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Criteria for redeveloping railway stations redrawnRailway minister Piyush Goyal said that 23 stations were being redeveloped in the first stage of the station redevelopment program by zonal...- Army to help build foot overbridge at Elphinstone stationFadnavis, who accompanied Defence minister Sitharaman and Railway Minister Goyal, said the Army will also help in building foot overbridges...
- High level panel to probe delay in tendering process of Elphinstone rail foot overbridgeFormer Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu had approved the proposal for a new bridge in April 2015. However, tender is yet to be awarded.
- Western Railway probe blames heavy rain for Mumbai stampedeAccording to the report, the stampede was caused by heavy rains which forced people outside at the ticket counters to rush to the already j...
- Elphinstone Stampede: High Court pulls up activists for closing eyes to problemOn September 29, a stampede on the stairwell of a narrow foot over bridge (FOB) at the station left 23 dead and over 30 injured.
- Confusion between 'phool' and 'pul' could have triggered Elphinstone stampedeTragedy may have been triggered by panic that set in after some commuters mistook the word “phool” (flower in both Hindi and Marathi) for “...
- Every aspect of rail services should be continuously improved: Ram Nath KovindKovind had earlier expressed his condolences soon after the rail station tragedy on September 29.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Mumbai rail situation ‘grim’, said panel in 2012The panel said an estimated 15,000 people die on tracks every year because of trespassing. "Of this, 6,000 deaths or 40 per cent of the cas...
- Axis Bank, IPG staffers among deceased in Elphinstone stampede“Axis Bank has lost a brilliant credit coordinator in Friday's mishap,“ tweeted Dharmesh Mehta, CEO, Axis Capital.
- 3000 people lose lives on Mumbai tracks every yearPassengers have long been petitioning then railway minister Suresh Prabhu and his predecessors for funds to develop the ageing infrastructu...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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."
- 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...
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