Mumbai's Elphinstone bridge widening didn’t need any clearanceAfter the accident, Prabhu issued a statement claiming that he during his tenure had sanctioned a wider foot-overbridge (FOB) at Elphinston...
01 Oct, 2017, 08.27 AM IST
Piyush Goyal empowers Railways’ general managers on safety, stampede toll rises to 23The announcement came after marathon meetings held by the minister with senior railway board officials since yesterday.
30 Sep, 2017, 10.52 PM IST
In the wake of Mumbai stampede, Railways announces measures to improve passenger safetyRailways has also decided to delegate financial and administration powers to field units by October 2017 to reduce red tape and push develo...
30 Sep, 2017, 06.16 PM IST
Death toll in Elphinstone stampede in Mumbai rises to 23The dean of the hospital, Avinash Supe, said the deceased was identified as Satyendrakumar Kanojia who was in his late forties.
30 Sep, 2017, 04.07 PM IST
Stampedes will happen till migrants continue to pour in: Raj ThackerayYesterday, a stampede on a narrow foot overbridge at the Elphinstone railway station during the rush hour had led to deaths of at least 22 ...
30 Sep, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
Mumbai netizens question bullet train, slam station renaming spreeInflamed hashtags such as #priorities and #22slainbystate lampooned the state for renaming Elphinstone station as 'Prabhadevi' and going fo...
30 Sep, 2017, 11.32 AM IST
22 crushed to death in Mumbai station stampede; Rail minister orders probeA desperate attempt to avoid a sudden burst of heavy rains forced people to crowd together in a narrow, decades-old bridge leading to the d...
30 Sep, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Government priorities skewed, say ally & Opposition after Mumbai stampedeHundreds of Shiv Sena activists shouted slogans against Goyal and Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde near the KEM Hospital when the...
30 Sep, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
Papa you go ahead, I will come: last words of one stampede victimSuddenly it started raining, and the crowd on the bridge swelled. Father was propelled forward by pressing bodies, while his daughter was s...
29 Sep, 2017, 10.03 PM IST
Mumbai stampede: Mills gave way to skyscrapers, but infra laggedFor Anita and Babita Kamble, sisters who live in the railway quarters near the overbridge, a spurt in noise outside this morning seemed rou...
29 Sep, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
Government to conduct safety, capacity audit of suburban FOBs: Piyush Goyal"A complete safety and capacity audit of all the FOBs across the suburban train network will be conducted," he said.
29 Sep, 2017, 07.28 PM IST
Mumbai stampede: Fadnavis promises strict action, announces 5 lakh ex-gratiaFadnavis, who is on a two-day investor-interaction visit to Singapore, expressed condolences and said, "My heart goes out to the families w...
29 Sep, 2017, 04.31 PM IST
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi condole Mumbai stampede deathsNaidu tweeted, "My deepest condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their dear ones and wish a speedy recovery to the injured."
29 Sep, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
Anguished by the loss of lives in Mumbai stampede: President Ram Nath KovindAt least 22 people were killed and several injured in a rush hour stampede on a foot over-bridge linking Elphinstone Road and Parel suburba...
29 Sep, 2017, 02.34 PM IST