Fire On Tamil Nadu Express

Superstar Rajinikanth who lost his cool on Wednesday after being questioned about his statement justifying last week's police firing in Tuticorin that killed 13 people, expressed regret, saying he did not intend to hurt anyone's sentiments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Theni forest fire in Tamil Nadu and expressed anguished over loss of lives in a plane crash in Kathmandu and prayed for early recovery of the injured.

A forensic report on last month's Tamil Nadu Express fire mishap at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh that left 32 passengers dead is expected within a week, a top official of the South Central Railway said on Monday.

The opposition is expected to corner the government on a range of issues, including the riots in Assam, power outages and low-intensity blasts in Pune during the monsoon session of parliament beginning on Wednesday as the ruling UPA will seek to push pending anti-corruption bills and other legislative agenda.

The railways on Thursday began a probe into Monday's fire aboard Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express that killed 28 passengers in Andhra Pradesh.

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.

The Standing Committee on Railways would deliberate on the causes for railway accidents and the steps to be taken to enhance the safety aspects against the backdrop of the mishap on New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu express, its chairman TR Baalu, said on Tuesday.

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 in the disaster, are reaching Nellore, where the tragedy struck, for identification.

The Railways has already seen at least four train tragedies this year. And on Monday, India woke up to yet another after the S-11 coach of the Tamil Nadu Express caught fire, killing 28 people.

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 passengers awoke to smoke and fire and ran for the only exit they could make out in the dark. They stepp...

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.

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.

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 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.

Most of the victims of the train fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday were from Chennai, according to railway officials.

Superstar Rajinikanth who lost his cool on Wednesday after being questioned about his statement justifying last week's police firing in Tuticorin that killed 13 people, expressed regret, saying he did not intend to hurt anyone's sentiments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Theni forest fire in Tamil Nadu and expressed anguished over loss of lives in a plane crash in Kathmandu and prayed for early recovery of the injured.

A forensic report on last month's Tamil Nadu Express fire mishap at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh that left 32 passengers dead is expected within a week, a top official of the South Central Railway said on Monday.

The opposition is expected to corner the government on a range of issues, including the riots in Assam, power outages and low-intensity blasts in Pune during the monsoon session of parliament beginning on Wednesday as the ruling UPA will seek to push pending anti-corruption bills and other legislative agenda.

The railways on Thursday began a probe into Monday's fire aboard Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express that killed 28 passengers in Andhra Pradesh.

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.

The Standing Committee on Railways would deliberate on the causes for railway accidents and the steps to be taken to enhance the safety aspects against the backdrop of the mishap on New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu express, its chairman TR Baalu, said on Tuesday.

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 in the disaster, are reaching Nellore, where the tragedy struck, for identification.

The Railways has already seen at least four train tragedies this year. And on Monday, India woke up to yet another after the S-11 coach of the Tamil Nadu Express caught fire, killing 28 people.

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 passengers awoke to smoke and fire and ran for the only exit they could make out in the dark. They stepp...

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.

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.

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 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.

Most of the victims of the train fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday were from Chennai, according to railway officials.