The agitation by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run road accidents entered the second day on Tuesday, leading to non-delivery of petroleum products at depots and people rushing to petrol pumps amid the fear of fuel shortage. Pics/Anurag Ahire
02 January,2024 05:03 PM IST | Editor
Mumbai and Nagpur witnessed prolonged queues at petrol pumps as residents rushed to fill their vehicle tanks amidst concerns of an impending fuel shortage, triggered by the ongoing protest by truck drivers. Pics/ Anurag Ahire
02 January,2024 02:53 PM IST | Mumbai | Sanjana Deshpande
Private bus and truck drivers across different states staged a protest against new hit-and-run laws, which attracts a 7-10 year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. Pics/PTI
01 January,2024 05:42 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
IN PHOTOS
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin on Tuesday traveled in an auto-rickshaw and interacted with drivers, gig workers and sanitary workers in Hyderabad ahead of Telangana Assembly election. Pics/PTI
28 November,2023 04:49 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Protesters gathered on the streets of Bengaluru, on Tuesday, during the bandh over the Cauvery water dispute. Pics/PTI & Sourced
26 September,2023 05:31 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
The employees of the private bus operators in BEST on Tuesday afternoon announced their decision to call off their strike claiming that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured them of fulfilling their salary hike and other demands. Photo: Sayyed Sameer Abedi
08 August,2023 02:27 PM IST | Editor
Drivers of private bus operators hired by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their strike for the fifth day on Sunday over salary hike and other demands, officials said. Photos: Ashish Raje
06 August,2023 02:15 PM IST | Editor
The strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST - Mumbai's civic transport utility - intensified on the third day on Friday with more than 1,300 buses staying off roads, causing immense inconvenience to commuters using the service. Pics/Ashish Raje
04 August,2023 05:59 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Sunday as incessant rain inundated new areas across the state, even though the number of people affected by the deluge reduced to nearly 33,500 in 12 districts, an official bulletin said. All pictures: PTI
19 June,2023 09:31 AM IST | Editor
Mid-day Investigation
In the second part of Mid-day investigation, the team found the most outrageous fleecing by auto drivers in the eastern suburbs occurs at Kurla Terminus. Here, for a distance of 1.5 km from the suburban station to the terminus, an autorickshaw packed with four to five passengers earns its driver about Rs 500 per trip. See pics (Photo/Mid-day Team)
16 May,2023 11:02 AM IST | Anagha SawantADVERTISEMENT
