Commissioner of Railway Safety begins probe into coach fire accident in Madurai
1 year, 3 months ago

Commissioner of Railway Safety begins probe into coach fire accident in Madurai

The Hindu  

Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, A.M. Chowdhary on Sunday began a probe into the fire accident in a coach near Madurai Railway junction that killed nine persons from Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Tamil Nadu Railway Police officers produced two of the support staff of the tour operator, who went missing on Saturday, before the CRS. Mr. Chowdhary questioned the Fire and Rescue personnel from Madurai, railway security personnel from Railway Protection Force and Tamil Nadu Railway Police. Coach inspected He also inspected the fire-ravaged coach in the presence of senior railway officials, including Principal Chief Safety Officer, Southern Railway, Somesh Kumar and Divisional Railway Manager P. Ananth.

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Delhi coaching centre deaths: LG suspends two fire officers for negligence
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1 day, 11 hours ago

Delhi coaching centre deaths: LG suspends two fire officers for negligence

Hindustan Times  

Two Group A fire officers of Delhi fire safety department were suspended from service in connection with the drowning of three UPSC aspirants—in the basement of Rau’s IAS Coaching Centre in Old Rajendra Nagar on July 27—for negligence as they concealed from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that the basement was being used as a library. After lieutenant governor VK …

Railway employee, caught between engine and coach, crushed to death in Bihar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Railway employee, caught between engine and coach, crushed to death in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

A 25-year-old railway employee was caught in between the buffer of the engine and a coach during a shunting operation and crushed to death in Bihar's Barauni Junction station on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. Kumar's family alleged “negligence” on the part of railway staff as the reason behind the shocking incident. On reaching the spot, Kumar's family members opposed …

Bengal train accident: Two from Tripura hurt, condition stable, says state minister
6 months ago

Bengal train accident: Two from Tripura hurt, condition stable, says state minister

Hindustan Times  

Tripura Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that two persons from the state sustained injuries in the train accident in West Bengal that claimed 10 lives. Indian Railway engineers inspect the accident site of Kanchanjunga Express passenger train at Rangapani in India's West Bengal state on June 18, 2024. I have spoken to the office of the railway minister, and Chief …

Telangana: 4 killed, over 10 injured due to explosion caused by fire at chemical factory in Sangareddy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: 4 killed, over 10 injured due to explosion caused by fire at chemical factory in Sangareddy

India TV News  

Sangareddy: At least four people were killed and more than ten others suffered injuries after an explosion in a reactor caused by a fire in a pharmaceutical company in Telangana's Sangareddy district today, according to police. Telangana CM reviews fire accident Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has reviewed the fire accident which occurred in a factory in Sangareddy district today. …

21 injured in passenger train fire in U.P.'s Etawah
1 year, 1 month ago

21 injured in passenger train fire in U.P.'s Etawah

The Hindu  

Twenty-one people were injured in a fire in a coach of a passenger train early on Thursday, just hours after a blaze in an express train in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district. The fire was reported around 2:40 a.m. when the Delhi-Saharasa Vaishali Express was passing through an area under the Friends Colony police station, Etawah Superintendent of Police Sanjai Kumar …

Andhra Train Accident | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik directs disaster management minister to visit site
1 year, 1 month ago

Andhra Train Accident | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik directs disaster management minister to visit site

The Hindu  

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday, October 30, 2023, directed Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi to visit neighbouring Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district where a train accident has killed 14 people. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office, Mr. Patnaik also asked Mr. Marandi to meet the injured persons undergoing treatment at different hospitals. At around 7 …

Madurai junction train fire | 42 passengers who survived tragedy reach Lucknow
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai junction train fire | 42 passengers who survived tragedy reach Lucknow

The Hindu  

Forty-two passengers from Uttar Pradesh who survived the fire that broke out on a Rameswaram-bound train in Tamil Nadu reached Lucknow via Delhi and Chennai on August 27 and were sent home, officials said. According to Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar, 28 persons hailing from Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur and Lucknow districts were flown in via Delhi, while 14 …

Negligence by railway officials blamed for fatal fire accident in Madurai
1 year, 3 months ago

