passenger safety

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), March 31 Within a week after 14 people were killed in a bus fire accident in Andhra Pradesh, another private AC bus caught fire in Vijayawada, but there were no casualties or injuries, a police official said on Monday.The bus, travelling from Visakhapatnam to...

Nagpur, March 29 A train travelling from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh to Itwari in Maharashtra derailed near Nagpur on Sunday, officials said.No one was injured in the incident, which occurred around 9:45 pm between Kalamna and Kamptee under the South East Central Railway's Nagpur Division...

Amaravati, March 28 Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister M Ramprasad Reddy said on Saturday that over 1,000 buses have been checked across the state, and 236 have been penalized for lacking proper documents.Reddy's comments come in the wake of four major bus accidents that claimed 45 lives...

Kolkata, March 26 One flight was diverted to another airport as operations at the NSCB airport here were disrupted for nearly an hour on Thursday due to adverse weather conditions, officials said.The disruption, caused by a thunderstorm with rain, took place between 4:22 pm and 5:19 pm...

Amaravati, March 26 Andhra Pradesh was struck by four horrific bus accidents within six months, which killed at least 45 people and injured several.Of the 45 deceased, 33 were killed in two separate bus accidents alone, which occurred in the villages of Chinna Tekuru and Rayavaram.In a...

Mumbai, March 26 The Bombay High Court has suggested that railway authorities introduce public safety announcements on all long-distance trains, specifying the stations where they will halt, similar to the practice followed in Vande Bharat trains.A single bench of Justice Jitendra Jain, in the...

New Delhi, March 25 The Delhi transport department has sought details of the tourist bus accident in Karol Bagh that occurred early Wednesday and resulted in the death of two passengers, with several others injured."We have sought a report on the matter; further action will be taken after the...

New Delhi, March 23 Air India's Boeing 787-8 aircraft, flying from Bengaluru to London Heathrow, was diverted to Jeddah on Monday due to a technical issue after being airborne for over six hours.In a statement, a spokesperson for the airline said that the aircraft made a precautionary...

Jammu, March 22 The Jammu division of the railways conducted an intensive ticket-checking drive on the Katra–Pathankot rail section during Navratri, apprehending 249 passengers for travelling without valid tickets or with irregular tickets, officials said on Sunday.The special drive aimed to...

Chennai, March 22 Southern Railway issued an urgent public appeal on Sunday against stone-pelting on moving trains, following recent incidents that have threatened passenger safety and disrupted rail services.Officials warned that such unlawful acts pose a serious safety hazard, as stones...

Malkangiri (Odisha), March 21 As many as 37 passengers, including Odisha's Congress MLA Mangu Khila, had a narrow escape when the bus in which they were travelling from Bhubaneswar to Nabarangpur caught fire after a rear tyre burst early on Saturday, police said.The incident took place near...

New Delhi, March 16 An Air India A350 aircraft, carrying approximately 300 passengers from New York to Delhi, was diverted to Shannon on Monday due to a technical issue, and the aircraft remains grounded in the Irish town for extensive technical checks.According to sources, the aircraft, which...

New Delhi, March 16 An Air India A350 aircraft, carrying approximately 300 people from New York to Delhi, was diverted to Shannon on Monday due to a technical issue, and the plane is currently grounded in the Irish town for extensive technical checks.According to sources, the plane, which had...

New Delhi, March 16 An Air India A350 aircraft from New York to Delhi was diverted to Shannon, Ireland, on Monday morning due to a suspected technical issue.According to sources, the aircraft, which had been in the air for nearly six hours before being diverted to Shannon, carried around 300...

March 16, New Delhi – Dubai International Airport has temporarily suspended all flight operations after a fire broke out near the airport following a drone-related incident, amid rising tensions in West Asia.The Dubai Media Office confirmed the disruption, while local civil aviation officials...

Kochi, March 16 An Emirates flight from Kochi to Dubai returned to the airport here on Monday following a security incident reported from the destination airport, a CIAL spokesperson said.Flight EK533 departed from Cochin International Airport (CIAL) at 4:30 am with 325 passengers on board...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 15 The RPF team has cracked down on a gang based in Bihar that drugged train passengers and stole their valuables, officials said on Sunday.Those arrested were identified as Abdulla (34), Muhammed Mahamood Alam (35), and Muhammed Safar (40), all from the Araria...

Thane, March 13 A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near the Thakurli station in Thane district, a police official said.The accused, Sunny Kamble, a resident of Pune, is a drug addict, the official added...

Bhopal/Jabalpur, March 13 – In a sudden incident that caused panic among passengers, the brake van – the last coach – of the Shahdol-Nagpur Express train derailed on Friday, officials said.The incident occurred around 12:30 pm while the train was travelling from the Seoni-Shahdol section...

Mumbai, March 11 An Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, carrying 138 people, made a hard landing at Phuket airport on Wednesday, and its two nose wheels detached, leaving the aircraft stuck on the runway for hours, officials said.Passengers were deplaned and taken to the terminal...