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Chennai, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three men died after a container truck and a pipe-laden lorry collided on the Madurai-Thoothukudi National Highway near Palayampatti junction, located in Aruppukottai, on Thursday. According to police sources, the accident occurred when a heavily loaded lorry, carrying large pipes, swerved out of control and collided with an oncoming container truck. The deceased were identified as S. Muthuraj (25) from Watrap in Virudhunagar district, and P. Jayamurugan (50) from Thoothukudi. The identity of the third victim, believed to have been driving the lorry at the time of the accident, remains unknown as of Thursday afternoon. Investigations revealed that Muthuraj, the actual driver of the lorry, had allegedly allowed the unidentified man to take control of the vehicle during the journey. As the lorry approached the Palayampatti junction, the driver reportedly lost control, causing the vehicle to veer sharply towards the right. The lorry hit the road median with considerable impact, flipped over it, and careened into the opposite lane -- directly into the path of a speeding container truck. The impact was devastating. The cabins of both trucks were ripped apart in the collision, killing all three occupants on the spot. Due to the massive loads both vehicles were carrying, the wreckage became tightly entangled, making rescue operations extremely challenging. Fire and Rescue Services personnel from Aruppukottai, led by Station Officer J. Varadaraj, rushed to the scene and worked tirelessly to extract the bodies from the mangled remains of the vehicles. The remains were later shifted to the Government Hospital in Aruppukottai for postmortem examination and identification. A crane was requisitioned from Madurai to help separate the two damaged vehicles and clear the wreckage. The vehicles were eventually moved to the roadside to resume traffic flow on the busy highway, which had come to a complete halt following the accident. The Aruppukottai Town Police have registered a case and launched a detailed investigation into the circumstances leading to the accident. Officials suspect over-speeding and driver negligence may have contributed to the fatal mishap. Authorities have urged heavy vehicle drivers to adhere strictly to road safety norms and avoid letting unauthorised persons take control of vehicles.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from NHAI and the Road Transport Ministry over the Phalodi road accident in Rajasthan that killed 15 people, directing them to survey the area and report on highway conditions within two weeks. The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the National Highways Authority of India and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a suo motu case in connection with an accident in Rajasthan's Phalodi area that claimed 15 lives. A bench of Justices J ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 23 (PTI) Hundreds of truck operators on Monday took to the streets in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district against the hike in toll charges collected at entry points from vehicles registered outside the state and warned of blocking the national highway if the decision is not rolled back. The Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during a cabinet meeting held on February 13, approved the toll tax barrier policy 2026-27, according to which the light motor vehicles (LMVs), including cars, jeeps and vans would be charged Rs 170 instead of Rs 70 from April 1. ...Read More >
Srinagar, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened for passenger traffic on Tuesday after it remained closed for a day due to a landslide and shooting stones in Ramban district of J&K. Traffic department officials said this morning that passenger traffic has been allowed from both sides on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44). Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Traffic National Highway, Raja Adil, told reporters that vehicular movement has resumed on the national highway after the restoration of the strategic connectivity. Authorities ha ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai, Jun 6 (PTI) Malayalam actor Shine Tom Chacko's father died in a road accident near Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu on Friday morning when the family was travelling to Bengaluru, police said. According to a senior police officer in Dharmapuri, the actor suffered a fracture to his left arm, while his brother and mother, who were also in the vehicle, and the driver of the car suffered minor injuries. The incident occurred early in the morning on the national highway from Salem to Bengaluru when the vehicle Chacko's family was travelling in tried to overtake a lorry in front ...Read More >
"Traffic was restored on the highway on Tuesday morning following clearance of landslides," a traffic police officer said. According to an official update, passenger vehicles are now allowed to ply from both directions -- Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa -- on the highway. Also read | Weather improves in Kashmir, MeT predicts more rains Vehicular movement was stopped on the highway on Monday as landslides and shooting stones blocked both tubes between Karol Bridge and Chanderkote, a traffic po ...Read More >
Srinagar: Before towering cranes and cutting-edge engineering transformed the Himalayan landscape, the monumental dream of connecting "Kashmir to Kanyakumari" by rail began with the plodding footsteps of humble mules. This extraordinary backstory underpins the official realization of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6, 2025, a project crowned by the awe-inspiring Chenab Bridge. According to Afcons Infrastructure Limited, the company behind the Chenab Bridge, the earliest and most formidable hurdle wasn't just the design of ...Read More >