Negligence by railway officials blamed for fatal fire accident in Madurai

The Hindu  

Even as the inquiry into the fire accident that claimed nine lives is under way, railway authorities have been accused of having violated several standard operating procedures with respect to passenger safety. “When coaches are booked by the tour operator, railway administration charge them not only for tickets for passengers, but also for facilitating siding facility for coaches,” an official …

Rail coach that caught fire in Madurai was inspected twice for safety aspects: sources
1 year, 3 months ago

Rail coach that caught fire in Madurai was inspected twice for safety aspects: sources

The Hindu  

The rail coach booked by a private party that went up in flames, leaving nine passengers dead and a few others injured in Madurai on Saturday, was inspected twice for safety aspects and cleared for operation in the last 10 days. Since exits of one end was locked and there was fire too, passengers rushed towards the other exit and …

Madurai train fire: Southern Circle Railway Safety Commissioner to conduct statutory inquiry today
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai train fire: Southern Circle Railway Safety Commissioner to conduct statutory inquiry today

India TV News  

Madurai train fire: A statutory inquiry into the Madurai train coach fire incident will be held on Sunday under Southern Circle Railway Safety Commissioner, B.Guganesan, chief public relations officer of Southern Railway informed through an official statement. “AM Chowdhary, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, Bengaluru, will hold a Statutory Inquiry into the incident of Fire at about 05.15 hrs …

Madurai train tragedy: Survivors recall cries for help after gas cylinder explosion
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai train tragedy: Survivors recall cries for help after gas cylinder explosion

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Sudden cries for help and people screaming “fire, fire”: this is how Alka Prajapati remembers waking up before escaping the burning train coach that claimed the lives of nine people. Uttar Pradesh resident Alka Prajapati, who was sleeping in the coach when screams of “fire, fire” erupted, said she instinctively scurried towards safety and found the train door locked. …

Madurai train coach fire | Identification of deceased very challenging for officials
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai train coach fire | Identification of deceased very challenging for officials

The Hindu  

Officials from Southern Railways, police and Madurai district administration struggled to identify the nine persons who were charred to death in a fire in the railway coach in Madurai junction on August 26. All the information the officials initially had was that 63 persons — 55 tourists and eight support staff of the tour operator - had travelled in the …

Madurai train coach fire | Official blames tour operator, MP the railway authorities
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai train coach fire | Official blames tour operator, MP the railway authorities

The Hindu  

Southern Railway General Manager R.N. Singh has accused the private tour operator from Lucknow of having violated the undertaking given on ensuring safety in the coach, which had led to the death of nine persons in Madurai on Saturday. Railway security agencies and railway officials said that illegal use of gas cylinder by the tour operator to make tea inside …

Madurai train fire: ‘Trip turned lifetime nightmare for us’, says traveller
1 year, 3 months ago

Madurai train fire: ‘Trip turned lifetime nightmare for us’, says traveller

Hindustan Times  

At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured after a blaze engulfed a stationary train compartment near Madurai railway station in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Deceased Mithilesh Kumari, 62, from Sitapur in UP and deceased Satru Daman Singh, 65, also from Sitapur in UP The fire broke out at 5.15am in a “private party coach” with 65 passengers who …

10 dead after passengers making tea inside train compartment spark fire
1 year, 3 months ago

10 dead after passengers making tea inside train compartment spark fire

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 10 people were …

What caused Madurai train fire that killed at least 10 tourists, injured many
1 year, 3 months ago

What caused Madurai train fire that killed at least 10 tourists, injured many

Hindustan Times  

At least 10 people were killed and many injured after a blaze engulfed a stationary train compartment near Madurai railway station on Saturday, according to news agency PTI. The fire broke out at 5.15am in a "private party coach" with 65 passengers who had arrived from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, a Southern Railway release said. "While the coach was stabled/parked, …

Stationary train compartment fire in Madurai railway station leads to death of four
1 year, 3 months ago

Stationary train compartment fire in Madurai railway station leads to death of four

The Hindu  

Nine tourists from Uttar Pradesh, including four women, were charred to death early on Saturday morning, after a fire broke out in their privately-booked railway coach, stabled near Madurai Railway junction. The train arrived at Madurai junction on Saturday morning and this privately-booked coach was then left in the stabling line on the Bodinayackanur track, about 800 metres south of …

