Bus Service Updates
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Mumbai: BEST employees announces strike from Friday, check list of services to be affected
Maharashtra | Jun 18, 2026, 11:28 PM ISTMumbai strike: Power supply in south Mumbai and civic bus services are likely to be affected as the joint action committee of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking employees announced an indefinite strike from Thursday midnight.
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Andhra govt launches 'Stree Shakti' free bus travel scheme for women: All you need to know
India | Aug 15, 2025, 04:57 PM ISTAs part of the 'Stree Shakti' scheme, all girls, women and transgender persons with Andhra Pradesh domicile status can travel anywhere in the state. Around 2.62 crore women in the state are expected to benefit from this scheme.
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Uddhav Sena workers blacken Karnataka buses in Pune amid language feud, interstate services halted
Maharashtra | Feb 23, 2025, 10:06 AM ISTThe feud over language in the buses travelling across state borders into Maharashtra and Karnataka started after a bus conductor was assaulted for not speaking Marathi in Karnataka's Belagavi.
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Maharashtra suspends state bus services to Karnataka after attack on MSRTC bus
Maharashtra | Feb 23, 2025, 06:09 AM ISTMaharashtra: Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said the bus services won't be resumed unless the Karnataka government makes its stand clear on the issue.
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Uber becomes first to get aggregator licence under Delhi premium bus scheme
Business | May 20, 2024, 06:25 PM ISTUber has become the first company to receive an aggregator licence from the Delhi Transport Department to operate buses under the Delhi Premium Bus Scheme. The official launch of Uber Shuttle follows a successful pilot program that showed significant demand for bus services in Delhi.
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Chennai: Woman passenger falls from moving bus as floor under her seat caves in | VIDEO
Trending | Feb 07, 2024, 11:22 AM ISTIt was a bizarre incident perhaps the first of its kind as usually we heard a cave-in incident happen on the road but this time it happened inside a bus. Thankfully, the alert passengers timely acted and saved her life.
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Bharat Bandh: OSRTC bus services to remain suspended from 6 AM to 3 PM
India | Sep 26, 2021, 10:55 PM ISTTrade unions and several non-NDA parties including the Congress have backed the strike called by the Morcha from 6 AM to 4 PM on Monday.
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KSRTC to resume bus operations to Tamil Nadu from today
India | Aug 23, 2021, 07:12 AM ISTKarnataka registered 1,189 fresh COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths taking the total infections and fatalities due to the disease to 29.38 lakh and 37,145 respectively on Sunday.
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Karnataka to resume inter-state bus service to Kerala
India | Jul 09, 2021, 07:34 AM ISTThe Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) would resume inter-state bus service to Kerala from July 12 after suspending it for over 2 months.
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COVID-19: Madhya Pradesh suspends passenger buses movement from Uttar Pradesh
India | Apr 29, 2021, 08:22 PM ISTThe order suspending interstate movement of passenger buses and All India Permit vehicles between MP and UP was issued by state transport commissioner's office in view of the rise in COVID cases.
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Karnataka: RTC workers' strike enters 6th day, bus services hit
India | Apr 12, 2021, 12:23 PM ISTAmid threats of tough action, "no work no pay", few RTC employees have returned to work and are operating buses on some routes in the city and different parts of the state.
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Bus services resume in Karnataka's Hubli
News | Dec 15, 2020, 12:20 PM ISTNorth Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) resumed bus services in Hubli district. Local buses and some inter-district buses are also running under full police protection.
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UPSRTC suspends bus service to Delhi in wake of farmers' protest
India | Dec 06, 2020, 09:52 AM ISTThe state transport corporation had been operating at least 60 buses daily to and fro from Agra to Delhi. It had to suspend its services following feedback from the bus drivers.
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Metro Rail, long-distance trains; bus services resume in Tamil Nadu
India | Sep 07, 2020, 02:47 PM ISTAfter a five-month plus hiatus, the Chennai Metro Rail services and long-distance buses linking various districts in Tamil Nadu recommenced operations on Monday. Similarly, trains within the state also resumed services after a break of about two months.
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MSRTC resumes inter-district bus services after 5 months
India | Aug 20, 2020, 11:19 AM ISTInter-district bus services of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) resumed on Thursday morning after a gap of almost five months, officials said.
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Maharashtra allows inter-district bus services as Ganeshotsav approaches
India | Aug 19, 2020, 05:48 PM ISTThe Maharashtra government has allowed resumption of inter-district bus services of the state transport corporation, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Unlock 2: No inter-state buses in Madhya Pradesh, inter-district services normalised
India | Jul 04, 2020, 04:08 PM ISTIn view of the COVID-19 situation, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced that inter- state bus services will remain suspended until further orders.
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Amid rising virus cases, Tamil Nadu stops inter-district public transport bus services for 6 days
India | Jun 24, 2020, 09:11 PM ISTInter-district public transport bus services are being withdrawn for six days in Tamil Nadu from Thursday and e-pass made mandatory for travel outside a district, the government announced, reintroducing the curbs amid continuing surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Bus services badly hit amid COVID-19 outbreak in Gorakhpur
News | Jun 15, 2020, 07:37 PM ISTThe services of bus were badly hit amid COVID-19 outbreak in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. Bus drivers and conductors are facing hardship amid unlock 1.0 of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chandigarh suspends inter-state bus service till June 30
India | Jun 12, 2020, 08:09 PM ISTThe Chandigarh administration on Friday suspended interstate bus services till June 30, saying most of the new coronavirus cases detected in the Union Territory have come from outside, an official release said.