authorities: Navjot Kaur Sidhu
Amritsar : After a train tragedy here on Friday, Former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu blamed the railway authorities for not issuing directions regarding movement of trains near the tracks, where about over 50 people were feared crushed by a speeding train while they were watching the ‘Ravan Dahan’. “We burnt the Ravan effigies at six […]
Harsimrat Badal blames Congress administration for Punjab train tragedy
Amritsar : Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday blamed the Congress administration for the tragic train disaster here in Punjab which claimed over 50 lives. The accident happened when a speeding train crushed Dusshera revellers who were watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track. “The entire onus is on the […]
Loco-pilot informed station master at next station about terrible accident
Amritsar : Minutes after the DMU Jalandhar-Amritsar passenger train on Friday crushed over 50 people watching the burning of a Ravan eggify from a railway track, the loco pilot of the train had immediately informed the station master at the next station about the incident, officials said. A senior railway official said that the loco […]
Live : Train runs over 50 Dussehra revellers in Punjab (Watch)
Amritsar : In a terrible disaster, at least 50 people watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track were crushed by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday, triggering anger in the area and nationwide outrage. A large number of some 700 people were watching the huge Ravan effigy in flames […]
Live : Atleast 30 dead as train mows down Duesshra revellers in Punjab
Amritsar : In a horrific incident, at least 30 people glued to watching a burning Ravan effigy while standing on railway tracks were crushed by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday. A large number of people were watching a huge Ravan effigy in flames while standing on the tracks at a railway crossing […]
Train kills 12 Dussehra revellers in Punjab
Amritsar : In a terrible disaster, at least 12 people watching the burning of Ravan effigy were mowed down by a train here in Punjab on Friday, police said. A large number of people were watching the Ravan effigy in flames while standing along the railway tracks when the train crushed them. They reportedly could […]
Punjab woman thrown off police jeep roof booked, villagers protest
Amritsar : Even as a case was registered against a woman who fell from a speeding Punjab Police vehicle’s roof after she was allegedly forced to sit there, villagers in Amritsar district protested on Thursday against the police “high-handedness”. The protesters from Shehzada and adjoining villages blocked a road near the village and demanded action […]
Punjab : Woman tied on roof top of Police jeep falls off, gets injured
Amritsar : A woman was admitted to a hospital in Amritsar with injuries on Wednesday after she fell off the roof of a speeding Punjab Police jeep. She was forcibly put there by the Punjab Police Crime Branch personnel, police sources said. The matter came to light after CCTV footage emerged showing the woman being […]