Tamil Nadu: 10 killed, 20 injured as fire breaks out on train at Madurai station
1 year, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 10 killed, 20 injured as fire breaks out on train at Madurai station

Hindustan Times  

Ten people were killed and over 20 were injured after a fire broke out in a tourist train parked on Bodi Lane near Madurai railway station in the wee hours of Saturday, reported news agency PTI. Security personnel and other officials at the spot after a fire broke out in a coach of a train at Madurai railway station, Saturday. …

10 people dead, several others injured in fire on a private train coach in Madurai
1 year, 4 months ago

10 people dead, several others injured in fire on a private train coach in Madurai

Op India  

At least ten people lost their lives and more than 20 received injuries after a fire broke out in a tourist train coach parked on Bodi Lane near Madurai railway station in the early hours of 26 August. The passengers have allegedly smuggled gas cylinder that caused… pic.twitter.com/5H7wQeGu93 — ANI August 26, 2023 Southern Railway release informed, “10 persons reported …

RPF jawan shoots 4 persons dead onboard Jaipur-Mumbai train; DRM assures ‘probe’
1 year, 4 months ago

RPF jawan shoots 4 persons dead onboard Jaipur-Mumbai train; DRM assures ‘probe’

Live Mint  

A Railway Protection Force constable named Chetan Kumar Choudhary fired his automatic weapon, killing four individuals on board a running train. As reported by ANI reported, DRM Neeraj Verma noted, "At around 6 am we got to know that an RPF constable, who was on escorting duty opened fire.Four people have been shot dead.Our railway officer reached the spot. We …

Odisha Train Accident: CBI arrests three railway staff for destruction of evidence, culpable homicide
1 year, 5 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: CBI arrests three railway staff for destruction of evidence, culpable homicide

India TV News  

Odisha Train Accident: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday made its first arrests in the Balasore Tarin Tragedy case and took into custody three Railways personnel under sections related to the destruction of evidence and culpable homicide. The central probing agency arrested Senior Section Engineer Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar, all posted …

Lapses in signalling, repairs led to Odisha train tragedy: Railways report
1 year, 5 months ago

Lapses in signalling, repairs led to Odisha train tragedy: Railways report

Hindustan Times  

Faulty signalling due to two botched repair works, including one in 2018 and the other hours before the accident, led to the Coromandel Express being sent on a collision course with a goods train on another track, the main Railways investigation of the crash has found, according to people aware of the development, and official documents. Over 290 people have …

Railway safety commissioner flags human error in Balasore tragedy
1 year, 5 months ago

Railway safety commissioner flags human error in Balasore tragedy

Hindustan Times  

The Commissioner of Railways Safety has pointed out human error as the cause of the June 2 triple-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district, two Railways officials familiar with the CRS report told HT on Saturday. The CRS report was sent to the general manager of the South Eastern Railways, the division where the accident took place, and to the chairman …

Railway official dismisses reports of staff absconding after Balasore train accident: ‘Factually incorrect'
1 year, 6 months ago

Railway official dismisses reports of staff absconding after Balasore train accident: ‘Factually incorrect'

Hindustan Times  

Chief Public Relations Officer of South Eastern Railway, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary on Tuesday reacted to media reports about railway staff absconding after the train accident near Bahanaga Bazar railway station. 291 people were killed in Balasore train tragedy Media reports on Monday said that Central Bureau of Investigation sealed the rented house of a junior engineer named Amir Khan after …

How the disaster response to the Odisha train accident panned out
1 year, 6 months ago

How the disaster response to the Odisha train accident panned out

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Prakash Mallick, a trader in Odisha’s Bahanaga town, was shocked to hear a deafening sound on the evening of June 2. While the bodies of the dead were kept at Bahanaga High School, which was converted into a makeshift mortuary, the injured were rushed to government hospitals in Soro, …

Odisha Train Tragedy: Monumental train disaster at Balasore puts issues plaguing Railways in focus
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Tragedy: Monumental train disaster at Balasore puts issues plaguing Railways in focus

