Road Safety
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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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Varun Dhawan challaned by Mumbai Police for taking selfie with fan
Trending | November 23, 2017 12:42 IST'Next time we will be harsher', Mumbai Police warns Judwaa 2 actor Varun Dhawan.
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Maharashtra police book Mumbai biker, who died trying to avoid pothole, for negligent driving
India | July 24, 2017 19:15 ISTMaharashtra police have identified the biker as the accused in the accident and booked her under relevant sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act
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Incredible India: Man balances three dogs perfectly while driving a scooter! But it’s making us a bit uneasy
Blah | July 08, 2017 16:20 ISTThis video can be amusing, but we cannot ignore the road safety concerns associated with it
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'Helmet dalo bhai': Sachin Tendulkar stops car, asks two boys to wear helmets (Watch video)
Cricket | April 11, 2017 13:33 ISTBatting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday was seen teaching two young boys the lessons of road safety by advising them to wear helmet.
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Meet Graham, the humanoid that shows what humans would look like if they evolved to survive car crashes
Life | July 27, 2016 19:14 ISTWouldn’t it be fantastic if no one ever suffered even minor injuries in everyday car crashes? Scientists have revealed that this may be possible, although you may need to compromise your looks. Researchers in Australia
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