Traffic violations surge over 100% during Holi in 2025Traffic violations in New Delhi during Holi celebrations surged significantly this year, with 7,230 challans issued compared to 3,589 last ...
15 Mar, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
Delhi Police to deploy 1,600 traffic personnel to ensure safe HoliElaborate traffic arrangements have been made to ensure the safety of motorists on roads and check the incidents of drunken and reckless dr...
08 Mar, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
Liquor ban across highways: Kerala's beer parlours move Supreme CourtThe matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices R K Agrawal and Deepak Gupta which said the plea would be heard after the summ...
14 Jun, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
SC may announce modification order on liqour ban in second week of JulyThe ban was aimed at preventing road accidents due to drunken driving. The court heard the review petitions from Chennai-based hotels and c...
10 May, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
SC ban on liquor sale along highways not applicable to marriage palaces: Punjab AGthe apex court had banned liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways; This order was also applicable to bars, pubs and r...
19 Apr, 2017, 07.44 PM IST
Poke Me: How Dry Is My Valley (Readers React)This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "How Dry Is My Valley". Here are the selected opinions that were published in the ET print e...
08 Apr, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
Exploring 'middle path' over Supreme Court banning liquor sale along NHs: Mahesh SharmaThis order is also applicable to bars, pubs and restaurants serving liquor, which give rise to drunken driving and consequential fatalities.
03 Apr, 2017, 09.28 PM IST
Liquor sale ban by highways: Hoteliers to meet Maharashtra CMThe apex court later in its order on Friday made it clear that the judgment banning the liquor vends along the highways would also be appli...
03 Apr, 2017, 08.23 PM IST
Do not drink and drive in Goa this weekend, you may end up in jailThinking to drive your vehicle after consuming liquor it is more likely that you will end up in behind the bars this weekend.
23 Apr, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
Professional drivers not complying with traffic laws: CourtStringent punishment should be imposed on professional drivers who drive commercial vehicles as they seem to be irresponsible and pose a se...
11 Apr, 2016, 01.53 PM IST
Drunk drivers are a "lethal weapon", says Delhi courtThe court said drunken driving has become a menace which may cause disabilities and fatalities having devastating effect on the victims.
26 Jul, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Supreme Court tells government to tighten law to check drunken drivingA bench took a dim view of the Punjab and Haryana high court reducing the jail term awarded to a person in a case of rash driving to 24 day...
31 Mar, 2015, 04.53 AM IST
Mizoram lifts 17-year-old liquor banState Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana had earlier hinted that retail wine shops would be run by sick PSUs.
15 Jan, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
- NRI beautician Nooriya Haveliwala convicted in 2010 drunken driving case
NRI beautician Nooriya Haveliwala was today convicted by a special NDPS court for mowing down two persons, including a policeman.
01 Nov, 2012, 01.40 PM IST
- Now, overspeeding can drive you straight to jail
The cops are also putting 100 special cameras, with automatic number plate readers, which would click pictures of violators round the clock...
27 Mar, 2012, 08.44 AM IST
- 1,001 jailed in Delhi for drunk driving, 44 for over 10 days
Be very scared of mixing drinking and driving as 1,001 people have been jailed in Delhi in the first three-and-a-half months of this year f...
20 Apr, 2011, 02.56 AM IST
- 1-month jail for drunken driving
A court here on Wednesday enhanced the jail term for drunken driving but fixed a fine of Re 1 for the offence.
27 Dec, 2007, 12.34 AM IST