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Bentley says Bentayga Speed is the fastest SUV in world, beats Lamborghini Urus
Overdrive •The Bentley Continental Speed will make its public debut at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
Jio continues to lead in 4G download speeds while Idea leads in upload speeds
•The average speed is computed by TRAI based on data it collects with help of its MySpeed application.
Amritsar train tragedy: People on tracks were negligent, finds probe report; gives clean chit to Indian Railways
•"Negligence" of people led to last month's Amritsar tragedy in which 60 people were mowed down by a train as they watched Dussehra celebrations while standing on a railway track, the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety said in his provisional report on Thursday, virtually giving the railways a clean chit in the case.
Amritsar train tragedy highlights public's self-destructive impulses and contempt for authority figures
Bikram Vohra •There is a cussed Indian gene that makes us act boorishly.
Amritsar train accident: Eyewitnesses, locals rubbish train driver's claims of being pelted with stones
•In a statement given to police as well as the railway authorities, the driver of the train, which mowed down 59 people watching a Ravan effigy being burnt on 19 October, said he had not stopped his train because of stone pelting from the crowd at the accident spot. "I was at the spot. Leave alone stopping, the train did not even slow down. It seemed as if the driver wanted to mow us down. The train passed us in a matter of seconds.
After Amritsar train tragedy, kin of injured and killed frantically search for loved ones at hospitals
•At least 59 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching the burning of the Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Joda Phatak in Amritsar.
Amritsar train tragedy: Worst accident caused by 'trespassing' in history of Indian Railways, say officials
•The accident in Amritsar Friday night in which at least 59 people were mowed down by a train during Dussehra celebrations was the worst due to trespassing on the tracks, railway officials said.
Amritsar train tragedy: Most dead are migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, say officials
•The accident has claimed 59 lives so far out of which 39 bodies have been identified by the authorities.
Amritsar train tragedy: How poor crowd management, official apathy and overcrowding led to Dussehra disaster
Pragya Singh •The Ram Lila was staged this week—like it has been for at least 14 years—not on an open ground but within the four-walled compound of a rustic dhobhi ghat.
Amritsar train accident: Let's not railroad engine driver; public, politicians and police deserve fair share of blame
Bikram Vohra •The fear is that bureaucratic indifference, political sycophancy and arrogance, poor planning at the venue, a lack of basic safety norms will all be ignored