Hyderabad Bus Fire

A bus conductor in Hyderabad committed suicide at his home on Sunday, a day a day after a bus driver set himself on fire on Saturday. This is the second suicide amid a strike by the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) which has been on since October 5.

Over 30 passengers in Telangana had a narrow escape on Tuesday when a luxury bus caught fire, apparently due to a short circuit.

A city bus today caught fire at Patny area in Hyderabad, but no one was injured in the incident, police said.

A special bus of the state-run transport corporation that was taking passengers to Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport caught fire in the early hours today.

Less than a week after 45 people were burnt alive in their sleep in a Bangalore to Hyderabad bus, little lessons have been learnt from the tragedy with operators openly flouting travel norms.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday announced that a committee of senior IAS officers, and also the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police, would probe Wednesday's bus mishap in Mahabubnagar district.

"All I am asking for is my son's body," it was as though the poignant scene from Anupam Kher's iconic Saaransh was coming alive at Hyderabad's Forensic Science Lab. In the film, the character played by Mr Kher breaks down before an official who asks for a bribe in exchange for the ashes of his son's body. In Hyderabad, grieving relatives were vexed...

A day after the tragic mishap in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, in which 45 passengers of a Volvo bus were burnt alive after it caught fire, police today arrested the owner of the bus operator company and its driver.

It was a little after 5 am when the bus headed to Hyderabad from Bangalore hit a barrier on the highway. The passengers on board were sleeping when the Volvo went up in flames, reportedly because the fuel tank exploded. 45 people were killed, many of them burnt alive. Among them were a baby and a seven-year-old girl.

It was a little after 5 am when the bus headed from Hyderabad to Bangalore hit a barrier on the highway. The passengers on board were sleeping when the Volvo went up in flames. 44 people were killed, many of them burnt alive.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today ordered a probe into the bus mishap in Mahabubnagar district which claimed 40 lives.

At least 44 people died when a bus headed from Bangalore to Hyderabad went up in flames early this morning.

Nearly 50 students of a private school in Hyderabad had a narrow escape today after the school bus in which they were travelling accidentally caught fire.

A bus conductor in Hyderabad committed suicide at his home on Sunday, a day a day after a bus driver set himself on fire on Saturday. This is the second suicide amid a strike by the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) which has been on since October 5.

Over 30 passengers in Telangana had a narrow escape on Tuesday when a luxury bus caught fire, apparently due to a short circuit.

A city bus today caught fire at Patny area in Hyderabad, but no one was injured in the incident, police said.

A special bus of the state-run transport corporation that was taking passengers to Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport caught fire in the early hours today.

Less than a week after 45 people were burnt alive in their sleep in a Bangalore to Hyderabad bus, little lessons have been learnt from the tragedy with operators openly flouting travel norms.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday announced that a committee of senior IAS officers, and also the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police, would probe Wednesday's bus mishap in Mahabubnagar district.

"All I am asking for is my son's body," it was as though the poignant scene from Anupam Kher's iconic Saaransh was coming alive at Hyderabad's Forensic Science Lab. In the film, the character played by Mr Kher breaks down before an official who asks for a bribe in exchange for the ashes of his son's body. In Hyderabad, grieving relatives were vexed...

A day after the tragic mishap in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, in which 45 passengers of a Volvo bus were burnt alive after it caught fire, police today arrested the owner of the bus operator company and its driver.

It was a little after 5 am when the bus headed to Hyderabad from Bangalore hit a barrier on the highway. The passengers on board were sleeping when the Volvo went up in flames, reportedly because the fuel tank exploded. 45 people were killed, many of them burnt alive. Among them were a baby and a seven-year-old girl.

It was a little after 5 am when the bus headed from Hyderabad to Bangalore hit a barrier on the highway. The passengers on board were sleeping when the Volvo went up in flames. 44 people were killed, many of them burnt alive.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today ordered a probe into the bus mishap in Mahabubnagar district which claimed 40 lives.

At least 44 people died when a bus headed from Bangalore to Hyderabad went up in flames early this morning.

Nearly 50 students of a private school in Hyderabad had a narrow escape today after the school bus in which they were travelling accidentally caught fire.