The Union Budget is less than two weeks away and the automotive industry is hoping that it will signal good news for the sector. Leading the wish list is a road map on the government's much-delayed plans for implementing GST. The industry expects that, after this budget, India will finally move towards a uniform GST model. ...
03:25 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Over 50 state buses were plying in Bangalore and even autorickshaws were plying. Meanwhile, life hasn't been hit in Assam as public transport was plying and schools, colleges were open. ...
10:43 AM, Feb 20, 2013
In the wake of the Delhi gangrape case, a Parliamentary panel is likely to recommend setting up of an umbrella organisation for public transport system in NCR so that responsibility can be fixed on a single agency if safety of passengers is compromised due to violation of rules. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport met on Wednesday for the third time to discuss safety of passengers in public transport in...
10:10 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A month after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old brought people out on the streets and the administration down on its knees, nothing seems to have changed in the national capital. ...
07:59 PM, Jan 16, 2013
In the wake of the brutal Delhi gangrape on December 16, 2012 that shocked the nation and exposed the flimsy security measures for the women in the country, authorities have taken initiatives to tighten the safety situation. In Gurgaon, for instance, pink autorickshaws are back. ...
08:20 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai came to a virtual standstill on Sunday as Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, a Hindutva mascot and flagbearer of Marathi pride, was laid to rest and lakhs of mourners joined the Marathi leader's grieving family to bid him a tearful farewell. A sea of people, unprecedented in recent memory, descended on Mumbai streets leading from Thackeray's Bandra residence Matoshree to Shivaji Park, to catch the last glimpse of...
07:23 PM, Nov 18, 2012
CHENNAI: In 2008, Purushothaman used to ferry foreign tourists arriving at the International Airport at Meenambakkam to various destinations of their choice in the city. On the last day of their sojourn, he would drop them back at the airport on his tourist-friendly auto rickshaw.Four years down the line, he continues in the same profession, albeit with a difference - Purushothaman has now switched over to a taxi. "It's three...
08:09 AM, Apr 05, 2012
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The sedan will be launched in Bengaluru next week. ...
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09:46 PM, Oct 17, 2010
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03:24 PM, Aug 21, 2007
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