Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take out five separate bus tours led by senior leaders to cover all the 17 Parliament constituencies between February 20 and March 1 with road shows and public meetings in all mandal, district and Assembly … Read more
A wild tusker aged around 10 succumbed on January 1 (Monday), near Kumizhi, under the Muthanga forest range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) to the injuries it had sustained when it was knocked down by a tourist bus on December 4. The elephant was knocked down by the speeding bus carrying Sabarimala pilgrims from … Read more
TPCC working president Mahesh Goud addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is gearing up for the election campaign after the Dasara festival with the second phase of the bus yatra starting on October 28 followed by a public meeting to be addressed by … Read more
At least seven people, including five women, one man, and one child, were killed after a bus coming from Haryana crashed into a ditch in the Nainital district, an official said on October 9. So far 28 people have been rescued and further rescue operations are underway, a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) official said. … Read more
A view of a private bus stand in Shivamogga. | Photo Credit: G.T. Sathish Shivamogga Following the implementation of the Shakhti scheme that offers free travel to women passengers on KSRTC buses, the owners of private buses have been surrendering their vehicles, unable to make a profit. As many as 188 stage carriage vehicles have … Read more
Actor Rajinikanth visited BMTC Depot No. 4 in Jayanagar, south Bengaluru where he interacted with the crew. The superstar took selfies with the BMTC staff during the visit. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actor Rajinikanth sprang a surprise on August 29 by visiting a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) depot in the city. Mr. Rajinikanth … Read more
A digital board at a bus shelter which provides information on destinations and bus arrival times. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The digital boards, being put up by BMTC under Nirbhaya scheme, contain information about the bus routes, if they are AC or non-AC buses, their Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) and its destination … Read more
A Kerala bus driver who blamed his “deformed left wrist” for an accident which killed five passengers and injured 63 others won a partial reprieve in the Supreme Court. A Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in a recent order, reduced the prison term of the man from five years to one. The court cancelled … Read more
Flames and smoke billow out from the bus after it caught fire in Buldhana on July 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Some of the survivors of the ill-fated bus that caught fire and led to the death of 26 passengers in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on July 1 said they managed to come out of … Read more
According to C. Sampath, general secretary of Adarsha Auto Drivers’ Union in Bengaluru, auto drivers have lost 30-40% of their business after the scheme was launched. | Photo Credit: Pooja S., who commutes from Bagalagunte to Dasarahalli metro station in North Bengaluru, shifted from autorickshaws to bus after the launch of the Shakti scheme that … Read more