Chennai School Bus

A college bus carrying 15 students in Chennai today caught fire, but all of them escaped unhurt as fire service personnel doused the flames, officials said.

There is a new mobile phone application in the Android market which helps parents track the location of their children's school bus, and how much time the vehicle would take to reach the destination.

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday objected to grant of bail to correspondent of a school and a Motor Vehicles Inspector, arrested in connection with the death of a second standard after she fell through a hole in floor of the bus while returning home on July 25.

In a crackdown on unauthorised vehicles used for transporting school children in the wake of the death of a six-year old girl in Chennai, Regional Transport Officials in Erode slapped a fine of Rs 84,000 on 14 vehicles being operated without necessary permit.

Madras High Court today asked the state government to come up with rules fixing norms for running school buses meant for children. The directive comes as a reaction to the death of a six-year-old girl, who fell through a hole on the floor of her school bus.

Tamil Nadu police have arrested a motor vehicle inspector for issuing fitness certificate for a defective school bus that resulted in the death of a six-year-old girl here a day ago.

Six-year-old Shruti was returning home in the bus. She wasn't standing on the footboard or peering out of the window. The bus was so badly maintained that the floor which already had some patch work caved in. Shruti fell down and was run over.

In a bizarre incident, a young girl died in Chennai on Wednesday after she fell from a hole on the floor of her school bus, in Mudichur area near Tambaram.

In a shocking incident, two men today stabbed a 15-year-old school girl to death when she was waiting at a bus stand here in full public view, police said.

A college bus carrying 15 students in Chennai today caught fire, but all of them escaped unhurt as fire service personnel doused the flames, officials said.

There is a new mobile phone application in the Android market which helps parents track the location of their children's school bus, and how much time the vehicle would take to reach the destination.

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday objected to grant of bail to correspondent of a school and a Motor Vehicles Inspector, arrested in connection with the death of a second standard after she fell through a hole in floor of the bus while returning home on July 25.

In a crackdown on unauthorised vehicles used for transporting school children in the wake of the death of a six-year old girl in Chennai, Regional Transport Officials in Erode slapped a fine of Rs 84,000 on 14 vehicles being operated without necessary permit.

Madras High Court today asked the state government to come up with rules fixing norms for running school buses meant for children. The directive comes as a reaction to the death of a six-year-old girl, who fell through a hole on the floor of her school bus.

Tamil Nadu police have arrested a motor vehicle inspector for issuing fitness certificate for a defective school bus that resulted in the death of a six-year-old girl here a day ago.

Six-year-old Shruti was returning home in the bus. She wasn't standing on the footboard or peering out of the window. The bus was so badly maintained that the floor which already had some patch work caved in. Shruti fell down and was run over.

In a bizarre incident, a young girl died in Chennai on Wednesday after she fell from a hole on the floor of her school bus, in Mudichur area near Tambaram.

In a shocking incident, two men today stabbed a 15-year-old school girl to death when she was waiting at a bus stand here in full public view, police said.