Pakistan: 14 killed and 79 injured after passenger train collides with freight train in Sadiqabad

Rahim Yar Khan district’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Jamil Ahmed Jamil said heavy machinery was used to remove passengers stuck in the train.

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· Jul 11, 2019 · 02:22 pm

Bangladesh: At least five killed and 67 injured after train derails in Moulvibazar district

A four-member investigation committee has been set up to conduct inquiries, said an official in the railway ministry.

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· Jun 24, 2019 · 01:45 pm

Five injured as multiple coaches of Delhi-bound train derail near Kanpur

Rescue operations are under way.

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· Apr 20, 2019 · 07:41 am

Bihar: 13 coaches of Tapti Ganga Express derail, at least four injured

However, some reports said that 50 people suffered minor injuries in the accident.

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· Mar 31, 2019 · 01:51 pm

Bihar: Six dead after 11 coaches of Seemanchal Express derail

The derailment appears to have been caused by a rail fracture, railway and police officials said.

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· Feb 03, 2019 · 07:41 am

Amritsar train tragedy: Magistrate inquiry clears Navjot Singh Sidhu and wife

The report has indicted the son of a Congress councillor who organised the Dussehra event during which the accident took place.

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· Dec 06, 2018 · 11:19 am

Amritsar: Railways agrees to conduct inquiries two weeks after refusing to investigate train tragedy

Initial evidence indicates that Railways was not responsible, said the chief commissioner of railway safety.

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· Nov 02, 2018 · 07:57 pm

Amritsar tragedy: Forensic team visits mishap site, victim files case against Navjot Kaur Sidhu

A case was also filed against Congress councillor Vijay Madaan’s son Saurabh Madan who had organised the Dussehra event near railway tracks.

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· Oct 25, 2018 · 02:51 pm

Amritsar train tragedy: Action will be taken based on investigation report, says chief minister

The organiser of the event has denied all responsibility for the accident in which 62 people were killed.

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· Oct 24, 2018 · 05:11 pm

Amritsar train tragedy: Case filed in Bihar court against Navjot Kaur Sidhu

The National Human Rights Commission called the incident ‘bizarre’ and issued notices to the Punjab chief secretary and the Railway Board chairman.

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· Oct 23, 2018 · 09:55 am

Taiwan: At least 18 dead, more than 100 injured after train is derailed

Defence forces are helping rescue personnel.

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· Oct 21, 2018 · 06:41 pm

Amritsar tragedy: 61 reasons Indians should remember danger implicit in trespassing on rail tracks

We have a national culture of indifference to matters of safety and to institutional rules of any sort related to safety.

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· Oct 21, 2018 · 08:36 am