Tag: accidents

Major train accidents in India in the last 10 years

This is one of the most death-dealing train crashes in India, including the Coromandel Express and Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express in which till now 233 people were killed and about 900 injured in Odisha. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap.

June 3, 2023

Automakers should bring in safe features to curb road accidents: VK Singh

While inaugurating Road Safety conference on the theme ‘Safer & Sustainable Mobility with Innovations & Technology’ organised by business body ASSOCHAM here today, he said, “Automobile makers should come forward in the initiative for reducing road crashes. There should be research and innovation as vehicles should have adequate safety features for reducing road accident fatalities.”

May 13, 2022

There should be zero tolerance for road accidents: Gadkari

At an event organised by NHAI/MORTH in collaboration with SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF), Gadkari said the government has accorded the highest priority to road safety and set a target of reducing 50 per cent of the road accident deaths by 2024.

May 10, 2022

Pakistan Railways in trouble

As per the reports, 57 passenger trains were shut down and now only 85 trains are available for the various routes across the country

December 22, 2021

Chinese string menace: KMDA begins fencing Maa Flyover

The step to “fix wires” over both flanks of the Maa Flyover on the most vulnerable 900 metre-long stretch from Topsia crossing to the approach of 4 No. bridge had been taken, said a senior officer of the traffic department at Lalbazar.

September 10, 2021

Railways sticks to zero fatality claim as NITI Aayog doubts data

'Railways does keep a record of all the deaths that have occurred on its premises, but under three separate heads -- consequential accidents, trespassing and untoward incidents,' Board Chairman said.

August 20, 2020

Punjab mulls policy for natural disasters, accidents

Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar on Tuesday said a Cabinet sub-committee under the chairmanship of finance minister Punjab has been constituted for this purpose.

July 9, 2019

8 killed, over 20 injured as bus rams into truck on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed Gautam Buddh Nagar police and administration chiefs to expedite assistance to the victims.

March 29, 2019

6 of family, including 2 minors drown to death after car falls into canal in Tamil Nadu

The car plunged into the canal at Kedimedu, after the driver lost control of it, police said.

March 13, 2019

11 killed, several injured after bus falls into gorge in J-K’s Poonch

The injured have been shifted to a sub-district hospital in Mandi for treatment.

December 8, 2018

The one in charge

Barely a month after I joined the plant as an intern, the workers went on a strike. It was an experience that has stayed with me. In the mill section two workers had bad accidents, with irreversible damage to their arms. Mill hands said accidents had happened earlier without any corrective action. When workers complained...

December 3, 2018

Bengal police gear up to avert accidents

The death of two students in a road rage at Chingrigahata on Saturday has made the state administration and the police authorities to sit up and take notice. As part of its bid to set the ball rolling to avert recurrence of accidents at Chingrighata, a high-level meeting was held at the state Assembly. The...

February 7, 2018

Minor killed, three injured in four accidents in Kolkata

A 12-year old boy was killed and three persons, including a police officer, were injured in different road accidents at Garden Reach, Chitpur, Gariahat and Entally areas of the city.At around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, an accident took place on Garden Reach Road near Kacchi Sadak crossing when a motorcycle moving at a high speed...

January 24, 2018

4 out of 10 trains delayed by maintenance work

Four out of ten trains in the country are being delayed not because of fog, vagaries of nature or accidents, but because of repair work, according to official data. Passengers, it seems, are paying the price of heavy track maintenance work which has seen a 43 per cent increase in the period between April and...

January 8, 2018

2017 review: When the news was bad | Main tragedies in India

From fire tragedy at a pub in Lower Parel area of Mumbai, train mishaps to bridge collapse, 2017 saw it all. As the year is coming to an end, here’s a list of main tragedies that hogged the limelight in 2017: Mumbai pub fire: At least 14 people were killed and and 19 others injured...

December 30, 2017

Railway accidents decreased from 85 in 2016 to 49 this year: Gohain

The number of train accidents in which there were casualties has decreased from 85 in 2016-2017 to 49 in the first eight months of the current financial year, the government said on Wednesday. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said in Lok Sabha that out of the 49 such accidents, 30 accidents were caused...

December 21, 2017

An Accident

Accidents happen. But the turns they take, I suppose, depend a lot on us. I drove down Georgetown Pike a fall afternoon in a long stream of traffic, through Great Falls in Virginia. Suddenly a car surged in front of me from the lane on the right. I pressed hard on the brake, but my...

November 26, 2017