Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has come to the rescue of a bus conductor who was unable to perform his duties due to his exceptional height of 6.5 feet.Ameen Ahmed Ansari had been serving as bus conductor at TGSRTC’s Mehdipatnam depot in Hyderabad.However, the 198 cm (6.5 feet) tall conductor was unable to perform duties as conductor inside the bus as the maximum height of the bus is only 6.4 feet.Ansari was suffering from neck and back pain due to …
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Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday assured the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation that the state government is committed to addressing their demands and protecting their rights. During the meeting with the representatives of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation unions, he assured that the government was taking numerous measures to strengthen the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation financially and ensure the eff…
Hyderabad, April 24 (IANS) A driver of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), who attempted self-immolation during a protest by the striking employees to press for their demands, succumbed at a hospital here early Friday morning.Kola Shankar Goud (55), who had sustained 80 per cent burns on Thursday, breathed his last at Apollo DRDO Hospital.The driver set himself ablaze during the protest at Narasampet bus depot in Warangal district.He was admitted to MGM Hospital in Warangal …
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) Amid the ongoing strike by the employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), a bus driver on Thursday attempted self-immolation during the protest by the striking employees to press for their demands. The incident occurred in the Warangal district, triggering tension. The driver set himself ablaze during the protest at Narasampet bus depot.K. Shankar Goud sustained 80 per cent burns. He was shifted to MGM Hospital in Warangal, where he was battling …
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Public road transport services in Telangana came to a grinding halt on Wednesday as employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) began their indefinite strike in support of their demands.TGSRTC buses went off the roads across the state since midnight as the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of employees’ unions decided to go ahead with the strike following the failure of talks with the state government.With the RTC buses remaining confined to all 90 de…
Hyderabad, April 21 (IANS) Employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) are gearing up for an indefinite strike from Tuesday midnight to press for their demands, even as the management has invited them for talks. A couple of hours after the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the TGSRTC employees announced that the employees would go ahead with their strike, the management invited JAC leaders for talks.Top officials of TGSRTC asked the JAC leaders to be available for talks. The t…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) employees have decided to go on strike from April 22 in support of their demands. This was announced by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the TGSRTC employees on Monday.JAC leaders said that, though they gave notice of the strike on March 13, there was no response from the government or the TGSRTC management.They said the government should take steps to avert the strike. JAC chairman Thomas Reddy said they placed 32…
Amaravati, March 26 (IANS) The ghastly bus fire, which claimed 14 lives and left 22 others injured in Andhra Pradesh’s Markapuram district on Thursday, is the latest in a series of deadly accidents involving buses in the Telugu states.Both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have witnessed at least four major bus tragedies in the last six months.Nineteen people were burnt to death when a private bus caught fire after running over a motorbike lying on the road following an accident near Kurnool town o…
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has launched ‘GI (Geographical Indication) on Wheels’ buses. The buses, designed with cultural and artistic visuals inspired by GI-tagged heritage products, were formally flagged off by Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) on Friday.Six express buses featuring six different GI art themes have been introduced for six districts.The GI-themed artwork displa…
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Nearly 10 lakh students are appearing for the Intermediate Public Examinations that commenced across Telangana on Wednesday. Intermediate first-year (Class 11) exams began at 9 a.m. at 1,495 examination centres across all 33 districts.A total of 4,89,126 first-year students registered for the second language Paper-I examAccording to Telangana Board of Intermediate Education, 5,07,949 second-year intermediate students who registered for exams will be appearing for the sec…