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Untrained, overworked, underpaid: Why wet-lease drivers are behind most recent bus accidents

India, June 15 -- Out of the 907 accidents involving Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses over the past 10 months, wet lease buses were behind an overwhelming 887 accidents while on... Read More


Tired wet-lease drivers to blame for BEST accidents?

Mumbai, June 15 -- Out of the 907 accidents involving Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses over the past 10 months, wet lease buses were behind an overwhelming 887 of them while onl... Read More


BEST bosses in overdrive, conduct checks incognito

India, June 12 -- The BEST's answer to keeping tabs on drivers of its wet-lease buses is simple: observe them undercover. In the aftermath of Monday's accident at Dadar, in which suspected driver err... Read More


In a first, railways pump oxygen into nullah to clear lethal gases and aid manual cleaning

India, June 12 -- In a first-of-its-kind operation during its annual pre-monsoon cleaning, the railway authorities pumped oxygen into a 250-metre-long Dadar-Dharavi (DD) nullah to enable conservancy w... Read More


BEST bosses in overdrive, conduct checks incognito after Dadar crash

MUMBAI, June 12 -- The BEST's answer to keeping tabs on drivers of its wet-lease buses is simple: observe them undercover. In the aftermath of Monday's accident at Dadar, in which suspected driver err... Read More


Railway body bans 15 imposter e-catering websites

India, June 11 -- As many as 15 e-catering websites have been banned after the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) came across fake portals that were posing as its official partner... Read More


No brake failure in Dadar bus crash: Probe

India, June 11 -- The electric bus involved in the June 8 accident in Dadar West that killed one person did not suffer a brake malfunction or any other technical fault, according to preliminary checks... Read More


15 e-catering sites falsely claiming official ties with IRCTC banned

MUMBAI, June 11 -- As many as 15 e-catering websites have been banned after the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) came across fake portals that were posing as its official partne... Read More


bus crash: rto probe finds no brake failure

Mumbai, June 11 -- Checks conducted by the Tardeo RTO on Wednesday on the e-bus involved in the fatal BEST bus crash in Dadar on June 8 indicate that there was no brake failure as was initially suspec... Read More


No brake failure in Dadar bus crash

Mumbai, June 11 -- The electric bus involved in the June 8 accident in Dadar West that killed one person did not suffer a brake malfunction or any other technical fault, according to preliminary check... Read More