Amritsar Train Tragedy

Navjot Singh Sidhu writes letter to Piyush Goyal seeking high fencing, CCTVs along railway tracks

Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday wrote a letter to Railways minister Piyush Goyal.

Amritsar train tragedy highlights public's self-destructive impulses and contempt for authority figures

There is a cussed Indian gene that makes us act boorishly.

Amritsar train tragedy: Punjab minister defends Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife, blames railway gateman for incident

Navjot Singh Sidhu had targeted the Indian Railways over the tragic incident in Amritsar, raising several questions about the national transporter's functioning.

Debate rages over engine driver's role in Amritsar train accident: A look at the life of driver on railway tracks

The Indian Railways are a hot topic of discussion ever since the train accident that killed 60 people on Friday in Amritsar. Perhaps no engine driver has ever been so ardently discussed as the one who was driving that train.

Amritsar train tragedy: Punjab govt disburses total of Rs 1.05 crore compensation for families of 21 victims

Amritsar train tragedy: Congress criticises Railways for shirking responsibility; Navjot Singh Sidhu vows to adopt affected families

The Congress listed out several lapses which it said led to the Amritsar train tragedy on Dussehra, including a non-functional train headlight and inattentive Government Railway Police officials.

Amritsar train mishap: Fake news on 'Muslim' driver circulated on social media; news agency shares misleading 'eyewitness' account

One of the false claims doing the rounds on social media on the Amritsar train tragedy is to do with — no surprises here — the religion of the driver of the train.

Amritsar train tragedy: Event organiser says taken all permissions, alerted crowd not to stand on tracks

Saurabh Madan Mithoo, the organiser of the Dussehra celebration in Amritsar where at least 59 people were run over by a passing train, said he is extremely pained by the incident.

Amritsar train tragedy: Gurugram-based lawyer files petition in Punjab and Haryana HC seeking CBI inquiry

The accident took place in Choura Bazar near Jhoda Phatak area of Amritsar on 19 October after a train ran over the crowd, standing along railway tracks, to watch an effigy of Ravan being burnt.

MoS Giriraj Singh demands name-change for places associated with Mughals, accuses objectors of having 'slave mindset'

Giriraj Singh appreciated Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's initiative in this direction.