Top stories on 23rd August in a capsule
Prabhu offers resignation post 2 derailments, PM asks him to wait Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu offered to resign from his post following two consecutive derailments in four days, the minister himself revealed in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has however “asked him to wait”, Prabhu further added. On Wednesday, nine coaches of the Kaifiyat Express crashed into a dumper near Auriaya in Uttar Pradesh injuring over 70 persons. On 19th August, the derailment of the Kalinga Utkal Express had killed 22 people and injured over 150 others. Railway Board Chairman AK Mittal who also submitted his resignation post the Auriaya accident was replaced by Ashwani Lohani, the CMD of Air India. Prabhu’s resignation: Congress wants PM Modi to share the blame Following the two derailment tragedies of Utkal Express and Kaifiyat Express, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu offered his resignation to the Prime Minister, on Wednesday. Following the announcement, Opposition...