passenger transport

Bengaluru, March 23 – Four people were killed instantly in a tragic road accident on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway near the Sankalagere village in the Channapatna taluk of Karnataka's Ramanagara district on Monday.The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Mohammed Farhan and...

Poonch/Jammu, March 22 The Mughal Road, a vital alternative route connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country, reopened for vehicular traffic on Sunday after remaining closed for about 10 days due to heavy snowfall, officials said.The 84-km road links south Kashmir's Shopian district with...

Jaipur, March 19 Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Thursday inaugurated 207 new buses of the state road transport corporation from the Ajmer Road bus terminal here on the occasion of Rajasthan Day.The induction of new buses of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is expected...

Mumbai, March 19 The Maharashtra government is planning to develop a modern jetty at the Gateway of India, given the heavy tourist traffic at this landmark monument, Ports Development Minister Nitesh Rane has said.The state has also raised issues related to permissions, tariff structure, and...

Mumbai, March 18 The Maharashtra government is planning to develop a modern jetty at the Gateway of India, given the heavy tourist traffic at this landmark monument, Ports Development Minister Nitesh Rane stated in the legislative assembly on Wednesday.The state has also raised issues related...

Gandhinagar, March 18 Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated 182 new buses of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.A grand ceremony was held in the state capital to flag off a total of 182 new buses of the corporation, one for each of Gujarat's...

New Delhi, March 18 An Air India special flight, carrying passengers stranded in the Irish town of Shannon for over two days, took off for Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, an official said.On Monday, the airline's A350 aircraft, flying from New York to Delhi, was diverted to Shannon due to a...

New Delhi, March 17 Air India plans to operate a special flight to Shannon on Wednesday to bring stranded passengers to Delhi after their flight was diverted to the Irish town following a technical issue with the aircraft.On Monday, the airline's A350 aircraft flying from New York to Delhi was...

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...