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KTM India has started its Service on Wheels (SOW) on the Leh Circuit. This is aimed at bringing peace of mind and support to the owners of the brand riding in the mountains 12,500 feet above sea level. Specifically, the moving service centre will cover the Manali-Keylong-Jispa-Sarchu route. The KTM Service on Wheels will operate between Jispa and Sarchu, providing prompt assistance to customers in these remote areas. The brand already maintains a presence at various locations with service outlets in Bhuntar, Manali, Keylong, and Leh. Additionally, the manufacturer has a comprehensive 3S (sales, service, and spares) facility established in Leh. Also Read: Honda CB1000F SE Teased Ahead Of August Debut; Here's What To Expect The Service on Wheels program guarantees that customers can access repairs, spare parts, and support promptly when needed. Furthermore, customers can schedule preventive inspections to ensure a seamless journey along the route. Speaking at the launch, Manik Nangia, President, Probiking, Bajaj Auto Ltd said, "The KTM spirit is all about pushing boundaries, and we are proud to support our riders with unmatched service coverage through the Leh sector. With KTM Service on Wheels, we're ensuring that adventure never has to stop due to service constraints. It's our way of delivering true peace of mind, right in the heart of India's most rugged motorcycling landscape." Also Read: BMW S 1000 RR Achieves 1000 Units Sales Milestone In India Traditionally, the Leh circuit has been predominantly associated with Royal Enfield, so it is encouraging to see other brands taking steps to assist their customers on this demanding route. This development should inspire more riders to venture out with their motorcycles and discover the expansive landscapes our country has to offer. Show full article Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world KTM, KTM India, KTM Service
New Delhi: India's electric vehicle market witnessed mixed trends in June 2025, with electric cars, two-wheelers, and buses registering growth while sales of passenger and cargo electric three-wheelers declined month-on-month, according to a report by JMK Research & Analytics. Sales of high-speed electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) rose 5 per cent month-on-month to 1,05,282 units in June. The top three players continued to dominate the segment, accounting for about 65 per cent of the total registrations. Passenger electric three-wheeler (E3W) sales stood at 51,698 units in June, showing a 7 per cen ...Read More >
New Delhi: A high-speed BMW crash in Delhi's Dhaula Kuan has left a senior Finance Ministry official dead and his wife grievously injured, triggering outrage after it emerged the victims were taken over 19 km away to a hospital linked to the accused driver -- bypassing multiple premier medical facilities en route. The accused, Gaganpreet Kaur (38), was arrested Monday after being discharged from the hospital. She faces serious charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving, and causing disappearance of evidence. The crash, which o ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Gaganpreet Makkad (38), who was allegedly behind the wheel of the BMW that fatally struck senior finance ministry official Navjot Singh (57) and critically injured his wife Sandeep Kaur (50) in Dhaula Kuan Sunday, was arrested after being discharged from hospital Monday.Sections related to culpable homicide and destruction of evidence have now been added to charges of rash driving and negligence in the FIR. Cops are probing why the victim was taken to Nulife Multi-Specialty Hospital, a small facility 22km away in GTB Nagar, instead of one nearby, and also if the hospital belonged to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): In the BMW accident case near Dhaula Kuan that claimed the life of Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Navjot Singh, accused Gaganpreet Kaur has sought bail, stressing that the crash was "wholly accidental" and unintentional. Her counsel highlighted that she is a mother of two minor daughters, has no criminal antecedents, and herself sustained a head injury in the accident. The bail plea, filed under Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, argues that custodial interrogation is neither warranted nor necessary. It adds that ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Police have registered a case of culpable homicide after a senior finance ministry official died when his motorcycle was hit by a luxury sports utility vehicle near the Delhi Cantonment metro station a day earlier, an official said on Monday. Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Navjot Singh (52), a resident of Hari Nagar, was killed in the accident on Sunday afternoon, while his wife sustained serious injuries. The couple was returning home after visiting the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara. The BMW, which was being driven by a woman with her husband by her ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): The Delhi Police has taken Gaganpreet, the accused in the Dhaula Kuan BMW accident case, into custody from Nulife Hospital, GTB Nagar on Monday. She was discharged from the hospital and taken into custody for further investigation and legal action, said Delhi Police. Earlier, an FIR was registered by Delhi Police in the BMW-motorcycle accident that occurred on Sunday near Dhaula Kuan on Ring Road, which resulted in the death of the motorcycle rider. The woman injured in the accident, who also lost her husband, recorded her statement with the police, alle ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The blood sample report of Gaganpreet, the main accused in the BMW car crash that killed a senior Finance Ministry official and left his wife injured in southwest Delhi, has been found negative for alcohol, an official said on Tuesday. Deputy secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Navjot Singh (52), a resident of Hari Nagar, died, and his wife sustained multiple injuries after his motorcycle was hit by a car on Sunday afternoon near Dhaula Kuan area. The couple was returning home after visiting Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in Central Delhi. According to police, Ga ...Read More >
