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Bengaluru parents a worried lot after school vehicles involved in seven fatal and 23 non-fatal accidents in 2023

A rising number of incidents involving school buses, including cases of rash driving, have made parents worry about the safety of their children. According to the data provided by the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP), a total of seven fatal accidents and 23 non-fatal accident cases have been booked against school vehicles…

The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023

Unauthorised vendors taking advantage of Transport Department making HSRP mandatory to hawk lookalike number plates in Karnataka

Unauthorised vendors taking advantage of Transport Department making HSRP mandatory to hawk lookalike number plates in Karnataka

The Hindu · Sep 20, 2023

High Court plea challenges govt. notification allowing only authorised dealers of vehicle manufacturers to fix HSRP even for old vehicles

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a petition questioning the August 17, 2023, notification of the Transport Department in allowing only the vehicle manufacturers and their authorised dealers to fix High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) for old vehicles registered prior…

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2023

Battery operated passenger vehicles to get permits without any fee, says Tamil Nadu government

The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order stating that all passenger vehicles which are battery-operated (as defined under clause (u) of rule 2 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, such as e-autorickshaws, e-taxis and private EV buses) or passenger vehicles that are driven on methanol or ethanol fuel,…

The Hindu · Jun 29, 2023

Women ridership under Shakti scheme breaches Transport Departments’ estimation

The Transport Department’s maximum estimated free ridership for a day under the Shakti scheme has been breached, with over 51.52 lakh women boarding State-run road transport corporation (RTC) buses on Tuesday (June 13), the third day into the implementation of this welfare programme.

The Hindu · Jun 14, 2023

Decongest roads or boost lucrative vehicular sales: can the government strike a balance?

Every government makes all the right noises to decongest Bengaluru’s roads. But when record-breaking growth in vehicular registrations massively boosts the Transport Department’s tax revenues, will the State be really interested in arresting the growth? Can it really tweak the tax structure to compensate for the shortfall through other sources?

The Hindu · Jun 12, 2023

Reopening of schools in T.N. | 1,500 special buses to be operated from June 9 to 11

In view of the Tamil Nadu government announcing the reopening of schools on June 12, the Transport Department will operate 1,500 special buses from June 9 to 11 to help people return home from vacation. These special buses are in addition to the regular buses.

The Hindu · Jun 9, 2023

Madras High Court orders seizure of all BS-IV vehicles sold and registered fraudulently after Supreme Court deadline

The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police (DGP) to ensure that not even a single Bharat Stage -IV (BS-IV) motor vehicle that had been fraudulently sold and registered in the State, after the deadline fixed by the Supreme Court, continues to ply on the roads. It…

The Hindu · May 20, 2023

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu; Finance Secretary switches places with CM’s Secretary 1

A major reshuffle of IAS officers unfolds in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu · May 13, 2023

Queensland phone, seatbelt cameras could face review amid 'sexual privacy rights' concerns

Rules that control how Queensland public servants handle potentially explicit photographs taken by traffic cameras could be reviewed after a NSW woman was sent a photo that showed her underwear alongside a fine for using a mobile phone.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023