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Watch: Tamil Nadu Driver Kisses Steering Wheel, Hugs Bus On His Retirement Day
A video has surfaced showing a Tamil Nadu State Transport driver getting emotional and bidding a teary-eyed farewell to the bus he drove for 30 years.
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Man Driving Bus Ensures Passengers' Safety Before Dying Of Heart Attack
Clutching his chest in severe pain, a bus driver saved 30 passengers by steering the bus to the side of a busy road before collapsing and dying of a heart attack on the steering wheel near suburban Nerkundram in Tamil Nadu.
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Coimbatore Bus Driver Caught Speaking Over Phone, Regulates Traffic For 8 Hours
This is one punishment Muruganandam , a private bus driver, is not going to forget in a hurry: regulating traffic on a busy road here for the 'crime' of speaking over the mobile phone while driving.
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With Temporary Drivers In Charge, Commuters In Tamil Nadu Fear For Safety
Thirty seven-year-old Sion was on a two-wheeler when he was hit from behind by a government bus in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district yesterday. A temporary driver was driving the bus as the transport workers continued to strike for the eighth consecutive day. He was one of the three people killed in accidents due to reckless driving since the strike ...
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Man Dies On Bus, Driver Offloads His Body, Friend On Highway In Tamil Nadu
Two friends who had boarded an interstate bus from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning hadn't imagined their journey to unfold in this manner. While one of them died on the bus, reportedly of a cardiac arrest, the other was offloaded on the highway with his friend's body.
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With 8,000 Temporary Workers, 71% Buses Back In Tamil Nadu
As the strike by state transport workers demanding a pay hike in Tamil Nadu entered its fourth day, sources in the government told NDTV that 71 per cent buses have resumed operations. After most workers defied the Madras High Court order directing them to report for work or face consequences, the government roped in 4,578 drivers and 3,496 conducto...
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Amid Transport Strike, Tamil Nadu MLA Drives Government Bus
An MLA in Tamil Nadu's Erode district doubled up as a bus driver on Friday to help stranded commuters affected by the indefinite strike declared by transport workers demanding salary hike.
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Tamil Nadu Transport Workers' Strike Continues, 14,000 Buses Remain Off Road
Commuters in Tamil Nadu are stranded, forced to pay through the nose to autorickshaw and cab drivers or walk long distances as around 14,000 buses have remained off the road for the second day after transport workers' unions went on strike demanding a pay hike. Thousands of passengers yesterday waited at bus stands as only a third of the buses oper...
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Rameswaram: 20 Injured After Protesters Pelt Stones At Buses
20 persons, including passengers of a bus and two drivers were injured when a crowd pelted stones at state transport buses after alleged reckless driving led to a fisherman's death at Thangachimadam area late last night.
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14-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Gang-Raped In Bus In Tamil Nadu, 3 Arrested
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in a private bus by two drivers and a conductor in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, about 350 kilometres from state capital Chennai, on Monday. The three accused in the case, a stark reminder of the 2012 Nirbahaya gang-rape case in Delhi, have been arrested.
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Transport Unions Strike, 22,000 Buses Go Off Roads, Commuters Hit In Tamil Nadu
Commuters are facing a harrowing time in Tamil Nadu as 22,000 state-run buses have remained off roads after many transport unions began their indefinite strike on Sunday. Their demands include revision of wages, settlement of Rs 1,700 crore dues for more than 10,000 retired workers and government taking over operational losses of transport corporat...
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Video Of Buses Racing In Tamil Nadu Goes Viral, One Crossed To The Wrong Side
Licences of two private bus drivers were suspended in Coimbatore on Saturday after a video showing two buses literally racing on the Coimbatore-Pollachi highway went viral.
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Ola, Uber Drivers Compelled To Live In Their Cars
Around 12.30am, after driving for 18 hours, Balaji, who has a Masters in Computer Applications, catches a few winks in his car parked outside Chennai's Koyambedu bus terminus. He can't afford to turn off his Uber phone. He has to clock in business of at least Rs 600 to claim his incentive for the day. His ageing parents back home depend on him. His...
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Alert Driver Steers Bus To Roadside After Heart Attack; Dies
An alert bus driver showed great presence of mind when he steered the vehicle with 20 people onboard to the roadside after suffering a heart attack at nearby Keezhapavoor today, but later collapsed on the steering wheel and died.
