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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced an ex-gratia of five lakh rupees each to the families of those who lost their lives in the bus accident near Rayavaram in the Markapuram district yesterday. He has also directed that two lakh rupees each be paid to those who...

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...

Kolkata, March 23 – The Transport Department has formally notified the Election Commission of the revised rental rates for buses and vehicles to be requisitioned for the elections.Soumitra Mohan, Principal Secretary of the Transport Department, submitted the updated rate list to the Election...

Lucknow, March 20 Taking a serious view of the increasing noise pollution caused by modified silencers and illegal horns, the Allahabad High Court on Friday summoned the Director General of Police (DGP) and Transport Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh to appear before it via video-conference on April...

Chandigarh, March 19 – In a major administrative reshuffle, the Haryana government transferred 23 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers on Thursday.Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi issued the order.Dr Raja Sekhar Vundru, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Food, Civil Supplies and...

Jammu, March 16 The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched the PM-Road Accident Victims Hospitalisation and Treatment (PM-Rahat) scheme, aimed at providing timely medical assistance to those injured in road accidents.According to an official communiqué received from the Transport...

New Delhi, March 16 – Reinforcing inclusive governance, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta approved a proposal to include transgender passengers in the free bus travel scheme on all routes operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and buses run by the transport department, an official said...

Mumbai, March 13 – Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik announced on Friday that e-rickshaws and e-bikes used for public transport will now be required to undergo formal registration and obtain permits from the Motor Vehicles Department.This decision marks a shift in policy, as...

Shillong, March 12 The Meghalaya government informed the high court on Thursday that the land required for the expansion of the airport here was handed over to the Airports Authority of India last week.According to an Action Taken Report submitted before the Meghalaya High Court during a...

Jammu, March 11 Nearly 16,000 vehicles were seized in Jammu and Kashmir last year for violating traffic rules, even as the traffic department deployed multiple measures for better enforcement, IGP (Traffic) M Suleiman said on Wednesday.Suleiman, who briefed Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo during a...

Srinagar, March 11: The Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the Transport Department to assess measures being taken for effective traffic management, reduction of road accidents, and strengthening of road safety mechanisms across Jammu and Kashmir.The...

Shimla, March 9 The Himachal Pradesh Government has revised the fare rates for pre-paid taxis operating on a point-to-point basis from the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Shimla to Chandigarh, the Transport Department spokesperson said here on Monday.In a statement issued here, he said that...

Jammu, March 9 Authorities have issued 445 traffic violation notices for breaches of the Motor Vehicles Act and seized 60 vehicles for serious offenses during a special enforcement drive aimed at strengthening road safety across the Jammu division, an official said on Monday.He said 64 driving...

Guwahati, March 5 In a major reshuffle of bureaucrats ahead of the assembly elections, the Assam government has transferred 15 senior IAS and state services officers across various districts.According to an order issued by Personnel Department Secretary Monita Borgohain on Wednesday, Home and...

New Delhi, March 1 – Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva criticized AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday for his failed governance model, accusing the former Delhi chief minister of trying to portray himself as a clean and competent administrator after a recent court ruling in the...

Jaipur, February 26 A strike by private bus operators in Rajasthan entered its third day on Thursday, severely disrupting transport services across the state and affecting lakhs of passengers.The protestors alleged that after a bus fire incident in Jaisalmer last year, the RTO department has...

Shimla, February 25 Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said on Wednesday that vehicles registered before 1975 would be classified as vintage and would not be scrapped.A policy for registering vehicles that are 50 years or older has been introduced, allowing owners to...

Kolkata, February 19 The Joint Council of Bus Syndicates on Thursday alleged that buses are being requisitioned in West Bengal for the 2026 Assembly elections even before the poll schedule has been announced, and termed the move “unethical”.In a statement, the representative body of private...

Bengaluru, February 19 – The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a sharp attack on the Congress government on Thursday over the ongoing protests by Transport Department staff and the garbage management crisis in Bengaluru, alleging financial mismanagement and...

Chennai, February 17 – Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu presented the interim budget (2026-27) of ₹2.55 lakh crore for the state, which will go to polls, allocating ₹4,000 crore for the DMK’s flagship scheme of free bus travel for women.Out of the ₹2,55,391 crore allocated for...