PM Modi to flag off Ayodhya-Mumbai Amrit Bharat Express trainIndian Railway launches a new weekly train connecting Ayodhya to Mumbai. This service will improve travel between Uttar Pradesh and Maharas...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
'Zero fatality corridor': Crash deaths down by 58.3% on Mumbai-Pune E-way since 2016, says reportSince the launch of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative for the Mumbai-Pune Expressway (MPEW) in 2016, there has been a marked decline ...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.26 PM IST
The “zero fatality corridor" that cut road fatalities on Mumbai-Pune Expressway by halfA report highlights the success of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, revealing a 58.3% reduction in ro...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.25 PM IST
Maharashtra govt's road safety corpus is Rs 823 cr but actual spend just Rs 65 cr: DataActing on the directives of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on Road Safety, the state government announced to set up RSF to raise the...
04 Jun, 2023, 08.28 PM IST
World's first bamboo-made crash barrier installed on Indian highwayAn accomplishment towards achieving Aatmanirbhar Bharat has been made with the development of the world's first bamboo-made crash barrier, ...
05 Mar, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
'World's first' bamboo crash barrier installed on Maharashtra highway, says Gadkari; calls it 'remarkable achievement'In a tweet, Gadkari said, "An extraordinary accomplishment towards achieving #AatmanirbharBharat has been made with the development of the ...
04 Mar, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
Maharashtra: Flight instructor dead, student injured in aircraft crash"One occupant was declared dead on arrival by hospital authorities while the second person has sustained injuries," a police official said.
16 Jul, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
Over 75% of poor households in India reported a decline in income as a result of road accident, says World Bank ReportWomen bore the burden of crashes across poor and rich households, often taking up extra work, assuming greater responsibilities, and perfor...
13 Feb, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
About 200 migrant workers lost lives in road accidents during lockdown: SaveLIFE FoundationFive states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana and Maharashtra accounted for the maximum deaths of migrant workers, the non-go...
02 Jun, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Lockdown Toll: 600 road crashes in first 40 days, 30% victims migrants returning homeAround 57% of deaths were of people driving during the lockdown, with over speeding being the main causes of these crashes, said a report b...
06 May, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
India needs to invest $109 billion to halve its road crash fatalities in next decade: World Bank reportThe report titled "Delivering Road Safety in India" was released at the 'Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety' in Stockholm. ...
20 Feb, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
Poor, young worst hit in accidents, reveals reportWorld Health Organisation had estimated total fatalities in road crashes in India at around 2.07 lakh while government data put it at 1.37 ...
20 Jun, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
Amritsar, Ludhiana, Varanasi top in road fatalitiesThe fatalities in big cities have fallen from 17,007 in 2013 to 16,513 in 2015. But in rural areas, it has gone up from 83,003 to 89,155 du...
26 May, 2016, 01.12 PM IST
Indian roads turn world's deadliest; killed record 400 people per day in 2015The number comes as a wake-up call for the government, whose minister Nitin Gadkari has set a goal of reducing road fatalities by 50% by 20...
21 Apr, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
UP, TN, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan accounted for over 40% road fatalities in 2014UP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan -accounted for over 40 per cent of the deaths in 2014. UP topped the list with 16,284 ...
19 Jul, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
16 deaths every hour: Indian roads claim the maximum number of lives in 2014The numbers of crashes and of people left injured were also the highest levels since the recording of such data started in India—at 4.5 lak...
19 Jul, 2015, 09.25 AM IST
20 killed, 15 injured in bus-container crash in MaharashtraAt least 20 persons were killed and 15 others injured when a packed state transport bus collided with a container truck in adjoining Jalgao...
25 Jun, 2015, 08.05 PM IST