NHAI flags issue of unavailability of mobile network on NH stretchesThe National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has sought the intervention of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Telecom R...
06 Jan, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
NHAI flags 424 mobile blackspots across highways, seeks better coverageThe National Highways Authority of India has flagged poor mobile network coverage on highways and expressways as a safety concern, saying i...
05 Jan, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
NHAI ties up with Jio for road safety alertsNational Highways Authority of India and Reliance Jio are partnering to launch a new safety alert system. Jio users on national highways wi...
02 Dec, 2025, 11.56 PM IST
Google Maps to have 'black spots' to alert commuters in accident-prone areasDelhi Traffic Police will mark accident-prone 'black spots' on Google Maps to alert commuters in real-time, starting with the 2024 list of ...
10 Aug, 2025, 10.49 AM IST
10 minutes, Ambulance Map: Here's how Delhi plans to bring road accidents and deaths to zeroDelhi's government introduced the Towards Zero Fatality District Plan to reduce road accident deaths. The strategy included the ‘Platinum T...
07 Aug, 2024, 04.22 PM IST
Ghaziabad Fog: Hundreds of cars run over accident victim body for hours, police struggle to locate scattered body partsIn a hit-and-run incident on NH9 in Ghaziabad, the body of an unidentified victim was severely mangled after being run over by multiple car...
07 Feb, 2024, 10.26 AM IST
Goa identifies 70 accident-prone zones for installation of AI cameras to enhance road safetyDisorderly driving and the damaging of traffic medians, which enable two-wheelers to change lanes haphazardly, have been identified as majo...
01 Jul, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Railways to try fencing tracks with NHAI crash barriers, poly-ethylene coated bamboos to stop cattle runoverIn the Western Railway zone, the Railway Board has given orders to execute "modified and designed fencing based on NHAI crash barrier for a...
21 Nov, 2022, 10.04 PM 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
Boundary walls to be raised at accident-prone spots along rail tracks: RPF DGNow, RPF teams have been directed to identify areas where people generally cross railway tracks," Arun Kumar said.
09 Dec, 2018, 06.59 PM IST
New AI system may help prevent water logging in citiesThe areas susceptible to water logging were located with the help of past travel time data from smartphone-based cab service Uber, and elev...
02 Jul, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
Remove all speed breakers from national highways, orders Union road transport ministryThe ministry said the recommendations provide for properly designed rumple strips at locations such as sharp curves on level crossings and ...
15 Apr, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Greenpeace demands probe into all 'aging' heavy water reactorsGreenpeace alleged the country's nuclear regulator has failed to ascertain the reason behind the "serious" incident at Kakrapar Atomic Powe...
15 Mar, 2016, 08.47 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari launches 7 national highway works in ChhattisgarhGadkari today laid foundation stones of 342 km-long seven national highway projects worth Rs 3,000 crore in Simga tehsil here.
12 Jan, 2016, 11.16 PM IST
Government sanctions Rs 10 crore to CRRI to map accident prone spots in DelhiGovernment has sanctioned Rs 10 crore to Central Road Research Institute for locating accident-prone spots in Delhi and suggest remedies to...
16 Jan, 2015, 03.32 PM IST
People in landslide prone areas may have to be shifted: Prithviraj ChavanChavan, who briefed his cabinet about the incident after his visit, said that 44 houses in Malin village of Ambegaon taluka were affected.
31 Jul, 2014, 08.08 PM IST
- Paying high tariff? Blame your city
Blame your city & car model if you pay higher premium as separate motor premium pattern is on cards.
02 Jan, 2007, 01.30 AM IST