Goa Buses

A group of 100 American tourists who arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa could not proceed on a sight-seeing trip of the coastal state after irate taxi operators stopped them from boarding designated buses, following which police began a probe.

Goa wants "richest tourists" and not the ones who "consume drugs" and the ones who "cook food in the buses", said state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Tuesday.

Normal life has been thrown out of gear in Goa after heavy rain for over a week. Several people were stranded at Diwar Island near Panaji due to flooding in the area. Eight buses were stuck near Goa's border with Karnataka due to the heavy rain.

Goa needs to introduce less polluting flying double decker buses, like those manufactured in Austria since the coastal state is a tourism destination, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

Daily commuters, office goers and students in Goa suffered as private bus operators stayed off roads across the state on Wednesday on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide trade strike called against the Centre's alleged anti-workerpolicies.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

The Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today sought a judicial probe into the Mahad tragedy, where at least 22 people in two buses were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa Highway.

Goa government has issued directives that all buses, including those of state-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), which are more than 15 years old should be scrapped in a phased manner.

Several parents in Goa today blocked the main roads and bridges across the state and allegedly pelted some buses with stones while demanding English to be made the medium of instruction and government grants for every academic year.

Cops in plain clothes will be patrolling the public transport system in Goa while a separate 24x7 desk would be set up in all police stations across the state to help women in distress.

Goa remained completely shut except for few buses of state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation plying on roads along with emergency services, in response to NDA's bandh call against the petrol price hike, sources said.

Goa is facing flood fury. Two buses are trapped in flood waters on the Goa-Karnataka border in a place called Kudal, which is about 100 km from Goa.

A group of 100 American tourists who arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa could not proceed on a sight-seeing trip of the coastal state after irate taxi operators stopped them from boarding designated buses, following which police began a probe.

Goa wants "richest tourists" and not the ones who "consume drugs" and the ones who "cook food in the buses", said state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Tuesday.

Normal life has been thrown out of gear in Goa after heavy rain for over a week. Several people were stranded at Diwar Island near Panaji due to flooding in the area. Eight buses were stuck near Goa's border with Karnataka due to the heavy rain.

Goa needs to introduce less polluting flying double decker buses, like those manufactured in Austria since the coastal state is a tourism destination, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

Daily commuters, office goers and students in Goa suffered as private bus operators stayed off roads across the state on Wednesday on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide trade strike called against the Centre's alleged anti-workerpolicies.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

The Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today sought a judicial probe into the Mahad tragedy, where at least 22 people in two buses were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed on the Mumbai-Goa Highway.

Goa government has issued directives that all buses, including those of state-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), which are more than 15 years old should be scrapped in a phased manner.

Several parents in Goa today blocked the main roads and bridges across the state and allegedly pelted some buses with stones while demanding English to be made the medium of instruction and government grants for every academic year.

Cops in plain clothes will be patrolling the public transport system in Goa while a separate 24x7 desk would be set up in all police stations across the state to help women in distress.

Goa remained completely shut except for few buses of state-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation plying on roads along with emergency services, in response to NDA's bandh call against the petrol price hike, sources said.

Goa is facing flood fury. Two buses are trapped in flood waters on the Goa-Karnataka border in a place called Kudal, which is about 100 km from Goa.