passenger transport

Beed, March 16 Twenty passengers were injured after a private tourist bus overturned and caught fire following a tyre burst in Maharashtra's Beed district on Monday, a police official said.The incident occurred at 2:30 am near Surani on the Manjarsumba-Ambajogai road in the Kaij tehsil, about...

March 16, New Delhi — An Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai returned to the airport on Monday after a security incident was reported at the destination airport.The TRV–DXB flight returned mid-journey after Dubai International Airport was closed and landed back at...

March 15, New Delhi: The strategically important Zojila Pass on National Highway 1 has been reopened for traffic after remaining closed for six days due to heavy snowfall and adverse weather conditions.Officials said that the convoy was allowed to depart from Sonamarg at around 10:30 a.m...

In Nepal, seven Indian pilgrims were killed and several others were injured after a minibus crashed in the Gorkha district last evening. According to police, the electric minibus was carrying sixteen people, including fourteen Indian pilgrims returning from the Manakamana temple, when it veered...

Guwahati, March 14 Bhutan’s national carrier, Drukair, has announced the resumption of flights from Paro to Bangkok via Guwahati, along with the introduction of a third weekly service on its Singapore route through the northeastern city, starting next month.The services are expected to boost...

Jammu, March 14 – The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has approved an 18 per cent increase in transport fares, as well as a revision in the allowances for ministers and MLAs, an official said on Saturday.Officials said that at the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet...

Hyderabad, March 13 Four people died after a speeding private bus overturned in the Nizamabad district of Telangana on Friday, police said.The bus, carrying 23 passengers, was traveling from Hyderabad to Akola in Maharashtra.The bus driver lost control of the vehicle near Indalwai in...

Mumbai, March 13 The Maharashtra government has decided to make permits mandatory for passenger-carrying electric rickshaws and e-bikes to ensure uniformity in rules in the sector, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik announced on Friday.The decision comes at a time when the transport department...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has stated that key road safety and commuter facility projects worth approximately ₹171.25 crore have been completed on National Highway 44 in Jammu and Kashmir.These projects include rectifying accident-prone blackspots at SIDCO...

Podanur, March 11 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated several new railway services and infrastructure projects from Tiruchirappalli, including the flagship Podanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express.The weekly train will connect Podanur Junction in Coimbatore with Dhanbad in...

Mumbai, March 10 The Civil Aviation Ministry said on Tuesday that it is closely monitoring developments in West Asia and their potential implications for air travel between India and the region.It also said that Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu is continuously overseeing the situation...

Amaravati, March 10 APNRTS president Ravi Kumar P Vemuru said on Tuesday that nearly 2,000 transit passengers and Telugu people on tourist visas in the Middle East had returned home.The president of the Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) said that the government evacuated some...

Hyderabad, March 10: A new Amrit Bharat Express train between Charlapalli Station near Hyderabad and Kamakhya, a famous pilgrimage site in Assam, will be launched on March 13 from Kamakhya, the South Central Railway announced on Tuesday.The new train connects Telangana, Andhra Pradesh with...

Patna, March 9 A ULTraPOD Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system will be constructed at a cost of ₹296 crore to improve connectivity among major government and administrative buildings in Patna, officials said on Monday.The ULTraPOD (urban light transit pod) is an automated transit network that...

Mumbai, March 9 The Maharashtra government has suspended the issuance of new auto rickshaw permits from Monday, in an effort to curb rising traffic congestion and urban pollution, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said.A statement from his office said the suspension will remain in effect...

Kolkata, March 7 Following a few days of disruptions related to the West Asian conflict, Emirates, based in Dubai, resumed services to Kolkata airport on Saturday evening. The first aircraft from the Gulf nation is expected to arrive late at night.A spokesperson for the Airports Authority of...

In light of the ICC T20 World Cup final match between India and New Zealand, which will be held in Ahmedabad tomorrow, the Railways has decided to operate a special train.This decision was made due to the high airfares and the limited availability of tickets for those who wish to attend the...

Kolkata, March 7 A flydubai flight from Dubai arrived in Kolkata on Saturday, according to airport officials.The flight arrived at 0053 hours with 163 passengers. It later departed for Dubai with 92 passengers, they said.A Qatar Airways flight departed from Kolkata for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia...

New Delhi, March 6 While geopolitical tensions in West Asia once again threaten to disrupt the global fuel supply chain, Indian Railways has achieved a significant milestone, with 99.4 per cent of its broad gauge network electrified as of January 2026, according to a report by "Riding Sunbeams,"...

Bengaluru, March 6 Fifty passengers from the state who were stranded in the Gulf region due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia arrived in New Delhi early Friday morning after departing from Fujairah in the UAE, according to a statement from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's office.The protocol...