Over 27,000 vehicles booked in Delhi for using unusual fonts, symbols, and caste or community slogan on number platesDelhi Traffic Police took action against vehicles with defective number plates in May 2025. More than 27,000 vehicle owners were booked. Th...
06 Jun, 2025, 03.29 PM IST
Hyderabad RTA fancy car number plate auction: How much did Nandamuri Balakrishna pay for 0001Tollywood actor and TDP MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna won the coveted '0001' vehicle registration number at a recent Hyderabad RTA auction, pla...
20 Apr, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
10 lakh new vehicles in Maharashtra plying sans high-security registration platesIn Maharashtra, nearly 10 lakh new vehicles have hit the roads over the past five years without mandatory high-security registration plates...
02 Mar, 2025, 10.01 AM IST
From 0001 to 0007: How much you need to pay for these VIP car number platesPost-pandemic, Delhi's obsession with fancy numbers, driven by numerology and superstitions, saw the 0001 plate sell for Rs 23.4 lakh. The ...
09 Jul, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
Dubai's five most expensive car number plates in the 113th open auctionDubai's 113th open auction for premium vehicle plates raised over AED49 million, 30% higher than the previous round. The most expensive pla...
04 Sep, 2023, 10.24 PM IST
Maharashtra: Fancy number plates could soon be a thing of the past as state gears up for HSRP on all vehiclesPresently, several vehicles display fancy number plates. For instance, 8055 is creatively written to look like BOSS, 0214 as RAM, 4141 as P...
30 Aug, 2023, 10.49 PM IST
Rs 1-lakh scooty gets Rs 1.12 crore bid for fancy registration numberA buyer has placed a whooping online bid of Rs 1.12 crore for a fancy registration number (HP 99-9999) for his scooty, which is normally pr...
17 Feb, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
'Papa kehte hain': Uttarakhand police's tweet against fancy number plates is a big hitIt was when a young man in the state decided to use the number plate to show his gratitude to his papa for buying him a good car. The vehic...
16 Jul, 2022, 02.27 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh seeks to raise over Rs 500 crore through HSRPsThe cash-starved state government hopes to net over Rs 500 crore from HSRP as each set will cost Rs 245 to Rs 649 for different classes of ...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
Fancy number plates not a business expense, says Income Tax Appellate TribunalThe ITAT's Mumbai bench held that the expense for obtaining a special number for a car is not at all a business expenditure and hence, ther...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.59 AM IST
Delhi: No Covid effect? Fancy numbers for cars and two-wheelers find takers in JulyThe state government’s transport department mopped up Rs 33.8 lakh through the e-auction of fancy registration numbers for cars and two-whe...
09 Aug, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
MSCB projected healthy picture, didn’t mention NPAs: Nabard’s 2010 reportComplainant Surinder Mohan Arora, whose PIL in the Bombay high court resulted in the probe, alleged in his FIR that the bank’s funds were m...
27 Sep, 2019, 07.51 AM IST
Onus now on plate-maker if vehicle is found sporting a fake numberPolice to ask plate-makers to get proof from vehicle owners as fake plates are used in crime
07 Mar, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Traffic cops challan Sania Mirza for "improper" display of car numberTennis player Sania Mirza has been challaned by the Hyderabad Traffic Police for "improper" display of registration number on her car.
11 Aug, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
Bengaluru traffic police to impose strict curb on fancy number plates in vehiclesThe police are threatening to cancel licences of vehicle owners if they are reluctant to conform to standards prescribed under Motor Vehicl...
09 Jul, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Craze for fancy number plates drives e-auction through roofFancy or VIP numbers have had a huge attraction among affluent Indians especially in states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Goa,Karnataka.
13 Oct, 2014, 04.51 AM IST
- Rs 2,000 fine for defective or fancy number plates
People plying with defective or fancy number plates in the national capital would now have to shell out up to Rs 2,000 instead of the earli...
16 Jul, 2013, 09.26 PM IST