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 15, 2023 11:00 IST - 14 MINS READ Accidents are not rare in the Indian Railways: there were 48 train accidents in 2022-23, including six collisions, 35 “consequential” train accidents in the 2021-22, and 22 in 2020-21. WATCH: A mind-numbing parallel follows every train accident in India: the dead and injured are moved, on foot, by cart …

CRS probe into Balasore train tragedy: Five rail employees under scanner
1 year, 6 months ago

CRS probe into Balasore train tragedy: Five rail employees under scanner

The Hindu  

Five railway employees, including the station master of Bahanaga Bazar, are being investigated in connection with the three-train accident in Odisha's Balasore district that claimed 288 lives, official sources said on Monday. The sources said the five employees are discharging their duties at present and any future action would depend on the accident probe report prepared by the Commissioner of …

Odisha: Fire on Express train creates panic after June 2 triple-train accident
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha: Fire on Express train creates panic after June 2 triple-train accident

Live Mint  

Days after a triple-train tragic accident in Odisha, a fire was spotted in an air-conditioned coach of Durg-Puri Express in the Nuapada district, causing panic among passengers, the East Coast Railway said in an official statement. This came days after one of the worst train tragedies in the country at the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore district, which claimed …

Odisha train accident | Days after incident, locals continue to flock crash site
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident | Days after incident, locals continue to flock crash site

The Hindu  

Five days after the tragic triple train accident near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore, it was business as usual here with a handful passengers, including a few sightseers thronging the tiny way station. “I shiver at the thought of what the victims went through … Though I don’t suspect sabotage, I’m sure there’s a need to look at …

8 days before Odisha accident, Railway board briefed on safety-first approach
1 year, 6 months ago

8 days before Odisha accident, Railway board briefed on safety-first approach

Hindustan Times  

Exactly eight days before the Balasore accident involving three trains claimed 278 lives and became one of the worst tragedies in rail history, officials of the railway board briefed the parliamentary standing committee on railways on safety measures and assured it that their “safety first and safety always’’ attitude had resulted in a decline in accidents from 141 in 2010-11 …

Odisha train accident: CBI registers case as team reaches Balasore for probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: CBI registers case as team reaches Balasore for probe

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the probe in the tragic three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district last Friday and a team reached the accident spot on Tuesday to investigate. “CBI has registered a case on the request of ministry of railways, consent of the Odisha government and further orders from DoPT relating to the train accident involving Coromandel …

Odisha train accident: CBI probe may look at error in interlocking system, sabotage
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: CBI probe may look at error in interlocking system, sabotage

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation will look at all possible reasons behind the horrific three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district last week, including human error and sabotage, a senior officer said on Monday, as railway authorities expanded their probe and questioned the assistant station master and drivers of the two trains to ascertain how the worst rail accident in nearly …

FIR filed in connection with Odisha train accident that killed 275
1 year, 6 months ago

FIR filed in connection with Odisha train accident that killed 275

India Today  

A First Information Report has been registered at Balasore Government Railway Police station in connection with the train accident that took place in Balasore last week on Friday. The Railway Ministry on Sunday sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the train accident in Odisha involving three trains - a goods train, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and Shalimar-Chennai …

Odisha Train Accident: 'Those found guilty will be punished stringently,' says PM Modi
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: 'Those found guilty will be punished stringently,' says PM Modi

Firstpost  

The prime minister held a brief meeting with officials as soon as he reached the site. In the same meeting, officials including Vaishnaw brought him up to speed about the current situation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the government will leave no stone unturned to treat those who got injured during the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore. …

Odisha train accident | Tamil Nadu political leaders express condolences; Congress, PMK and others demand detailed probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident | Tamil Nadu political leaders express condolences; Congress, PMK and others demand detailed probe

The Hindu  

Leaders of major political parties in Tamil Nadu on Saturday expressed deep condolences to the families of those killed in the train accident in Odisha, and demanded that the rescue and relief efforts be expedited. AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami said he was deeply saddened by the accident, especially on hearing that many people …

