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All Stories for Elphinstone Road Stampede
Indian Railways committed to ensure commuter safety; rail official says widening FoBs, other issues on priority list
• 7 years agoThe Railways on Monday said it has identified the projects that are to be executed on a fast track mode to prevent recurrence of Elphinstone Road railway station incident and ensure safety of commuters
MNS workers evict illegal hawkers outside Thane, Kalyan stations as 15-day deadline to authorities ends
Fp Staff • 7 years agoMNS activists on Thursday drove away more than two dozen illegal hawkers from a railway bridge in Thane.
Piyush Goyal stresses need to clearly define roles of GRP, RPF after Elphinstone Road stampede
• 7 years agoRailway minister Piyush Goyal has stressed the need to clearly define the roles of the GRP and RPF to avoid confusion in their operations.
Elphinstone Road stampede: Western Railway report blames rains and rumours, absolves authorities
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA Western Railway report has pinned the blame for the Elphinstone Road stampede on rumours and rains, ruling out the issue of poor infrastructure or negligence on part of the railways staf.
Elphinstone Road stampede: Crowd mistook flower vendor's 'phool gir gaya' cry as 'pul gir gaya', claims survivor
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA 19-year-old survivor of the Elphinstone stampede has claimed that a flower vendor's cry of 'phool gir gaya', which others mistook for 'pul gir gaya', might have led to the incident
Elphinstone Road stampede: To boost safety, Indian Railways needs to perk up its revenue first
Sindhub • 7 years agoIndian Railways needs to see deep systemic changes and reorganisation of its network to avoid such tragic accidents in future
Elphinstone Road stampede: Visuals show ornaments stolen from victim's body; Mumbai Police launches probe
• 7 years agoMumbai Police has launched a probe after visuals emerged showing some people allegedly stealing ornaments from a victim of the Elphinstone Road stampede
Uddhav Thackeray attacks BJP at annual Dussehra rally, says 'don't teach us patriotism'
• 7 years agoShiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray launched a scathing attack on the BJP on Saturday, asking its ally to refrain from "teaching us patriotism"
Elphinstone Road stampede: Raj Thackeray slams bullet train project, blames migrants for tragedy
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA day after 22 people were killed in a stampede on a foot-over-bridge at Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai, MNS chief Raj Thackeray hit out at the Centre over the tragedy.