5 Trinamool men among six killed in Bengal accident
Kolkata, June 27: Six persons, including five Trinamool Congress activists, died on Wednesday when their car collided with a bus in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, police said.
They were heading towards Digha from Murshidabad district when the accident took place near Marishda on National Highway 116. The car driver was also killed.
According to police, both the vehicles were travelling at a high speed and collided head on when the bus was trying to overtake a lorry. The impact of the accident was so severe that the car was mangled and police had to use cutters to take out the bodies, said an officer from the Marishda police station.
The passengers of the bus received minor injuries. The bus driver is still at large.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