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Meteorite Hit Unlikely, Say Scientists After First Vellore Tests: 10 Developments
Scientists who have examined rock samples from Vellore say it is unlikely that a meteorite killed a bus driver at a college campus in this Tamil Nadu town, a theory favoured by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
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Watch: Tamil Nadu Driver Kisses Steering Wheel, Hugs Bus On His Retirement Day
A video has surfaced showing a Tamil Nadu State Transport driver getting emotional and bidding a teary-eyed farewell to the bus he drove for 30 years.
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Man Driving Bus Ensures Passengers' Safety Before Dying Of Heart Attack
Clutching his chest in severe pain, a bus driver saved 30 passengers by steering the bus to the side of a busy road before collapsing and dying of a heart attack on the steering wheel near suburban Nerkundram in Tamil Nadu.
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Coimbatore Bus Driver Caught Speaking Over Phone, Regulates Traffic For 8 Hours
This is one punishment Muruganandam , a private bus driver, is not going to forget in a hurry: regulating traffic on a busy road here for the 'crime' of speaking over the mobile phone while driving.
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With Temporary Drivers In Charge, Commuters In Tamil Nadu Fear For Safety
Thirty seven-year-old Sion was on a two-wheeler when he was hit from behind by a government bus in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district yesterday. A temporary driver was driving the bus as the transport workers continued to strike for the eighth consecutive day. He was one of the three people killed in accidents due to reckless driving since the strike ...
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Man Dies On Bus, Driver Offloads His Body, Friend On Highway In Tamil Nadu
Two friends who had boarded an interstate bus from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning hadn't imagined their journey to unfold in this manner. While one of them died on the bus, reportedly of a cardiac arrest, the other was offloaded on the highway with his friend's body.
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With 8,000 Temporary Workers, 71% Buses Back In Tamil Nadu
As the strike by state transport workers demanding a pay hike in Tamil Nadu entered its fourth day, sources in the government told NDTV that 71 per cent buses have resumed operations. After most workers defied the Madras High Court order directing them to report for work or face consequences, the government roped in 4,578 drivers and 3,496 conducto...
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Amid Transport Strike, Tamil Nadu MLA Drives Government Bus
An MLA in Tamil Nadu's Erode district doubled up as a bus driver on Friday to help stranded commuters affected by the indefinite strike declared by transport workers demanding salary hike.
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Tamil Nadu Transport Workers' Strike Continues, 14,000 Buses Remain Off Road
Commuters in Tamil Nadu are stranded, forced to pay through the nose to autorickshaw and cab drivers or walk long distances as around 14,000 buses have remained off the road for the second day after transport workers' unions went on strike demanding a pay hike. Thousands of passengers yesterday waited at bus stands as only a third of the buses oper...
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Rameswaram: 20 Injured After Protesters Pelt Stones At Buses
20 persons, including passengers of a bus and two drivers were injured when a crowd pelted stones at state transport buses after alleged reckless driving led to a fisherman's death at Thangachimadam area late last night.
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14-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Gang-Raped In Bus In Tamil Nadu, 3 Arrested
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in a private bus by two drivers and a conductor in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, about 350 kilometres from state capital Chennai, on Monday. The three accused in the case, a stark reminder of the 2012 Nirbahaya gang-rape case in Delhi, have been arrested.
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Transport Unions Strike, 22,000 Buses Go Off Roads, Commuters Hit In Tamil Nadu
Commuters are facing a harrowing time in Tamil Nadu as 22,000 state-run buses have remained off roads after many transport unions began their indefinite strike on Sunday. Their demands include revision of wages, settlement of Rs 1,700 crore dues for more than 10,000 retired workers and government taking over operational losses of transport corporat...
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Video Of Buses Racing In Tamil Nadu Goes Viral, One Crossed To The Wrong Side
Licences of two private bus drivers were suspended in Coimbatore on Saturday after a video showing two buses literally racing on the Coimbatore-Pollachi highway went viral.
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Ola, Uber Drivers Compelled To Live In Their Cars
Around 12.30am, after driving for 18 hours, Balaji, who has a Masters in Computer Applications, catches a few winks in his car parked outside Chennai's Koyambedu bus terminus. He can't afford to turn off his Uber phone. He has to clock in business of at least Rs 600 to claim his incentive for the day. His ageing parents back home depend on him. His...
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Alert Driver Steers Bus To Roadside After Heart Attack; Dies
An alert bus driver showed great presence of mind when he steered the vehicle with 20 people onboard to the roadside after suffering a heart attack at nearby Keezhapavoor today, but later collapsed on the steering wheel and died.
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Meteorite Hit Unlikely, Say Scientists After First Vellore Tests: 10 Developments
Scientists who have examined rock samples from Vellore say it is unlikely that a meteorite killed a bus driver at a college campus in this Tamil Nadu town, a theory favoured by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
