Amaravati, July 28 (IANS) Three devotees were killed and 13 injured when a van they were travelling in was hit by a truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district, police said.The accident occurred past midnight near Chelluru when the truck rammed into the stationary van. Three persons, including a boy, died on the spot while 13 others were injured.According to police, the speeding truck dragged the van for about 500 meters. Sixteen people belonging to three families from Visakhapatnam and Vi…
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Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) A Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus was stolen by a man before police intercepted the vehicle after a hot chase in Jagtial district on Tuesday. Police vehicles chased the bus for 18 kilometres before the thief was caught after officers blocked the highway.The bizarre incident occurred in the town of Korutla. According to RTC employees, a man entered the bus parked at the TGSRTC bus stand and drove it away towards Nizamabad.The RTC employees immedia…
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) A car crashed into the residence of Tollywood actor Dharma in Film Nagar in posh Jubilee Hills area here in the early hours of Friday. No one was injured in the incident, police said.The vehicle, allegedly driven by intoxicated youths crashed into Dharma’s house past midnight after the driver lost control apparently due to over speeding.According to police, the car crashed into the gate and entered the premises before coming to a halt.A portion of the boundary wall ca…
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) NEET UG 2026 re-examination was conducted in a peaceful and smooth manner in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.More than 1.37 lakh students appeared in the exam in the Telugu states. There were mixed reactions from students after the exam. While some students said the test was relatively easy compared to the exam held on May 3, others said it was tougher.Most of the students found physics section of the test tough. They rated Chemistry as moderate while Biology was…
Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday handed over 553 buses to women self-help groups under the Mahila Shakti scheme aimed at empowering women. State-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) will hire these buses, and each self-help group will make a monthly income of Rs 70,000.The buses were handed over at an event held at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad amid heavy rains. The event was organised as part of women empowerment celebration…
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Sunday that the merger of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) with the government would be undertaken after the elections for the recognised trade union.He stated that elections for the recognised TGSRTC trade union would be conducted shortly and that the process of merging the RTC with the government would be undertaken following consultations with the elected representatives.The minister said eve…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) will soon add 2,200 electric buses to its fleet, state Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Goud said on Wednesday.Flagging off 60 electric buses at Kukatpally depot here, he said currently 960 electric buses are operational in Telangana, and another 2,200 buses will soon become available.The minister said as part of the green challenge, the TGSRTC is introducing EVs with the aim of controlling pollution and strength…
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has dismissed a bus driver of a private hire bus after he allegedly criticised the leaders of the ruling Congress staging a protest over the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The TGSRTC has written to the owner of the private hire bus (PHB) to withdraw the driver from PHB services with immediate effect.The driver, Ashok, while driving the bus from Jagtial to Dharmapuri on Monday, had made certain remarks criticising the Cong…
Amaravati, May 26 (IANS) A private travel bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Tuesday, leaving around 30 passengers injured.The accident occurred on National Highway 44 near Vennedoddi in Gooty mandal.The bus, which was travelling from Hyderabad to Anantapur, overturned after the bus driver lost control while trying to avoid a lorry coming from the opposite direction.Passengers said the bus flipped three times before crashing into agricultural fields.On receipt of informat…
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 …