Odisha train accident | Karnataka survivors recount horror; ‘Saw limbless bodies, people screaming for help’
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident | Karnataka survivors recount horror; ‘Saw limbless bodies, people screaming for help’

The Hindu  

“Never expected that I would see this kind of horrific accident in my life. Odisha train accident live updates He, along with 110 people from Karnataka, was on ‘Shikharji Yatra,’ a pilgrimage to the holiest Jain teerth. We all started to get down and walked at least three kilometres towards the back of the train, and then we saw a …

Odisha train accident: Over 150 passengers from Andhra Pradesh were in the two trains
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: Over 150 passengers from Andhra Pradesh were in the two trains

The Hindu  

More than 150 passengers were in Train No. The passengers boarded the train, going to Howrah, at Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, and several passengers coming by the Coromandel Express, are expected to alight at different stations in AP, the SCR officials said. Help Lines SCR Zone Headquarters, Rail Nilayam, : 040 - 27788516 Vijayawada Railway Station: …

Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Odisha train crash site, orders high-level probe
1 year, 6 months ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Odisha train crash site, orders high-level probe

Hindustan Times  

Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday reached the Odisha train accident spot in Balasore and announced that a high-level committee will be instituted to probe the incident. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Odisha's Balasore train accident site. Follow Odisha train accident LIVE updates Reiterating that the focus will remain on rescue operations and ensuring adequate medical help for the …

Odisha train accident: PM Modi turns emotional, says, 'Those found guilty will be punished stringently'
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: PM Modi turns emotional, says, 'Those found guilty will be punished stringently'

India TV News  

Odisha train accident: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the train accident site in Balasore and carried out an inspection with Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Dharmendra Pradhan. Image Source : ANIPM Modi also interacted with local authorities, personnel from the disaster relief forces and railways officials. After taking stock of the situation at Balasore train accident site, PM Modi …

Kozhikode train fire: Top cops roped in to question suspect Shahrukh Saifi
1 year, 8 months ago

Kozhikode train fire: Top cops roped in to question suspect Shahrukh Saifi

India Today  

Kozhikode train fire suspect Shahrukh Saifi has been brought to Kozhikode for police questioning. Several senior police officials have been roped in for the interrogation of Saifi, who allegedly set his co-passenger on fire following an argument inside a moving train near Elathoor in Kozhikode in Kerala on Sunday. A team of National Investigation Agency officials reached Kerala's Kannur city …

Multiple agencies at work to collect evidence in Kerala train arson case
1 year, 8 months ago

Multiple agencies at work to collect evidence in Kerala train arson case

The Hindu  

The investigation into the arson attack inside a coach of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express near Kozhikode in Kerala on Sunday is progressing fast with multiple agencies trying to piece together crucial evidence related to the case. Personnel from both the National Investigation Agency and the State Anti-Terrorist Squad inspected the train, now parked in Kannur, and the site near Elathur …

Kerala: Shahrook Saifi enters train coach and sets co-passengers on fire, terror angle suspected
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala: Shahrook Saifi enters train coach and sets co-passengers on fire, terror angle suspected

Op India  

Hours after a man reportedly set a fellow passenger on fire and injured eight other passengers aboard an express train, three people, including a lady and a two-year-old child, were discovered dead on the tracks close to the Elathur railway station. Kerala | An unidentified man poured petrol on a passenger & set fire inside a moving train near Elathoor …

Kerala man sets co-passenger on fire after argument inside train, cops probe terror angle
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala man sets co-passenger on fire after argument inside train, cops probe terror angle

India Today  

Eight people sustained burn injuries after a man set his co-passenger on fire following an argument inside a moving train near Elathoor in Kozhikode in Kerala. The incident took place inside the D1 compartment of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train around 10 pm on Sunday. According to railway sources, the suspect, who is yet to be identified, managed to escape …

3 killed as man allegedly sets co-passenger on fire in Kerala train: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

3 killed as man allegedly sets co-passenger on fire in Kerala train: Report

Hindustan Times  

Three persons, including a one-year-old child and a woman, were found dead on the tracks near the Elathur railway station here, hours after a man allegedly set afire a co-passenger and injured eight others on board an express train. Read here: How a tiger from Kerala found his way into a French school A senior police official from the district …

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