MUMBAI: A 2-year-old girl died after a speeding two-wheeler hit her at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali on Wednesday, said the police. According to the Kasturba Marg police, the victim, Manasi Yadav, lived with her parents, Sujit Kumar Yadav, 30, a truck driver, and Raj Kumari, 30, in Yadav Nagar in Airoli. On Wednesday, the family, along with their cousin, Shivam Yadav, 17, had come all the way to SGNP for a picnic to see wild animals. Around 2:00 pm, when they were waiting near the ticket counter for the Tiger and Lion Safari and Manasi was playing nearby, a biker on a Ro ...Read More >
New Delhi: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the Centre and states could earn up to ₹40,000 crore in goods and services tax (GST) if all the 9.7 million unfit and polluting vehicles in the country are scrapped. A total of 300,000 such vehicles have been scrapped till August, including 141,000 government vehicles, said Gadkari, addressing the annual session of the Automobile Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA). "According to our estimate, there are 9.7 million (unfit and polluting) vehicles, which we need to scrap...7 million jobs will be create ...Read More >
New Delhi: A tragic accident took place on Delhi's Ring Road near Dhaula Kuan on Sunday after a BMW car collided with a motorcycle, leaving one person dead and another injured. According to Delhi Police, the BMW was found overturned near Metro pillar number 67, with a motorcycle lying close by. Eyewitnesses reported that a woman was driving the car when it hit the motorcycle. Following the crash, the woman and her husband took a taxi and rushed the injured to the hospital. Hospital authorities later informed the police that one of the victims had died, while another sustained injuries. Both ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): An FIR was filed on Monday in the BMW and motorcycle accident which took place on Ring Road near Dhaula Kuan, leading to the death of the bike driver, the Delhi police informed. The case is registered under FIR No. 240/25 u/s 281/125B/105/238 BNS. Following the accident, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team reached the accident scene to analyse the circumstances leading to the accident. The FSL team also inspected the BMW car and the bike involved in the incident. Authorities are also investigating the circumstances surrounding the case under Sect ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The wife of the senior government official killed in a collision between their motorcycle and a luxury car near the Delhi Cantonment Metro station had repeatedly pleaded with the accused couple to get them admitted to a nearby hospital, but to no avail, according to the FIR lodged in the case. "The lady took us to a small hospital in GTB Nagar, far from the accident site," the bereaved woman told police in a statement, which is now part of the FIR. Van driver Mohammad Gulfam, who had rushed all four injured people to the hospital, has also made a similar claim. "I was ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The First Information Report (FIR), filed in the luxury car crash that resulted in the death of a senior official of the Ministry of Finance, has made shocking 'revelations' on the probable reasons behind Navjot Singh's death and also hints at a possible cover-up by the BMW owners. Deceased Navjot Singh's wife Sandeep Kaur in her complaint said that they pleaded with the woman who hit their motorbike to take them to a nearby hospital, but they were 'forcibly' taken to a small hospital in far-off GTB Nagar. Navjot Singh (52), Deputy Secretary in the Departme ...Read More >
Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) produced a stunning lap (1:10.972s) late in the qualifying session to snatch the pole position from Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing, 1:11.249s) in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category, kickstarting his campaign in the Rolon Round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2025 at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on Friday. Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) in Super Stock 165cc Intermediate, Mohamed Mikail (Ma ...Read More >
New Delhi: Navjot Singh, an official working with the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, died in a road accident near Dhaula Kuan on Sunday after his motorcycle was hit by a speeding BMW. Singh was returning home with his wife from Bangla Sahib Gurudwara to Hari Nagar when the incident occurred near Pillar Number 57, towards Raja Garden. His wife sustained severe injuries and remains in critical condition. ...Read More >
