Road Safety
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Two accidents, 46 lives lost in one week: What's going wrong with sleeper buses in India | EXPLAINED
India | November 12, 2025 11:17 ISTRecent fatal fires and crashes involving private sleeper buses in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have raised fresh concerns. These repeated incidents highlight serious gaps in safety, regulation and design, turning long-route sleeper buses into potential death traps.
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E-rickshaws to get Bharat NCAP-like standards to improve road safety: Gadkari
Auto | September 04, 2025 19:00 ISTNitin Gadkari, while speaking at the 7th Edition of the FICCI Road Safety Awards and Symposium, stated that the government is introducing Bharat NCAP-like standards for e-rickshaws due to their significant numbers.
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'Sudden braking on highways without warning is negligence': Top court in landmark road safety ruling
India | July 31, 2025 18:59 ISTThe Supreme Court has ruled that abruptly applying brakes on a highway without warning amounts to negligence. The decision came in a case involving a 2017 accident in Tamil Nadu, where an engineering student lost his leg after a car braked suddenly, causing him to fall and be run over by a bus.
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Gadkari taps Shankar Mahadevan for 22-language road safety song
Auto | May 28, 2025 19:10 ISTThe song seeks to engage the public and raise awareness about road safety. India loses approximately three percent of its GDP each year due to road accidents.
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Drunken Master: Drunk man turns Pune street into gym, does push-ups amid traffic
Trending | April 12, 2025 15:03 ISTA post shared on Reddit shows an intoxicated man doing push-ups in the middle of a road in Pune. The video went viral since it was posted and several users also took to the comments section to share their views.
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Setu Bharatam Scheme: From India’s road safety to 50 pc drop in accident rates | Key details
India | March 05, 2025 14:49 ISTSetu Bharatam Scheme: Under the project, several places were identified for the construction of rail over-bridges or underpasses. Crores were incurred on the project. In addition to the above, several new bridges were also constructed to replace the old bridges.
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'Safety must get highest priority while constructing roads': Nitin Gadkari on rising road accidents
chhattisgarh | November 09, 2024 7:08 ISTUnion Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari advised government engineers to quit their jobs and start a good DPR making company.
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Stuck in traffic due to heavy rainstorm? 5 safety precautions to take while driving on flooded roads
Lifestyle | August 29, 2024 11:08 ISTStay safe during a heavy rainstorm with these five crucial precautions for driving on flooded roads. Learn how to protect yourself and your vehicle from potential hazards.
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Bharat NCAP: India's indigenous crash safety assessment system unveiled
Technology | August 23, 2023 15:42 ISTNitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport & Highways, launched India's homegrown vehicle safety assessment system, known as the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP).
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MP: Minister walks barefoot on pothole-ridden road; vows to continue till conditions improve
India | October 22, 2022 18:35 ISTMadhya Pradesh: Although the Gwalior Municipal Corporation (GMC) officials said that the repair work is going on at a fast pace, the minister retorted mentioning that the civic body was lethargic.
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Buckle up! Now, alarms for seat belts even in the back seats
India | September 21, 2022 16:25 ISTSeat belt alarm or safety-belt reminder means a system dedicated to alerting the driver when the driver and all other front-facing seat occupant(s) do not use the safety belt.
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Watch | Road safety ad shared by Nitin Gadkari starring Akshay Kumar draws ire for 'promoting dowry'
India | September 13, 2022 7:01 ISTRoad safety ad: In the advertisement, Akshay Kumar plays a police officer at a wedding, talking to the father of the bride, about the number of airbags in a car.
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Global road safety body IRF urges removal of black spots on highways
India | September 05, 2022 11:54 ISTIndia is a signatory to the United Nations Decade of Action plan for Road Safety across the world which aims to reduce road fatalities by 50 per cent by the year 2030.
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Biker in Bengaluru has near death experience, helmet comes to rescue. Netizens say 'lesson learnt'
Trending | July 21, 2022 16:35 ISTA video is going viral on social media in which a biker had a near-death experience when he had an accident on the road after his vehicle collided with a local bus.
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Nearly 30,000 lives can be saved by improving 'road safety measures' in India: Study
India | June 30, 2022 13:35 ISTThis is the first study that gives country-specific estimates of the effect of addressing the four main road safety risk factors through interventions for 185 countries.
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‘Ya-Maha’ Fine Lagega!': Mumbai Police's new warning for people breaking traffic rules
India | March 27, 2022 17:04 ISTThe Police's tweets immediately recieved lakhs of likes, and responses from Twitteratis, who are in chuckles. Read ahead to know what they said.
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Man dresses as 'Yamraj' to raise awareness on traffic rules in Bhubaneswar
News | February 10, 2021 12:16 ISTAn artist dressed as 'Yamraj' spread awareness on traffic rules in Bhubaneswar on Feb 09. "I am a comedian and have been doing it for the last 25 years. I dressed as Yamraj to spread traffic awareness regarding road safety rules," said Prakash. Prakash also encouraged commuters to wear face masks in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Maharashtra Police's hilarious tweet amuse Twitterati
India | January 16, 2020 22:00 ISTMaharashtra Police on Wednesday again won Twitterati hearts after the police tweeted a still of Rajkumar Hirani's '3idiots' blockbuster movie to warn commuters against triple riding.
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Pothole terror claims 5 lives in Maharashtra: Who is responsible?
India | July 15, 2018 21:42 ISTBy law, civic agencies are responsible for maintaining the roads and footpaths, but often the vehicle owners and drivers involved in accident end up being booked for negligent driving.
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Taapsee Pannu's Valentine's day message to fans will make you proud
Bollywood | February 10, 2018 21:33 ISTThe "Pink" actress spread a social message on road safety at the Auto Expo 2018 at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida on Saturday.
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