Train services were affected after a fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa express in Punjab on Saturday morning, officials said. On being alerted, the affected coaches were separated, and passengers were rescued.
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court has granted bail with certain conditions to five people from Uttar Pradesh who were arrested in connection with a fire accident in a privately booked train coach near Madurai Railway Junction.
Tamil Nadu ministers P Moorthy, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and other officials paid tribute to the people who lost their lives in the Madurai train fire accident on Saturday.