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.
In the Kanksha block of West Burdwan district, the forest department has escorted the Madhyamik examinees with their Airavat vehicle safely to the centres.
The bus broke the crash railings and fell to a depth of about 35 feet into the gorge.
A 55-year-old man died after allegedly being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in New Delhi area, the police said on Thursday adding that the incident occurred near Gate number 2.
The animal forcefully hit the vehicle, damaging it badly. Luckily, both lifesaver airbags opened in time to save the four on-duty policemen.
The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Kurram District of Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province was critically injured as his vehicle came under attack in Mandoori, Kojalai Baba village near Bagan, on Saturday.