It has brought Aizawl onto India's railway map after overcoming unprecedented challenges. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The Bairabi-Sairang railway line in Mizoram is ready for operation after 26 years of planning * The 51.38 km line includes 48 tunnels and over 40 bridges, crossing difficult terrain * Travel time between Guwahati and Aizawl will reduce from 18 to under 12 hours by rail Did our AI summary help? Let us know. A railway, first conceptualised 26 ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The continued disruption of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has adversely affected the availability of essential supplies in Kashmir, and the fruit growers and traders fear irreparable loss to the industry unless the highway is restored to heavy vehicular traffic immediately. The traffic department advisory said only light vehicles would be allowed to move on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Tuesday. Hundreds of apple-laden trucks have been stranded on the highway for many days, as the consignments are likely to rot unless the highway opens without further ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: Four persons died in a multiple vehicle collision at Thoppur in Dharmapuri on Tuesday. According to police, a lorry laden with poultry feed from Maharashtra was bound to Namakkal when its driver, Muniappan, 45, from Namakkal, lost control, while descending the slope on the Thoppur ghat stretch. "It brushed on three trucks before knocking down a two-wheeler and another truck, which then veered on the Salem-Dharmapuri Road and overturned after crashing into two cars coming in the opposite direction. The poultry feed-laden lorry also toppled after ramming into the median. The chain ...Read More >
The five passengers in the car -- two men, two women and a 3-year-old girl -- were among the dead Eight people have died and multiple others have been injured after a truck lost control and plowed into other vehicles on a busy highway in India, according to local media reports. The incident occurred on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 13, at around 5:45 p.m. local time, after a Mumbai-bound trailer truck hit at least 13 vehicles on the Bhumkar Bridge-Navale Bridge stretch of the busy Pune-Bengalur ...Read More >
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 1 (ANI): Three persons, including a woman, were killed after a passenger bus collided with a truck in Raipur on Monday morning, police said. The incident in which six persons were also injured took place on Raipur-Jagdalpur National Highway near village Kendri under Abhanpur Police station limits, police said Further probe into the case is underway. In a similar development, at least four people lost their lives and five others sustained injuries in a powerful explosion at a firecracker factory in Chinnakamanpatti near Sivakasi on Tuesday, according to th ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 19 (PTI) A gang, allegedly involved in the adulteration of coal imported from the US, was busted by the Rajasthan Police, leading to the arrest of an individual, a senior official said on Saturday. The gang was adulterating high-quality coal (petcoke) imported from the US, cheating cement and steel factories out of crores of rupees through this illegal operation, Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Dinesh MN said. A team from the Crime Investigation Branch had been gathering intelligence about the theft of petcoke for some time. They were told by informants about several ...Read More >
Sopore, Sept 15: The Sopore fruit mandi, Asia's second-largest fresh fruit market, wore an unusual look of silence on Monday, reflecting the mounting anger of Kashmir's fruit growers over the blockade of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. In line with a Valley-wide two-day call for closure of all mandis across Kashmir on September 14 and 15, the Sopore mandi remained shut as growers staged peaceful protests against what they termed "government indifference" toward the plight of horticulturists. Hundreds of growers, dealers, traders, and other stakeholders assembled at the mandi gates, carr ...Read More >
Patna: Non-vegetarian dishes have made Bihar's politics spicier on several occasions, and so union minister and senior JD (U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh' recent mutton party for party workers and supporters under his Munger constituency was no exception. Lalan Singh listened to problems of common people at Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district of Bihar (part of Munger constituency) to sort them out with local authorities and also threw a mutton party for them, creating a controversy as the feast was organised in the month of saawan. Although Lalan Singh made separate arrangements ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 21: KP Group, a leading name in India's renewable energy sector, is stepping up its expansion with a clear goal of reaching 10 GW capacity by 2030. With projects already underway in Gujarat, the Group is working on projects in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, supported by a strong order book and government partnerships. KP Group has signed memoranda of understanding with Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for over 2.6 GW of renewable projects, while exploring new opportunities in other states. The Group has already e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded 22,903 road accidents in 2023, which left more than 21,000 people injured and claimed 7,760 lives, according to the latest Crime in India 2023 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state accounted for nearly five per cent of all road accidents reported nationwide. Overspeeding remained the leading cause of fatalities, responsible for 6,720 deaths. The overall toll marked a 1.33 per cent rise from 7,559 deaths recorded in 2022. Telangana's accidental death rate stood at 35 per lakh population, higher than the national average of 31.9. T ...Read More >
The truck was unveiled by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at the company's 10,000-capacity manufacturing facility in Pune. Blue Energy Motors (BEM) on Thursday said it has launched its electric heavy-duty truck featuring battery swapping technology. The truck was unveiled by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the company's 10,000-capacity manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. The Chief Minister also inaugurated India's first electric corridor between Mumbai and Pune, which is pa ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: In order to avoid heavy traffic during the Ganesh festival, movement of vehicles weighing more than 16 tons has been banned on Mumbai-Goa National Highway (NH-66) for specific days, Panvel Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Nilesh Dhote announced. Dates and Timings of Restrictions The ban will be in force from August 23 (00:01 hrs) to August 28 (23:00 hrs), on August 31 (08:00 hrs to 23:00 hrs), on September 2 (08:00 hrs to 23:00 hrs), and from September 6 (08:00 hrs) to September 7 (20:00 hrs). It will apply to all trucks, multi-axle vehicles, trailers, lorries and other heavy ve ...Read More >
