Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has directed the regional transport officials to conduct random checking of buses to test whether they follow basic transport norms. Speaking at the road safety meeting at his office here, on Tuesday, he said officials should check whether buses have doors, horn, proper gangway width and also to check […]
Puttur : An incident of silly fight erupted between two KSRTC drivers put the commuters in hard time after the traffic came to stand for some time, near APMC road, Puttur on April 18, Monday. It is learnt that, the drivers of two buses decided to solve their problem in the middle of road, blocking […]
Bangalore : The licence card, displayed in autorickshaws to bring about more accountability among drivers, is fast disappearing. The licence display system was introduced in 2005 and the Transport department had made it mandatory for drivers to display their licence card in the autorickshaws. But, over the years around 60 per cent of autorickshaws in the […]
Mangalore : A Kerala express bus hit against a fish lorry at Kapikad near Tokkottu on Sunday September 29, leaving three seriously injured. A Maruti Omni behind the bus too hit agains the bus very soon. However those inside the Maruti Omni were not hurt. Those injured are bus driver Kunhiraman (35), lorry driver Vishayan […]
Mangalore : Police have arrested one Kiran Johnson Pereira from Merlapadavu on July 29, Monday for assaulting a traffic SI. The incident took place at the Hampankatta Circle when the a lady traffic police personnel stopped a lorry driven by Kiran . However Kiran who stopped his newly purchased lorry, hurled abuses at the traffic […]
Kasargod : A gory mishap involving a bus and a truck resulted in the death of one person while 30 sustained injuries several of them seriously on July 25, Thursday. The person who was killed is Nagendra Navul from Hubli. The accident occurred at Bevinje when a private bus named Sai motors from Kasargod to […]
Bantwal : Traffic on NH 75was disrupted for over three hours on July 21, Sunday after two huge trees rolled on to the road due to heavy rains and strong winds. The trees damaged seven electric poles near Maani. Later the tree was cut and removed from the road with the help of locals. The […]
Mangalore: The New Mangalore Port has registered significant progress in terms of both container traffic and railway traffic. The port has registered a growth rate of 31.65 per cent as on 15-5-2013 by handling 5.09 million tonnes of traffic as against 3.87 million tonnes during the corresponding period of the previous year. The growth in […]
Mangalore : Four persons sustained injuries in a jeep bus hit near Kallaup in the outskirts of Mangalore on December 6, morning. It is learnt the jeep which was going towards Kerala was over speeding, resulting in the accident. The bus was heading towards Mangalore from Kumpala. The bus driver had reportedly slowed down his […]
Mangalore : Rains accompanied with strong winds uprooted a huge tree on Arya Samaj Road in Mangalore on the morning of September 13, Thursday, disrupting power supply as well as blocking vehicular traffic. Electric poles were also damaged in the incident. The tree was located near the Presidency Apartment and it came crashing down in […]
