Safety assessment rating for trucks, heavy vehicles on lines of Bharat NCAP soon: Nitin GadkariNitin Gadkari announced plans for a safety assessment rating system for trucks and heavy commercial vehicles, mirroring the Bharat NCAP. Th...
24 Apr, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Make stepping out in India saferIncidents involving kanwariyas have underscored the dangers posed by both their own actions and those of other road users. Effective enforc...
07 Aug, 2024, 12.51 AM IST
India's SML Isuzu to hike prices to offset higher input costsIndian automaker SML Isuzu Ltd said on Tuesday it will raise prices of its trucks and buses from April 1 to offset higher input costs due t...
28 Mar, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Workers' safety must be non-negotiableWorker safety and the security of businesses should be aligned and complementary, not at odds with each other, as it remains in far too man...
24 Mar, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
Tata Motors launches country's largest tipper truck, weighs in at 47.5 tonnesThe truck comes with various features like sleeper cabin, tilt and telescopic steering system, 3-way mechanically-adjustable driving seat a...
13 Aug, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
Daimler Trucks infuses Rs 2,277 crore in India, to start second shift on demand recoveryThe maker of Bharat Benz expects the light to heavy truck market to grow by 30-50% in 2021. But this bounce back in growth will be on a ver...
07 Aug, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
Assam won't allow buses from other states if they don't follow social distancing normsAssam witnessed spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, on Saturday 70 new cases were detected taking the overall COVID tally to 32...
23 May, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
DGCA suspends 2 SpiceJet pilots for overshooting Mumbai runwayCaptain Karun Gujral and Captain Arpit Gandhi have been suspended for a year after the overrun.
10 Aug, 2019, 03.06 PM IST
Daimler to drive in 50 new products in domestic and export marketDaimler India Commercial Vehicles, which started operations in 2012, broke even in 2018 when it clocked 35% growth in truck sales to 22,532...
22 Mar, 2019, 08.02 AM IST
New load-carrying rules: Will this be a bulldozer roll over commercial vehicle industry?Many see Gadkari's order as a sudden step that will hurt manufacturers of commercial vehicles.
18 Jul, 2018, 04.17 PM IST
Higher load cap may cause a loss of Rs 9000 crore to commercial vehicle sectorNitin Gadkari has boosted the volume capacity of existing fleets through the decision, thus meeting consumption--industrial or consumer--de...
18 Jul, 2018, 08.19 AM IST
Safety first, 57 rooftop pubs to be shut in BengaluruAfter the Kamala Mills deaths at a rooftop pub, the commissioner of BMC met hotel associations this week, asking the industry to conduct fi...
10 Jan, 2018, 12.29 PM IST
Budget 2016: Road Minister Nitin Gadkari seeks 'end of life' policy for old vehiclesGadkari has already said that the govt is considering giving incentives of up to Rs 1.5 lakh on surrender of over 10-yr-old vehicles to che...
17 Jan, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
Government may dilute education rule for commercial vehicle driversUnion transport minister Nitin Gadkari had made a commitment at the world road safety summit to strengthen the laws and norms to cut road d...
03 Jan, 2016, 10.37 AM IST
Road safety bill should take care of drivers' working conditions: ExpertsRoad safety experts have now raised the demand of 'effective implementation of protecting the livelihood of drivers.'
07 Oct, 2014, 09.56 AM IST
Siemens, Maruti Suzuki India, others step on the gas for road safetyFollowing the death of Union rural development minister Gopinath Munde, organizations are insisting that employees take certain road safety...
10 Jun, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
Environment ministry relaxes fire safety norms for high-rise buildingsThe environment ministry has revised fire-safety norms that linked the height of high-rise buildings to the width of streets.
12 Jun, 2013, 05.00 AM IST