Bengaluru Traffic: Karnataka offers 50% waiver on pending e-challan fines till September 12The Karnataka government is offering a one-time 50% waiver on traffic penalties issued through the Police Department's e-challan system fro...
22 Aug, 2025, 08.09 AM IST
Drivers to lose license, face higher insurance premiums if e-challans remain unpaid for three months: Draft rulesThose who do not pay their traffic e-challans within three months could see their driving licenses suspended. Drivers with three challans i...
31 Mar, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Karnataka Traffic police give bad drivers a fit punishment, internet applauds the move. See viral clipThe Karnataka Traffic Police creatively punished drivers using loud air horns by making them listen to their own noise at full volume. The ...
20 Jan, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
Karnataka new traffic rule: Get ready to pay Rs 1,000 traffic fine if you don't have thisVehicle owners in Karnataka without High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) will face penalties starting early October. Despite multiple e...
20 Sep, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Warning for Bengaluru car and bike owners: Police starts seizing vehicles with large pending finesBengaluru south division traffic police have impounded 85 vehicles whose fines exceeded Rs 50,000. Owners must settle fines or seek reducti...
20 Feb, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
Criminal case over protest march: Karnataka CM moves SC to save himself from appearance before special courtCM Siddaramaiah challenges criminal proceedings against him in Supreme Court, questioning validity of special court case for participating ...
14 Feb, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Karnataka HC declines to quash arrest warrants against CM Siddaramaiah, Surjewala & two ministers, fines Rs 10,000 eachThe Congress party had staged a protest rally to then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s residence on the Race Course road to press for dism...
06 Feb, 2024, 07.04 PM IST
Carpooling in Karnataka: No fines, but ride-sharing apps may need licenceBengaluru has an estimated two million people employed in the technology, startup and BPO sectors for thousands of whom carpooling is a pre...
03 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Online traffic fines of over Rs 258 cr realised in virtual courts: Law Ministry"Over 1.59 crore cases have been handled by 20 #VirtualCourts in 16 States/ UTs. Online fine of more than Rs 258 crores has been realised i...
04 Jul, 2022, 06.18 PM IST
Only 5 states have rolled out new Motor Vehicles ActBihar government is likely to notify the new rules soon while Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Haryana will take at least three more months to im...
07 Oct, 2019, 02.21 PM IST
Penalties under Motor Vehicles Act reduced in KarnatakaFines have been slashed for various violations.
21 Sep, 2019, 10.42 PM IST
Maharashtra not to levy heavy traffic fines, for nowSources said that many in the state BJP and Shiv Sena aren’t too keen on implementing the new fines, especially with state elections just a...
12 Sep, 2019, 12.23 PM IST
Gujarat slashes Centre’s new traffic fines by up to 90%The new Motor Vehicle Act gives states the power to lower the penalties for several offenses.
11 Sep, 2019, 10.49 AM IST
On your phone while driving? get ready to shell out Rs 1k fineDriving dangerously, exceeding speed limit, unsafe parking, using vehicle without insurance, ticketless bus travel to also make pocket ligh...
28 Jun, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
To get free helmet from cops, motorcyclists deliberately decide not to sport oneIronically, the behaviour was observed in the wake of a safety campaign initiated by the traffic police in Mysuru. The move ended up promot...
20 Mar, 2018, 03.42 PM IST
Can use of information technology result in loss of privacy and democratic rights?While on the one hand, IT addresses the challenge to maintain law and order, on the other it introduces the Panopticon effect.
04 Sep, 2015, 10.17 AM IST
- Centre sanctions Rs 80 cr to Karnataka for repairing highways
Centre has released Rs 80 crore to Karnataka for taking up repair works on national highways, Union Minister for National Highways K H Muni...
09 Jan, 2008, 05.30 PM IST