Bicholim Police on Friday arrested 34 persons on charges of blocking mining traffic at Navelim-Sanquelim.
According to reports, about 34 persons, including 14 women and 20 men, gathered on the road at about 8.30 am and demanded that the mining company should give the pending money to the women who are sweeping the road.
According to sources, the women were not paid since the last three months an

Deepa Jainani

The Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's ambitious project of giving people 226 clean, congestion-free, state-of-the-art, international standard bus terminals, equipped with all modern facilities, including the best shopping experience at the existing bus terminals is well on the path to become a reality.

With the request for proposal (RFP) launched last week and the draft c

Outlay for 2011-12 fixed at Rs.58,159 crore; 16% rise over previous year

GROWTH PLAN: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan releases the State Credit Plan at the regional office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Thiruvananthapuram by handing over a copy to State Agriculture Production Commissioner K. Jayakumar on Wednesday.

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Report of the Sundar Committee on amendment of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 submitted to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. This Act may be called the Motor Vehicle Act, 2011. It extends to the whole of India.

Besides the provision of timely, adequate and efficient transport service to the travelling public, the State Transport Undertakings (STUs) are contributing substantially to the exchequer of both the Central and State governments in the form of various taxes. Further, they are undertaking many social responsibilities such as the provision of transport either free of cost or at a concessional fare to certain sections of the public and the operation of public conveyances on uneconomical schedules in the interest of public from the remote areas.

Public transport systems present an interesting situation wherein the primary objective is that of public service on a self sustaining basis. To achieve these diverse goals, organisations employ various mechanisms of control. This paper studies Karnataka  State Road Transport Corporation as an organisation from the point of view of the control systems that they have implemented at the ground level and their effectiveness. 

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CHENNAI: The State government recently gave clearance for pedestrian foot overbridges with escalators on seven busy roads across the city.

New Delhi: If you have been wondering why all the frenetic construction which the city saw in the last few years, does not seem to have made too much of a dent in the congestion levels, here

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