road safety

Bengaluru, March 23 The Bengaluru Traffic Police have registered 634 cases of drunk driving and collected Rs 1.29 lakh in fines from offenders caught for speeding violations during a week-long special drive held across the city, officials said on Monday.The drive was held from March 16 to 22...

Bhubaneswar, March 22 The State Transport Authority (STA) in Odisha has imposed a fine of ₹9.57 crore on 17,831 people for violating motor vehicle rules during a special drive, an official statement said on Sunday.The fines were imposed on the first day of the statewide drive, which began on...

Kabul, March 22 – At least 43 shops were completely destroyed after a fire broke out at a local market in Badakhshan province, northern Afghanistan, according to a statement released by the provincial department of information and culture.The fire originated in the Ab Jim market in the...

Jaipur, March 21 A road safety workshop was organized at the Air Force Station in Jaipur, officials said on Saturday.Inspector Dinesh Singh, stationed at RTO Jaipur (II), delivered a lecture on traffic rules and road safety to Air Force personnel, officers, school students, and their families...

Thane, March 21 A truck carrying oxygen cylinders overturned on the Bhiwandi-Wada road in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Saturday, leaving the driver seriously injured, police said.The accident occurred near Dugad Phata.The vehicle lost control while navigating a section with numerous...

Gurugram, March 21 An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and two passengers were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with the passenger vehicle on the Southern Peripheral Road here, police said on Saturday.The driver of the SUV (Thar) fled the scene after leaving his vehicle...

Bengaluru, March 21 – In a tragic incident in Bengaluru North taluk, a four-year-old girl was killed in a road accident on Saturday after a speeding truck hit her.Her mother and younger sibling escaped unharmed.The accident occurred in Hanumanthegowdanapalya, near the town of Nelamangala, on...

Shimla, March 21 Three tourists from Punjab were killed and three others were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in the Dalhousie area of Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police said on Saturday.According to the police, the incident occurred on...

Bhopal, March 20 – Madhya Pradesh experienced scattered but intense rainfall on Friday, triggering thunderstorms and lightning across several districts.The India Meteorological Department's Meteorological Centre in Bhopal confirmed moderate to heavy showers in both the eastern and western...

Anuppur, March 20 – A devastating road accident on National Highway-43 (NH-43) claimed the lives of two individuals when a speeding car collided with a parked tractor-trolley in the Tama police station area of Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred...

Jaipur, March 19 Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Thursday inaugurated 207 new buses of the state road transport corporation from the Ajmer Road bus terminal here on the occasion of Rajasthan Day.The induction of new buses of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is expected...

Jaipur, March 19 – Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma inaugurated a fleet of new buses on Thursday, on the occasion of Rajasthan Day, to strengthen the state's public transport system. A total of 207 buses have been added to the Rajasthan Roadways fleet to provide more accessible and modern...

Mumbai, March 18 Three people were killed and five were injured on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Wednesday morning after a container truck crashed into multiple vehicles and overturned onto a car, police said.The deceased, identified as Ambadas Damu Petare, Shrikant Anant Jadhav, and Pramod...

Mumbai, March 18 The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill aimed at curbing rising air pollution by increasing environmental tax on old and polluting vehicles.The Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was intended to balance environmental...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved on Wednesday the construction of the 4-lane, access-controlled National Highway 927 from Barabanki to Bahraich, which will span 101.515 km in Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 18 Three medical students died in a road accident near Koyilandy here in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.The three were travelling on a motorcycle when their scooter hit an electric pole around 2 am, an officer of the Koyilandy police station said.The...

New Delhi, March 17 A parliamentary panel has flagged the issue of modified or non-standard silencers in motorcycles in the national capital and recommended stricter enforcement and penalties against such violations.In its report, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs said that...

New Delhi, March 17 A parliamentary panel has recommended the adoption of AI-based traffic systems and international best practices to improve Delhi's traffic flow and road safety, while urging authorities to earmark part of the fines collected from violators for road safety initiatives.In a...

Kathmandu, March 16 – The Indian Embassy said on Monday that it is working with the relevant Nepali authorities to ensure the early repatriation of the remains of pilgrims who died in a minibus accident in the western Gorkha district on Saturday.According to local police, seven Indian pilgrims...

Chandigarh, March 16 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that his government has fulfilled all the pre-election "promises" within four years of its term, and the state is moving forward on the path of progress.Mann was addressing the media here on the completion of four years of...