Mumbai, April 10 The Maharashtra police has issued a directive making helmets mandatory for all personnel in the force while riding two-wheelers, an official said on Friday.Citing official data, he said helmet compliance among police personnel is unsatisfactory in most districts, barring...
Kabul, April 6 – Five people were killed in a head-on collision in Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, according to the provincial government office on Monday.The accident occurred on Sunday night in the Zard Sang area of Dushi district when two fuel tankers collided and caught fire, the...
Kabul, April 5 – At least one person was killed and five others were seriously injured in a traffic accident on the major Kabul-Kandahar highway in Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, the official Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.The accident occurred on Saturday evening in the Sayyed...
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Hyderabad, April 2 Five young people were arrested for riding a two-wheeler and allegedly performing dangerous stunts on roads, police said on Thursday.The Saifabad Police arrested the five individuals, aged between 18 and 22, for performing dangerous stunts, following an investigation based...
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...
Bhubaneswar, March 12 At least 1,025 people were killed and 1,594 injured in 1,616 road accidents that occurred in Odisha between January 1 and March 6, state Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told the assembly on Thursday.An analysis of the data provided by the minister, in a written...
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Mumbai, March 8 Accidents and deaths due to them increased sharply on the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Mahamarg in 2025, while minor mishaps on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway saw an increase amid a marginal decline in overall crashes, officials said on Sunday, citing provisional data from the Maharashtra...
Bhubaneswar, March 6 At least five people were killed in road accidents in three districts of Odisha on Friday, police said.Two people died in motorcycle accidents in Nayagarh and Puri districts, while one man lost his life when a truck crashed into a house where he was sleeping.According to...
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Agartala, February 25 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated on Wednesday that Tripura had witnessed a significant decline in the overall crime rate in 2025, with a reduction of 8.20 per cent compared to the previous year.Addressing the Tripura Police Week function at Arundhuti Nagar on...
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New Delhi, February 24 Road crashes are a silent pandemic around the world, and collective efforts are needed to reduce their casualties, said Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, on Tuesday.Todt also launched a global awareness campaign to improve road safety...
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Noida (UP), February 24 A 50-year-old construction businessman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly crashing his speeding SUV into an e-rickshaw in Sector 49 here, injuring four people.Pinky Chauhan, a resident of Sector 45, was taken into custody following the accident on Monday.According...
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Seoul, February 21 – South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has dismissed the Minister of the Korea Forest Service, Kim In-ho, after he was found to have committed an unlawful act, Lee's office said on Saturday, without further details."We have found that the Minister of the Korea Forest...
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Mumbai, February 14 – One person died, and at least four others were injured after a section of a parapet wall from an elevated metro bridge collapsed onto LBS Road in Mulund (West), Mumbai, crashing onto a passing auto-rickshaw and a car, officials said.According to authorities, the incident...
New Delhi, February 9 Speed, privilege, and unaccountability. The Kanpur Lamborghini crash, involving the son of a tobacco businessman, that left at least six injured, has sparked outrage over perceived elite impunity and once again drawn attention to a series of high-profile crashes involving...