Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) A private travel bus was gutted in a fire in Telangana’s Medak district in the early morning hours of Monday. There were no casualties, said officials.The bus coming to Hyderabad from Medak caught fire on the National Highway 44 near Masaipet in Medak district around 4 a.m., police said. There were no passengers in the bus at the time of the mishap. The driver and another person, who were in the bus, immediately got off after noticing the fire. Police said no one was…
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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 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 14 (IANS) Telangana Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday urged the TGSRTC employees to withdraw their decision to go on strike, reiterating that the government is always ready to resolve employee issues amicably through dialogue. The minister said in a statement that the matter relating to the merger of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) with the government and issues related to trade unions fall within the government’s jurisdiction. He, however, a…
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) The Hyderabad-Vijayawada national highway was teeming with vehicles on Sunday as thousands of families were heading to their native places for Sankranti, the biggest festival in both Telugu states.Cars, buses and other transport vehicles queued up at toll plazas even as authorities have taken special measures to ease the congestion.A huge rush was seen at Pattangi toll plaza near Hyderabad since early hours of Sunday, with people heading to towns and villages in Telangan…