Tamil Nadu Express fire: Forensic experts probing sabotage angle
Sanjay Pinto | Wednesday August 1, 2012
More than 48 hours after a fire that broke out in the Tamil Nadu Express at Nellore, killing 28 passengers, new leads have emerged that strengthen the possibility of sabotage.
Forensic team begins probe into fire in Tamil Nadu Express bogie
Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 31, 2012
A four-member team of Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory on Tuesday began its probe into the fire in a bogie of the Tamil Nadu Express that claimed 32 lives and injured several others near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh on Monday.
18 train fire victims remain unidentified
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 31, 2012
Eighteen of the 32 people who died in the Tamil Nadu Express fire in Andhra Pradesh on Monday are yet to be unidentified even as a forensic team on Tuesday inspected the gutted coach. Relatives of missing passengers, who are believed to have perished...
Fire on Tamil Nadu Express; 28 dead, several injured
Reported by Uma Sudhir, Sam Daniel Stalin; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday July 31, 2012
It was about 4.30 in the morning when the S-11 coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire near Nellore station in Andhra Pradesh. Most people were asleep; the train was to reach the next stop, Chennai, only at about 7 am. Panicked pass...
Fire alarm system yet to be installed in trains
Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2012
The fire in Tamil Nadu Express on Monday was the fourth such incident since last year but there are no effective measures including installation of fire and smoke detection alarms in trains.
Tamil Nadu announces Rs 1 lakh cash relief to families of deceased
Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2012
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced a cash relief of Rs one lakh each to the families of those killed in the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express fire accident at Nellore.
Tamil Nadu Express fire: Political parties in Andhra Pradesh blame Railways for negligence
Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2012
Political parties in Andhra Pradesh on Monday accused the Railways of being "negligent", while expressing shock and grief over the fire in Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in which over 30 passengers were killed.
Prime Minister, Jayalalithaa condole deaths in train fire
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 30, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi, DMDK chief A Vijayakant and others on Monday condoled the death of 35 people, burnt alive in a fire on the New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express.
I ran for my life in pitch darkness: Train tragedy survivor
Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2012
It was a harrowing experience for Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express passengers as they saw people burning inside the ill-fated coach.
Train fire: Majority of victims from Chennai; list of injured passengers
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 30, 2012
Most of the victims of the train fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday were from Chennai, according to railway officials.
Ill-fated Tamil Nadu Express reaches Chennai
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 30, 2012
Tamil Nadu Express, whose S-11 coach caught fire early in the morning resulting in the death of 30 people, has reached Chennai Central station minus the burnt bogey, officials said.
Fire on Tamil Nadu Express; 28 dead, several injured
Uma Sudhir | Monday July 30, 2012
Chennai, the next station was about two hours away and people were fast asleep, when Coach S-11 of the Tamil Nadu Express caught fire early this morning near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh; 30 people have been confirmed dead and 18 have been injured. Fou...
