Tamil Nadu Bus Fare Hike

Calling a cut in state bus fares an "eye-wash", Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, the DMK kept up the pressure on the state government by escalating its protests today. A united opposition led by the DMK, is holding state-wide protests demanding a rollback in what they call a drastic fare hike. Workers of the DMK and other opposition parties have...

The Tamil Nadu government today revised bus fares, reducing them marginally, following protests by opposition parties and public, especially students, over the recent "steep" hike.

College students across Tamil Nadu continued to hold protests for the fifth day on Wednesday against the recent hike in bus fares, and demanded immediate rollback of the revision.

Protests against the recent bus fare hike announced by Tamil Nadu government spread across the state Sunday, with members of the public and some political parties staging demonstrations at various cities.

There's anger across Tamil Nadu over the state government's decision to raise bus fares across the board. The hike in fares -- ranging between 20 per cent and 67 per cent -- comes after a gap of six years. With the government deciding to charge commuters for insurance separately, fares have shot up in some categories. In Chennai, the minimum fare h...

After over six years, Tamil Nadu government today hiked the fares of buses under State run transport corporations and private entities approximately by 20 to 54.54 per cent, saying it was inevitable.

State road transport corporations will have to raise fares by over 18 per cent to make up for the recent diesel price deregulation, according to India Ratings & Research said on Tuesday.

The otherwise media savvy DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi has been maintaining a low profile ever since she was released from the Tihar Jail on bail in the 2G case. However, on Sunday, Ms Kanimozhi, who is party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, addressed her first public meeting since her imprisonment, on the outskirts of Chennai. Ms Kanimozhi's meeti...

Justifying the November 2011 hike in fares of public transport buses in Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK government today pointed out that State Transport Undertakings (STUs) operated at decade old fares, resulting in heavy losses to the STUs.

The Tamil Nadu government today announced a steep hike in bus fares and milk prices, besides indicating that power tariff would also go up. Announcing the cabinet decisions in an address on Jaya TV, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said the hikes were 'unavoidable' as state public sector units were on the verge of collapse.

Calling a cut in state bus fares an "eye-wash", Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, the DMK kept up the pressure on the state government by escalating its protests today. A united opposition led by the DMK, is holding state-wide protests demanding a rollback in what they call a drastic fare hike. Workers of the DMK and other opposition parties have...

The Tamil Nadu government today revised bus fares, reducing them marginally, following protests by opposition parties and public, especially students, over the recent "steep" hike.

College students across Tamil Nadu continued to hold protests for the fifth day on Wednesday against the recent hike in bus fares, and demanded immediate rollback of the revision.

Protests against the recent bus fare hike announced by Tamil Nadu government spread across the state Sunday, with members of the public and some political parties staging demonstrations at various cities.

There's anger across Tamil Nadu over the state government's decision to raise bus fares across the board. The hike in fares -- ranging between 20 per cent and 67 per cent -- comes after a gap of six years. With the government deciding to charge commuters for insurance separately, fares have shot up in some categories. In Chennai, the minimum fare h...

After over six years, Tamil Nadu government today hiked the fares of buses under State run transport corporations and private entities approximately by 20 to 54.54 per cent, saying it was inevitable.

State road transport corporations will have to raise fares by over 18 per cent to make up for the recent diesel price deregulation, according to India Ratings & Research said on Tuesday.

The otherwise media savvy DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi has been maintaining a low profile ever since she was released from the Tihar Jail on bail in the 2G case. However, on Sunday, Ms Kanimozhi, who is party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, addressed her first public meeting since her imprisonment, on the outskirts of Chennai. Ms Kanimozhi's meeti...

Justifying the November 2011 hike in fares of public transport buses in Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK government today pointed out that State Transport Undertakings (STUs) operated at decade old fares, resulting in heavy losses to the STUs.

The Tamil Nadu government today announced a steep hike in bus fares and milk prices, besides indicating that power tariff would also go up. Announcing the cabinet decisions in an address on Jaya TV, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said the hikes were 'unavoidable' as state public sector units were on the verge of collapse.