In an act of cold-blooded murder, a bus driver Wednesday ordered tourists to de-board and then ran the vehicle over them in Rajasthan, killing six people, police said.The horrific act took place near a petrol station in Karauli district, 180 km from here. Four of the dozen injured people were in critical condition.The driver, identified as Raju, reportedly got into a scuffle with the tourists after they refused to pay for the fuel.
The furious driver then got into the bus and ran over the passengers who had de-boarded, killing six and wounding over a dozen others."The bus was coming from Agra and going to Kela Devi temple in Karauli," said the police officer to media. After the slaughter, the driver fled from the spot. (IANS)
2011/10/26 3:40:02 At least 20 passengers were injured when the private bus they were travelling in over-turned in the Nizamabad district.
The accident happened near Bhavanipet of Machareddy mandal here on Wednesday. About 20 passengers including the driver sustained injuries when the bus over-turned after driver lost control. All the passengers were pilgrims from neighbouring state of Orissa. They started their pilgrimage tour on October 24.
The local police with the assistance of villagers shifted the injured to Kamareddy Hospital where all are said to be out of danger. (INN)
2011/9/15 4:34:26 At least 30 passengers suffered minor injuries when the RTC bus they were travelling in turned turtle near Borlam in Nizamabad district here on Thursday.
According to report, the bus carrying mostly students overturned near Krishna Nagar tanda in Banswada mandal. About 65 passengers were on board when the accident happened. The local police say that the accident happened when the bus heading to Banswada from Hanumanjipeta. The bus driver took a sudden turn in order to save a speeding car coming from the opposite direction.
Fortunately, all the passengers survived the accident with minor injuries. The injured passengers were rushed to Banswada Government hospital where they were treated as out-patients. (INN)
2011/11/26 7:13:37 (IANS) Many women passengers in China were left embarrassed after the inter-city bus they were travelling in started playing pornographic videos during their journey.
The bus, plying on the Dalian-Pulandian route in northeastern Liaoning province, showed pornographic videos to passengers, the Shanghai Daily quoted the daily Peninsula Morning Post as reporting.
Two X-rated films were played Sunday, causing embarrassing to all the women passengers but amusing their male companions, it added.
"What a shame," said one of the women passengers named only as Li, adding that she was left with no choice but to feign being asleep like other women passengers in the bus.
Porn videos had been shown on this bus a few times before, another passenger said.
The bus operator, meanwhile, has launched an investigation into the incident and assured to punish the driver and conductor if the accusation was found to be true.
2012/3/11 5:30:06 Three persons including two women were killed and five others suffered injuries when a tractor and auto-rickshaw fell off a bridge after having a head-on collision.
The incident happened on Edulavanka bridge on Sindupalli and Rayavaram road of Kadapa district on Sunday. According to police, the tractor was carrying sand and it fell on the passengers after both the vehicles fell off the bridge. The deceased include tractor driver Ganapati. The other victims have been identified as Pavalamma and Jayamma.
Five other passengers of auto-rickshaw suffered injuries and were shifted to the government hospital at Rayachoti for treatment. The condition of two passengers is said to be critical. (INN)
2011/10/24 22:13:51 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed when a bus fell into a 1,000 foot deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district, officials said Tuesday.
The accident happened Monday near Danoh, 150 km from here. As many as 25 people were injured.
A bus carrying passengers from Bilaspur to Bandla had broken down. Another bus that was coming on the same route stopped to pick up the passengers of the bus.
"Because of the darkness, the bus driver couldn't see the edge of the road. While the passengers were getting on to the bus it rolled down the hill and fell into a 1,000-foot deep gorge," Deputy Commissioner Ritesh Chauhan told IANS.
Superintendent of Police Santosh Patial said most of the victims died on the spot.
2011/6/23 2:32:28 Customs officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad on Thursday arrested two passengers bound for Bangkok and seized about 2,50,000 Dollars from them.
According to sources, the $2.5 lakh were found in the passengers’ luggage during routine checking.
The value of the currency is well over Rs one crore.
The police took the two passengers into custody as they could not give satisfactory answers about the origins of the money.
The two passengers have been handed over to the police who are investigating if the two passengers violated any provisions of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act or if the money is part of a larger laundering racket.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered under the Customs Act 1962. (INN)
A ticket to Delhi from Hyderabad normally costs about Rs. 3,000. So it may come as a surprise and shock to know that the ticket from Vijayawada to Hyderabad costs as much as Rs. 10,000. Well, this is the price that Kingfisher charges its passengers citing that the flight is full and so seats are not available.
