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Amritsar train accident updates: Captain Amarinder Singh orders magisterial probe, seeks report in 4 weeks

Amritsar train accident LIVE updates: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to the kin of those who were killed in the accident.

Amritsar tragedy: No permission granted for Dussehra event, says city municipal body, day after train mows down revellers

Day after a train accident killed 59 at a railway crossing in Amritsar, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation Saturday said no permission was granted to hold Dussehra celebrations at 'Dhobi ghat' ground near the site of the mishap

Amritsar train tragedy: 59 dead; Amarinder Singh announces Rs 5 lakh compensation for kin of deceased

A speeding train on its way from Pathankot to Amritsar smashed into a massive crowd on the railway tracks watching a burning Ravana effigy during Dussehra fireworks in Punjab's Amritsar on Friday at around 7 pm local time, killing at least 61 people and injuring 70 at last count.