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Delhi Traffic Police registers 1,170 FIRs, over 12,000 challans in wrong-side driving crackdownDelhi Traffic Police launched a rigorous two-day operation, registering 1,170 FIRs and impounding 1,179 vehicles to combat dangerous wrong-...
Safer pilgrimage, dedicated lanes for warkaris in Maharashtra: Nitin GadkariUnion minister Nitin Gadkari announced significant progress on the Pandharpur pilgrimage route. Nearly 80 percent of the work is complete, ...
Bhagalpur’s Vikramshila bridge collapse: Major scare as video shows 25-metre slab of bridge collapsing into Ganga, all traffic haltedBhagalpur Vikramshila bridge collapse news: A significant portion of Bihar's Vikramshila Setu bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed late Sunday nig...
AI integration in road, transport can help avoid accidents, curb pollution: Govt officialMeasures such as a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and adding driving-in-school curriculum can help in this direction, Pankaj Aggar...
Centre plans to introduce cashless treatment of accident victims across India, says MoRTH Secy"Free and cashless medical treatment to accident-injured victims is part of the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019 (MVA2019). Some states have ...
Not wearing seat belts claimed 16,715 lives in road accidents in 2022: MoRTHIn 2022, a total of 16,715 individuals lost their lives in road accidents due to their failure to wear seat belts, as reported by the Minis...
Maharashtra roads have over 1,000 'blackspots' that have witnessed five or more accidentsThe Maharashtra traffic police have identified 1,004 blackspots on the state's roads and highways where recurring accidents are a major con...
Punjab to introduce specialised force to check road accidents, streamline vehicular trafficThe Punjab government will raise a specialised force, the Sadak Surakhya Force, to check road accidents and streamline traffic movement. Th...
Goa identifies 70 accident-prone zones for installation of AI cameras to enhance road safetyDisorderly driving and the damaging of traffic medians, which enable two-wheelers to change lanes haphazardly, have been identified as majo...
Concerted campaign against the company, electric scooters are well tested: Ola ElectricOn March 14, Ola Electric said it is offering customers of its scooters an option to replace the front fork arm, a key component between th...
- It's just not by accident
Steps taken for prevention, such as legislations enforcing traffic rules and awareness campaigns, indirectly change human behaviour, but di...
Yogi Adityanath ropes in private companies to catch cattle on Agra ExpresswayInterestingly, the job comes with a target of catching at least 100 animals per month. If the agency is unable to achieve the target, a pen...
More die due to potholes than terror: Supreme CourtA bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said the large number of deaths caused due to potholes was "unacceptable" and was "probably more th...
Auto industry should venture into electric vehicles segment: Nitin GadkariNitin Gadkari today said the government is concerned about vehicular pollution and asked the automobile industry to venture into electric v...
Remove all speed breakers from national highways, orders Union road transport ministryThe ministry said the recommendations provide for properly designed rumple strips at locations such as sharp curves on level crossings and ...
Fatal road accidents in Delhi at 26-year-low; traffic jams behind drop?The city recorded 1,620 road deaths last year, lower than in 1990 (1,670) -when Delhi's population was half and its vehicle numbers a fifth...
LPG tanker lorry capsizes near MalappuramThe driver of the lorry, proceeding to Madurai from Mangalore, lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve which resulted in the ...
Christmas celebrated peacefully across MizoramPrayer and worship services were held in churches by different church denominations, but celebrations had kicked off since last evening wit...
- Fatal accidents in metros much less, thanks to enforcement of traffic rules
Ludhiana snuffed out 294 lives in 444 road accidents last year in comparison to 563 fatalities in 25,471 accidents in Mumbai during the sam...
- Traffic violators may have to pay more insurance premium
Frequent traffic violators may end up paying more insurance premium, as the government is contemplating such a move to check increasing inc...