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Govt deliberates on financing mechanism to push adoption of e-bus, e-truck in private sectorThe Ministry of Heavy Industries convened a high-level meeting to explore financing mechanisms for accelerating private sector adoption of ...
Major strike in Portugal severely disrupts travel servicesPortugal witnessed its biggest strike in over a decade on Thursday. Two major trade unions called for a walkout, severely impacting travel,...
Asleep at the Wheel: The safety crisis in India’s sleeper busesIndia's booming sleeper bus sector faces a critical safety crisis, with a surge in fire accidents exposing widespread non-compliance and il...
Proposing changes to make electric buses more viable: GadkariThe centre is evaluating options to make electric buses lucrative for bus makers and state transport utilities (STUs) said Minister for Roa...
Farmers protest impact: Vegetable supplies from other states to Delhi fall 50%Traders at Azadpur said truck movement, usually 100,000 vehicles a day, had fallen to a trickle, and that if the roads remained blocked, it...
Bus operators on the brink of bankruptcy, millions lose jobs as sector loses Rs 1.3 lakh crThe sector employs 10 million, who in turn support the lives of 40 million people. Once the moratorium conditions are lifted, easily 300,00...
Passenger transport operator bodies say sector on verge of collapse, seek govt helpThe two bodies said transporters in Delhi alone have suffered a financial loss of Rs 65,000 crore in the past two months and the business h...
BOCI writes to IRDAI for extension of vehicle insurance validityBOCI operators run 17 lakh buses and account for 30 crore passenger trips. Its members also operate 1.1 million cars which are used for int...
COVID-19 has led to 20 lakh job losses in bus, taxi sector; more on anvil: Industry BodyIndustry body Bus & Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI), which claims to represent 20,000 operators with 15 lakh buses and maxi-cab...
Commercial Vehicle owners push for extension of policy, but insurers disagreeVehicle owners want to invoke the Indian Motor Tariff Endorsement 11, which asks insurers to either extend the policy or reduce the premium...
Efforts to restart public buses, airlines will be made soon: Nitin Gadkari“Soon, efforts to start public transport, buses, will be made on the basis of some guidelines,” Gadkari said. “There is also a need to star...
Bengal to decide on lockdown relaxations in green, orange zonesA task force led by Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha will decide on the relaxations, including which shops and establishments will be allowed t...
Poll effect: Fuel prices remain flat though crude is dearerIndustry stakeholders, including retail dealers, say this has to do with the Lok Sabha polls.
Here is why truckers are going off the road across the country todayThe strike can push up prices of essential items such as milk and vegetable and disrupt a large number of businesses.
Norms set, double-decker buses may ply on 70 routesSome of the routes that have been identified include Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Jaipur, Lucknow-Gorakhpur, Vadodara-Mumbai, Srinagar-Jalandhar, Kozh...
Government plans Rs 1,000 crore funds for setting up bus terminalsWe have a Rs 1,000-crore funding plan to assist states in setting up of world class busports (large bus terminals), said Nitin Gadkari.
Switch to electric or ethanol, Nitin Gadkari tells bus operatorsAddressing over 3,000 bus operators in Navi Mumbai for a three-day Bus Expo Prawas, Gadkari said the buses running on diesel are not good f...
Auto Expo 2016 to witness 80 new product launchesAround 80 new models will be unveiled at the upcoming India's flagship automobile show, the Auto Expo, which is expected to draw around 7 l...
- KPN Travels to operate buses with toilets
Private bus operator KPN Travels India Limited plans to introduce luxury coaches that will have improved onboard facilities, including toil...
- Nath targets five per cent world trade share by 2020
'Focus product to a Focus Market', should be the orientation of India's trade policy, said Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath, and a...