In a horrific road accident, eight tourists from Kerala, belonging to the same family, were killed and five others seriously injured after their van plunged off a hairpin bend on the Valparai ghat road.
Education has long been regarded as the bedrock of a nation’s progress and the primary vehicle for individual upward mobility.
“Road accidents kill more people than any war,” Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told Parliament, noting that 485 lives were lost every day on Indian roads, leaving 1,268 people injured or disabled, in 2024.
Passenger vehicle dispatches from manufacturers to dealers rose 27 per cent year-on-year in December 2025, driven by strong demand for utility vehicles, industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Tuesday.
According to police, the accident took place on the Chhindwara-Betul State Highway near Temni Khurd Friday evening.
A sub-inspector of the Delhi Police met with a fatal road accident when he was hit by a vehicle while on highway patrolling duty at NH-9, it said on Friday.
An escort vehicle accompanying Dumri MLA Jairam Mahto met with an accident near the Balrampur–Purulia stretch in West Bengal, leaving six of his close aides injured, police said on Monday.
Aiming to enhance waste management, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched a sludge treatment vehicle with advanced technology.
Nine vehicle location tracking device (VLTD) manufacturing companies were black listed by the state transport department today following malfunctioning of the device reported by many transport operators.
Continuing the fight against the drug menace, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 9.72 kg of Methamphetamine tablets from a SUV at Seling, Mizoram, on the Aizawl-Champhai Highway (NH-6).