The normal fare is Rs. 4,000 but passengers say that the airline charges Rs. 10000 from passengers who are in a hurry and come in at the last minute.
Kingfisher is the only airline operating from Vijayawada and hence it is fleecing money from passengers.
The film Chattam hit the screens today. The family actor Jagapathi Babu plays a cop in the movie. Chattam is about a cop who is unhappy and upset with the slow pace of judicial system in the country.
The cop is angry and upset at the way criminals and goons are getting away with money and political power.
So the cop takes the law into his own hands. He kills the two boys who attacked girls with acid. He also kills the two men who kidnapped Viashnavi and killed her by throwing her in a burning furnace.
The film ends with Jgapathi Babu entering the high security prison of terrorist Kasab and killing him. Jagapathi Babu then confesses to his crime in court and explaining why he had taken the law into his own hands.
2011/7/28 21:03:59 The passengers of Hyderabad bound Godavari Express traveling in A1, A2, B1 and B2 compartments were robbed, after the train crosses Vijayawada station on Thursday night. The passengers have blamed RPF of Kammam who refused to register their complaint. Soon after the train reaches Secunderabad station, the passengers have lodged a complaint with Railway Police Station. They said the thieves have entered the coach and robbed their jewelery, cell phones, cash and other precious things from their baggage. Railway police has registered the case and start investigation.
2011/9/21 2:02:20 One auto-rickshaw driver was killed and several others injured when they were hit by a RTC bus after the driver lost control due to the failure of breaks.
The mishap occurred on Wednesday morning at Krishna Nagar near Yousufguda crossroads. According to police, the bus driver lost control due to break failure and hit the auto-rickshaw and other vehicles parked on the roadside.
According to police, the deceased has been identified as Mallesh. The police have shifted all injured to Osmania General Hospital and their condition is stated to be out of danger. The mishap took place when the RTC bus was heading towards Kondapur from Secunderabad.
Irked over the incident, the local people stoned the bus. The bus driver went absconding after the accident from the scene.
According to sources, the bus driver was hired on temporary basis due to the RTC employees participating in the general strike. The accident is believed to have occurred due to poor maintenance of bus and lack of understanding of driver of city traffic. Yousufguda police have registered a case. (INN)
Those who often use Shamshabad airport for their travels need to pay few more bucks extra as user charges from November 1st onwards. The user charges for domestic passengers will be Rs.430 where as previously it was Rs.340 only (26% raised).For International passengers it was decided to collect Rs.1700 where as previously it was Rs.907 only (87% raised).
In fact GMR which is running the airport on contract basis has appealed AERA to allow it to increase the user charges for domestic passengers Rs 500 and Rs.2825 for international passengers, stating that there were heavy losses occurred with the present tariff. But, AERA allowed it to collect above mentioned charges only.
2008/3/28 18:57:42 The high profile union minister Renuka Choudhary is in the news for one reason or the other. She is known for high handed ways and bulldozing her way on many occasions. She has been a bit silent after she became a union minster. The reason was that she has some big ambitions and wants to keep Sonia Gandhi in good humour.
Renuka created a scene yesterday when a private airline from Delhi to Goa was delayed by over two hours. The airlines gave no reason for the delay but passengers on board said that it was done to facilitate Renuka to catch the fight.
The irate passengers confronted Renuka on board and held her responsible for the delay of the flight. Renuka was visibly embarrassed. She then vent her ire on the airline staff and they had no option but to placate her. They apologized to her on behalf of the passengers.
2011/10/10 8:57:07 A 50-year-old woman suffered injuries after she was stabbed by her car driver at her residence in the Ghatkesar police limits.
The incident happened late on Sunday night when the victim, Nirmala was sitting alone at her residence in Venkatadiri Township. The car driver, Venkatesh, came from behind and snatched her gold mangalsutra. While shouting for help Nirmala told the driver that she has identified him. On hearing this, Venkatesh allegedly took out a knife and stabbed Nirmala and fled from the scene.
Nirmala was immediately rushed to a private hospital for treatment where her condition is said to be out of danger. According to police Venkatesh was staying with the family in the same residence for the last 18 months.
A case of attempt to murder has been booked and efforts are on to arrest the accused, police said. (INN)
One ID Proof for one PRS/i-Ticket for AC journey is a must: SCR
2012/4/12 6:07:13 The South Central Railway (SCR) on Thursday said that one of the passengers booked on the ticket issued from Computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and internet, undertaking journey in AC-3Tier, AC-2Tier, First AC, AC Chair Car and Executive Classes is required to carry any one of the nine prescribed Proofs of Identity in original during the journey.