Chennai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people were killed and at least three others sustained grievous injuries in a major road accident involving multiple vehicles on the Thoppur Ghat Road in Dharmapuri district on Tuesday, triggering a traffic standstill for nearly two hours. According to the police, the accident occurred when a lorry transporting cattle fodder from Maharashtra to Namakkal district lost control while negotiating a stretch of the ghat road. The lorry was driven by S. Muniappan (43), a resident of Nadukkarapatti in Namakkal district. Police said that as the lorry was descend ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has hiked toll charges for vehicles passing the Kaichachkoot Plaza on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Pulwama district in the valley, evoking sharp reactions from transporters and daily private car owners in the valley. According to the notification issued by the MoRTH, the charges have been hiked by more than 50 percent for both commercial as well as private vehicles for the year 2026-27. This hike will be effective from today. Per the notification, the toll for a car, jeep, van or light motor vehicle for a single journey has been ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been locked inside the car for several hours. The extreme heat and humidity had made his condition critic ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: For Kashmir's fruit growers, harvest season has become a season of despair, with 2,000-3,000 truckloads of apples rotting on the 270 km Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road link connecting the region to the rest of the country, which remains closed. Fruit growers and traders have lost over Rs 1,000 crore, with losses still climbing and threatening the livelihood of thousands in the Valley. "This year we had a bumper harvest of apples. It was meant to bring relief to growers across the Valley," said a fruit grower, Altaf Ahmed of Sopore, Baramulla. "It is peak harvest season, and ...Read More >
Srinagar: Fruit mandis across Kashmir observed a strike on Monday to protest against the continued closure of the highway connecting the Valley with the rest of the country as over 5,000 trucks remain stranded on the road. Fruit traders said they could suffer a loss of around ₹800-1,000 crore as 90% of the fruit in the trucks is rotten as they are stranded on the road for over 10 days now. Traders have called it an 'economic blockade' and alleged that the authorities are not utilising the full ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Delhi police have lodged an FIR against anti-social elements involved in spreading misinformation about the demolition drive on the basis of a complaint filed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), a release said. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had earlier issued an order to take strict legal action against those spreading misinformation about the demolition drive. Also Read | Indus Waters Treaty Suspension: Desperate Pakistan Wrote 4 Letters to India, Pleading Reinstatement of IWT, Say Sources. The complaint highlights that a list of 675 JJ Basti ...Read More >
THOOTHUKUDI: In a tragic incident, a TNSTC bus driver died of cardiac arrest while driving a town bus with over 30 passengers near Tiruchendur on Wednesday night. The bus veered off course, hitting an electric pole and injuring a pedestrian before coming to a halt. The deceased driver, J Altof (48) of Kulasekarapattinam, was operating a bus from Tiruchendur bus stand to Semmarikulam when he experienced severe chest pain while passing the government hospital premises. According to sources, Altof attempted to steer the bus to safety but lost control, ramming the vehicle into an electric pole an ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Most passengers seated behind the bus driver were killed, while those behind the conductor survived the deadly accident in Telangana that claimed 19 lives, one of the survivors said on Monday. Recalling the horrific incident, the survivor said he was dozing in the bus when a loud thud jolted him awake, leaving him half-buried in gravel. "Several people were buried under the gravel. The tipper lorry came from the opposite direction. I was seated on the left side of the bus. We managed ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jul 1: Mizoram is staring at a looming fuel crisis as oil tankers and trucks carrying essential commodities remain stranded for the sixth consecutive day due to road repairs on National Highway 306/06 -- the state's vital link with neighbouring Assam. The Sairang-Kawnpui stretch of the highway, part of NH-306 and NH-6, has been closed since June 26 as members of the Mizoram Tipper Association (MTA), based in Kolasib, began repairing its severely damaged section. While well-intentioned, the uncoordinated repair work by the truckers' body has halted the movement of fuel tankers and sup ...Read More >
Vadodara: At least eleven people have died, and nine others have been rescued so far as five vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river in Gujarat's Vadodara district, after a major chunk of the Gambhira Bridge connecting Vadodara and Anand collapsed, authorities said. Five vehicles -- two trucks, two vans and an autorickshaw -- fell into the river after the bridge collapsed, Vadodara Collector Anil Dhameliya said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the victims and their families and Rs 50,000 to the injured. Additionally, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel ...Read More >
Srinagar, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Traffic on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Wednesday after a fresh landslide hit the road in the Banihal sector of Ramban district. Traffic department officials said the national highway (NH44) was blocked, and road clearance was going on at Shalgarhi, Banihal, which will take some time. Moreover, there is continuous rainfall along the national highway. People have been advised not to travel on NH-44 until the road is fully restored. "Please don't pay heed to the rumours and check the status o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sept 30 (PTI) More than 1.73 lakh people were killed and 4,47,969 others were injured in road accidents across the country in 2023 with 45.8 per cent of the victims riding two wheelers, while over-speeding and careless driving were found to be the two major causes of road accidents, according to a report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Most of the road accidents, 95,984 out of the total 4,64,029, in the country in 2023 were reported during 6 pm to 9 pm, accounting for 20.7 per cent of the total road accidents. From 3 pm to 6 pm and 12 noon to 3 pm accounted for 17.3 pe ...Read More >