road safety

New Delhi, March 28 In an effort to strengthen traffic enforcement and alleviate congestion, the Delhi Police inducted 76 new cranes into its traffic unit and launched 125 additional over-speeding detection cameras across the national capital on Saturday.The fleet of cranes, launched by Police...

Mumbai, March 28 – The WIAA Women's Car Rally to Valley 2026 was launched from NSCI, Mumbai, on Saturday, in a ceremony that combined the energy of a festival with the determination of a movement.Over 200 women participated in the rally, with vehicles decorated around themes such as women's...

Amaravati, March 28 Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister M Ramprasad Reddy said on Saturday that over 1,000 buses have been checked across the state, and 236 have been penalized for lacking proper documents.Reddy's comments come in the wake of four major bus accidents that claimed 45 lives...

Chandigarh, March 27 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday that 480,000 electronic fines were issued in the past year for speeding vehicles on National Highway 44 from Kundli in Sonipat to Shambhu in Ambala. He said the government has installed 128 advanced cameras on the...

Chandigarh, March 27 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that along with strengthening the state's road network, several concrete steps have been taken to improve road safety.Efforts are being made to reduce road accidents through identifying and improving accident-prone...

Bengaluru, March 27 A 23-year-old driver was killed after a lorry, allegedly carrying an excessive load of steel rods, lost control while navigating a slope here and crashed into a parked car in the early hours of Friday, police said.The deceased, identified as Ambadas from Kalaburagi, was...

New Delhi, March 27 Soon after the Delhi government allocated a budget for several integrated corridors to reduce traffic congestion, the Public Works Department (PWD) has approved the MB road elevated project in South Delhi, officials said on Friday.The Public Works Department (PWD) has...

Ujjain, March 27 – A bus carrying a wedding party from Khachrod to Indore overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Friday, leaving more than 27 people injured.The accident occurred on Badnagar Road near Jahangirpur village, under the jurisdiction of the Ingoria police station...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced an ex-gratia of five lakh rupees each to the families of those who lost their lives in the bus accident near Rayavaram in the Markapuram district yesterday. He has also directed that two lakh rupees each be paid to those who...

Chhindwara, March 26 Ten people were killed and 31 injured, including three to four critically, in a head-on collision between a bus returning from a public event attended by the chief minister and a pickup truck in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday evening, officials said.Chief Minister...

Balrampur (UP), March 26 A man and his elderly mother were allegedly assaulted at a petrol pump in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh, prompting authorities to order an inquiry, officials said on Thursday.A purported video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows a group of...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 On average, 18 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Odisha throughout the year 2024, Commerce and Transport Minister Bubhuti Bhusan Jena informed the state Assembly on Thursday.In 2024, the average daily death toll due to road accidents in the state was 17...

New Delhi, March 26 The government, in partnership with the industry, will establish driving schools in 120 aspirational districts and 500 blocks that are socially, economically, and educationally backward, to create one crore jobs in the country over the next five years.During a conversation...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, stated today that the government has implemented extensive measures to improve road safety by identifying and rectifying accident-prone black spots across the country. During his interaction with actor Aamir Khan at the Sadak...

Thane, March 26 A 42-year-old businessman was killed after a speeding car, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, hit his bicycle in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.The boy fled the scene after the incident, which occurred on an unfinished section of the Kalyan Ring Road...

Gwalior, March 26 A woman was seriously injured when unidentified individuals allegedly opened fire on her car after her son honked at their vehicle to clear the way in Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred near Rangawaan village in the Behat police...

New Delhi, March 25 – A speeding tourist bus from Jaipur overturned near Hanuman Mandir in Karol Bagh's Jhandewalan area early Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of two passengers and injuries to 23 others, police said.A police officer at the scene said the bus lost control while negotiating a...

Sydney, March 24 Children under the age of 16 will be banned from riding electric mobility devices in the Australian state of Queensland under new safety laws announced on Tuesday.The Queensland state government said on Tuesday that it has accepted, or accepted in principle, all 28...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 23 Two young men died after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into the wall of a house in Paruthippulli on Monday, police said.The deceased have been identified as Sujith (23) from Kottayi and Akash (23) from Paruthippulli.Another person, Aswin (23) from...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Bengaluru Traffic Police launched an investigation on Monday after a video surfaced online showing three young people triple-riding on a two-wheeler and driving "recklessly" on the city's streets, officials said.The incident, which occurred in BTM Layout here, has...