Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal meets bereaved families in Tinsukia, reviews rescue efforts after Anjaw tragedyUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited families of victims from Assam who died in a tragic road accident in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw di...
12 Dec, 2025, 08.13 PM IST
Andhra: 9 killed as bus overturns on Chinturu-Bhadrachalam Ghat road in Alluri Sitarama Raju districtAt least nine people died when a bus overturned on a ghat road in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju district. In a separate incident, 2...
12 Dec, 2025, 08.10 AM IST
Major accident on Hayuliang–Chaglagam road along Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, 17 feared deadA truck carrying 21 labourers fell into a deep gorge on the Hayuliang-Chaglagam road in Arunachal Pradesh. At least 17 people are feared de...
11 Dec, 2025, 05.47 PM IST
Govt formulates cashless treatment scheme for road crash victims: Nitin GadkariNHA, under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, in coordination with local police, empanelled hospitals, state health agency, national ...
01 Aug, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
Assam: 12 killed, around 30 others injured in truck-bus collisionThe accident took place on Wednesday at Balijan near Dergaon when the bus with 45 people had a head on collision with the goods vehicle. Th...
03 Jan, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
Assam: Seven college students killed in Guwahati road accidentTen third-year students left the college premises in a car early this morning, and their speeding vehicle hit a road divider and then colli...
29 May, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma asks district administration to ensure ‘accident-free New Year’Sarma reviewed the measures taken for enforcement of road safety, selection of beneficiaries under Orunodoi 2.0, implementation of Amrit Sa...
20 Dec, 2022, 01.07 AM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma undertakes measures to curb road accidentsHimanta Biswa Sarma has asked Transport Minister Parimal Suklabaidya to hold a meeting with the PWD and transport department to ensure nece...
03 Aug, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Assam sees 11,000+ cases of travellers riding without helmet in DecemberAssam’s transport department has found more than 11,000 cases of riding without a helmet in the month of December. The department stated st...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
Over speeding a major cause of road accidents in Assam: GovernmentAssam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary in a statement said, "75.30% of the cause of 2,629 deaths in 2020 in Assam was due to over ...
13 Aug, 2021, 10.47 PM IST
Road accidents on national highways account for 48% in AssamAssam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary reviewed the action taken by the stakeholders on implementation of road safety laws in the ...
30 Jun, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Road accidents claimed more lives in Assam than COVID-19: Chandra Mohan Patowary, Assam Transport MinisterIn 2020, Assam witnessed 6533 accidents leading to 2629 deaths. In 2019, there were 8350 accidents and 3208 deaths. The state-level conclud...
16 Feb, 2021, 08.42 PM IST
Assam Transport Minister requested Gadkari to address road design flaws and other technicalities to reduce road fatalitiesAddressing the council, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that Government of India plays the role of a facilitator with support of the resp...
20 Jan, 2021, 12.55 AM IST
Expansion of roads: Assam government to go for land acquisition through Direct Purchase with landlordsAssam cabinet on Tuesday decided that land acquisition through Direct Purchase in way of negotiated settlement for improvement of State Hig...
22 Dec, 2020, 09.06 PM IST
Tarun Gogoi asks IIT-G to suggest ways to stop road accidentsThe Assam Government has asked the IIT-Guwahati to suggest ways and means for curbing the growing menace of road accidents.
24 Oct, 2015, 08.54 PM IST
- Assam road accident: 28 people dead
Barpeta district administration has contacted its counterpart in Dhubri to inform the families of the deceased, they said.
03 Oct, 2013, 11.26 AM IST
- At least 18 killed as bus plunges into river
A bus veered off a road and plunged into a river in Assam on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and injuring one more.
24 Feb, 2008, 01.17 PM IST