Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami orders committee to draft road safety manual after fatal accidentsUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered the formation of a committee to develop a road safety manual following two recen...
15 Nov, 2024, 08.42 PM IST
Noida PG mates 'all-girls-trip' to hills turns into tragic accident: Six dead as tempo plunges into gorge in RudraprayagThe tragic accident has left families devastated. Smriti Sharma's family traveled to Uttarakhand to retrieve her body, her mother expressin...
20 Jun, 2024, 10.22 AM IST
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: How the 12 'rat miners' reached the 41 trapped menRat-hole mining experts are nearing a breakthrough in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. After 15 days, workers are close to fre...
28 Nov, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Kedarnath yatra: DGCA puts in place additional checks for pilots, weather cameras for safe helicopter operationsIndia's aviation watchdog DGCA has implemented several measures to make helicopter operations during the Kedarnath pilgrimage safer. The me...
30 May, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Rishabh Pant shifted from ICU to private suite over infection scareIndia's star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was alone in the car and reportedly fell asleep at the wheel when the accident happened. Acco...
02 Jan, 2023, 12.30 PM IST
Endeavour to cut accidents, deaths on roads by 25% by March next year: Nitin GadkariUnderlining the need for generating awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing or eliminating mortality on the roads ...
05 Jun, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
Fines of Rs 577 crore in 18 states post-Motor Vehicle ActThe details of challans and fines were revealed by the road transport ministry in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha this week. The number ...
24 Nov, 2019, 02.59 PM IST
Challans worth Rs 577 cr issued since Sept 1As per information available in the database of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), 38,39,406 traffic challans in 18 states were issued ...
22 Nov, 2019, 07.45 AM IST
Over 38 lakh traffic violation cases booked in last 2 months, Nitin Gadkari informs the ParliamentAs per information available in the database of National Informatics Centre (NIC), 38,39,406 traffic challans in 18 states were issued sinc...
21 Nov, 2019, 03.03 PM IST
- New device to prevent drunk driving
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) If you are drunk and trying to drive, your vehicle will not start. Uttarakhand researchers have developed a new t...
20 Apr, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
Arunachal, Andaman national highways off Supreme Court's booze ban mapArunachal doesn't have many state highways, there are 1,011 liquor vends in the state of which implementation of SC order would warrant clo...
13 Jul, 2017, 09.10 AM IST
Supreme Court exempts Arunachal, Andaman-Nicobar from liquor ban rulingThe counsel appearing for Arunachal Pradesh said that 80% of the state was covered by forests and, out of a total state revenue of Rs 441.6...
12 Jul, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsMadhya Pradesh fares the worst with 19 fatalities.
29 Jun, 2016, 11.48 AM IST
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsPolice and wildlife authorities seized skins, bones, claws, skeletons, canines and paws of another 16 tigers during this period, taking the...
29 Jun, 2016, 09.51 AM IST
Government looks to award Rs 1 lakh crore road projects in North East: Nitin GadkariThe ministry plans to extend this scheme to road accident victims on North-South corridor, East-West Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral.
22 Mar, 2016, 08.18 PM IST
Telangana, UP top road deaths caused by snowAccidents due to snow are placed under two categories — road deaths due to "snow" (as in weather) and "snowy" (as in road) conditions.
21 Sep, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
- Free medical cover for accident victims
The Centre is working on a plan for a cashless system whereby the government would bear all medical expenses during the first 48 hours of h...
25 Oct, 2009, 04.37 AM IST