28 die in burning train
Twenty-eight people were charred and 25 injured when a mystery fire engulfed their S11 compartment of the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore early on Monday. Many of the victims were Ch
Inferno on wheels
Won’t rule out sabotage: CM
Reacting to the fire aboard the Tamil Nadu Express, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said on Monday that he did not rule out sabotage. Speaking to the media at Nellor
Ill-fated S11 coach was a ‘defective’ piece of work
The charred S11 coach of Tamil Nadu Express was a disaster waiting to happen. Coach no. CN08201, manufactured in 2008, was given a sick marking or rather reported defective with electrical problems mo
Survivors recall the horror: There were screams, smoke
Eyewitnesses who escaped with their lives from the horrific train fire tragedy, can never forget those panic-stricken moments. They recall how the tubelights burst with a loud, explosive sound before
Survivors cry for kin
Though some passengers from Tamil Nadu had a miraculous escape from the burning train, they were still inconsolable or worried about ‘missing’ family/friends.
Ms N.S. Veena, 30, going to her native c
Emergency window goes unused
A majority of the train passengers who travelled in Tamil Nadu Express were unaware of the emergency window option available in coaches S9 and S10 while coach S11 was burning. The passengers screamed,
Railway minister doesn’t rule out blast in TN Express fire
Railway Minister Mukul Roy did not rule out the possibility of a blast behind the devastating fire in Tamil Nadu Express that left 32 passengers dead on Monday.
Railways ready to provide jobs to kin of deceased: Mukul Roy
Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Tuesday said Railways was ready to provide employment to the next of the kin of those killed in the rail mishap at Penakonda in Andhra Pradesh.
"It is a very sad inciden
3 trains cancelled, 5 running late due to train mishap in AP
Three trains have been cancelled and five others were running late as a result of the collision between Hampi express and a goods train in Andhra Pradesh's Anantpur district.
Bangalore–Mysore expres
24 died as Hampi Express rams into goods train in AP
24 people were killed, at least 16 of them charred to death, and over 40 others injured when the driver
of the Bangaluru-bound Hampi Express apparently overshot the signal and rammed into the rear of a stationary goods train in Anantapur district in the wee hours today.