The SCR said that the passenger who booked the ticket would have to produce the identity proof as and when required, failing which all the Passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as without ticket and charged accordingly. The SCR said that the provision has been made in order to confirm the genuineness of the passengers travelling on ticket booked through Passenger Reservation System / i-Ticket.
The South Central Railway said that instructions have been issued to all concerned including Travelling Ticket Examiners not to cause any inconvenience to the passengers either by asking identity card for all the passengers under one ticket or disputing the age etc., written on the proof of identity shown by the passengers. (INN)
Passenger amenities woefully inadequate at new airport
2008/3/25 2:42:22
The passengers as well as the visitors who come to the airport to receive or send off their relatives are having a tough time. There are not proper arrangements to seat the passengers’ as well s visitors at the visitors lobby. There are hardly 50 seats at each level! This is wholly inadequate as the seating will barely suffice the requirement as thousands of the passengers will be t he airport at any given time.
The visitors as well as passengers are also having a tough time in terms of refreshments. There is just one outlet in the visitors lobby serving beverages and snacks like samosas and puffs. The prices are also prohibitively expensive. A cup of coffee costs 60 rupees and a single puff about 30 rupees. The rates inside the terminal are even higher, a cup of coffee is priced at 100 rupees and a plate of idly will lighten your purse by 120 rupees.
2010/10/26 18:01:18 It was horrifying experience for buxom beauty Namita. She has been kidnapped by her fan, but safely released within minutes after the incident takes place. Namita was invited as the special guest of a function held at Karrur in Tiruchurapalli in Tamilnadu. When, she came out of the Tiruchurapalli Air Port, a youngster neatly dressed in driver uniform met her and introduced himself as the driver who was assigned to bring her to venue. Since he was in driver’s uniform and told her about the program Namita didn’t suspect him at all and she moved in his car. The driver who is supposed to pick her up has noticed this and immediately informed the organizing committee about the hijack. Luckily, some of them who were also in the air port premises blocked the car in which Namita being kidnapped. Namita was shocked with this incident but she soon recovers when the youth told her that he is a big fan of her and that’s why he want to drive her to the venue in his car.
Good news for all international travelers. The new international airport is coming up very fast at Shamshabad,. The modern airport will be one of the biggest in the country and ill have many facilities to make travel easy for the passengers.
The airport authorities are setting up 45 immigration desks for the convenience of passengers. The desks can handle about 20,000 passengers every day. The first flight from the new airport is slated to take off in 2008.
2012/3/9 4:51:46 Ministry of Railways has announced that passengers can book their train tickets 4 months in advance. This new facility will come into effect from Saturday itself. For more details passengers can visit Indian Railways official website www.irctc.co.in
2007/11/22 7:49:17 The passengers travelling in AP express from Secunderabd today had a miraculous escape. The engine got detached from the bogies and the train traveleld for some distances sans the engine. The driver realized this after traveling some distance and stopped the engine. The train started after the engine was reattached to the bogies.
But after traveling a short distance the engine got detached once again from the coaches. The train finally left for its destination after about two hours delay. There were more than 1,000 people on board and they all heaved a sigh of relief after the train resumed its normal journey.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut is in trouble. Her driver Thursday accused her of physical assault and registered a case against the star of 'Woh Lamhe' and 'Gangster - a love story'.
The driver, Rajesh Shah, has alleged that Ranaut slapped him after he bumped her car into another vehicle Thursday morning, when he was driving the actor to the sets of her latest film.
The incident reportedly enraged Ranaut.
Kangana later summoned the driver to her make-up van where she allegedly slapped him. The case has been filed at the Versova police station in northwestern Mumbai.
"The driver has registered a case against Kangana, her sister Rangoli Ranaut and her make-up man," Deputy commissioner of Police Vinay Choube said. Choube said the driver alleged that Kangana's sister and her make-up man were also present in the make-up van and they also assaulted him.
At least 20 passengers were injured when the private bus they were travelling in over-turned in the Nizamabad district.
At least 30 passengers suffered minor injuries when the RTC bus they were travelling in turned turtle near Borlam in Nizamabad district here on Thursday.
The South Central Railway (SCR) on Thursday said that one of the passengers booked on the ticket issued from Computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and internet, undertaking journey in AC-3Tier, AC-2Tier, First AC, AC Chair Car and Executive Classes is required to carry any one of the nine prescribed Proofs of Identity in original during the journey.