Head Constable Narender Kumar has been arrested and his car seized ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A police head constable was arrested for hitting three boys in Palwal, Haryana * Two brothers, Ayaan (13) and Ahsan (9), died on the spot after being hit * The third boy, Arjaan (7), was critically injured and referred to Rohtak hospital Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: Days after rash driving claimed a senior government offi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The mortal remains of Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, who died in a BMW accident on September 14, were taken for the last rites on Tuesday. Singh had been riding a two-wheeler along with his wife when the vehicle collided with them. The accused, Gaganpreet Kaur, who has been remanded to two days' judicial custody, filed a bail plea claiming the crash was "wholly accidental" and unintentional. Also Read | Narendra Modi Birthday Wishes and Images: Celebrate Indian PM Narendra Modi's 75th Birthday on 17 September. Her counsel hi ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the bail plea of the main accused in the BMW accident-and-death case after analysing the CCTV footage of the incident. Navjot Singh (52), a deputy secretary in the department of economic affairs and a resident of Hari Nagar, was killed in the accident on Ring Road near the Delhi Cantonment metro station on Sunday afternoon. His wife suffered serious injuries. The bail plea was by Gaganpreet Makkad, who was at the BMW's wheel when it all ...Read More >
The death of policeman-turned-Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda has sparked an outpouring of grief from fans, politicians and the music community. The 35-year-old died on Wednesday, 11 days after he was fatally injured in an accident in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Jawanda suffered severe injuries after he lost control of his motorcycle when he collided with cattle while he was travelling through Solan district, reports said. His songs, which often carried messages of l ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Bajaj Auto Limited reported nearly flat total sales for June 2025 on a year-on-year basis, as gains in the commercial vehicle segment balanced the dip in two-wheeler sales. The two-wheeler segment recorded a 2 per cent YoY decline, falling to 2,98,484 units in June 2025 from 3,03,646 units in June 2024. Domestic sales dipped 16 per cent, but exports rose by 18 per cent, reflecting a shift in market dynamics. Additionally, from the period of April to June 2025, the total vehicle sales were at 11,11,237. Among the total sales, 6,34,808 and 4,76,429 were domestic ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illegal sale of drugs from his de-addiction centres.Privately-run drug de-addiction centres in Punjab are ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): An FIR has been registered by Delhi Police regarding the BMW-motorcycle accident that occurred on Sunday near Dhaula Kuan on Ring Road, which resulted in the death of the motorcycle rider. The woman injured in the accident, who also lost her husband, recorded her statement with the police, alleging that she repeatedly pleaded with the woman driving the BMW to take them to the nearest hospital. Still, they were instead taken to a distant hospital deliberately. The case was registered under FIR No. 240/25, sections 281, 125B, 105, and 238 BNS. In her stat ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) German premium car maker BMW group on Thursday reported a 10 per cent jump in total sales in India at 7,774 units in the January-June period of 2025 over the same period year-ago, The Group had sold 7,081 units of BMW and Mini brands of cars in India in the first of CY 2024. Besides, the company also retailed 2,569 Motorrad brand of motorcycles during the period under review. The company also said it continued its leadership position in the luxury electric vehicle sales in India with a massive 234 per cent year-on-year growth in volumes at 1,322 units of BMW and MINI EVs ...Read More >
The deceased was identified as Navjot Singh (52), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and a resident of Hari Nagar, they added. A senior official of the Union Ministry of Finance was killed and three people, including his wife, were injured after a BMW allegedly hit his motorcycle near Delhi Cantonment metro station on Ring Road here on Sunday, police said. The deceased was identified as Navjot Singh (52), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs , Ministry of Finance, and a resident of Hari Nagar, they added. Police said three PCR call ...Read More >
New Delhi: The man who drove the Delhi BMW crash victim and his wife to hospital has said "I tried to save all of them", even as the victim's family claimed they were taken 19 km away to a hospital linked to the accused. The accident took place on Sunday and claimed the life of 52-year-old Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, after a speeding blue BMW crashed into his motorcycle near Dhaula Kuan. Singh's wife, 50-year-old Sandeep Kaur survived. However, she suffered multiple fractures and head injuries. "I run a loading vehicle and was coming from the Dhaula ...Read More >
Royal Enfield sold 82,257 motorcycles in November 2024, a 2% increase from last year. Exports nearly doubled to 10,021 motorcycles. The company launched the Goan Classic 350, Bear 650, and new EV brand Flying Flea at EICMA 2024. The fourteenth edition of Motoverse concluded with over 10,000 attendees and exciting new introductions. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): After a First Information Report (FIR) was filed on Monday in the BMW and motorcycle accident, eyewitness named Gulfal, who took the victims to Nulife Hospital, spoke to ANI and described the incident. "The condition of the injured was very bad. It took us 20 minutes to reach the hospital. The doctors were ready at the hospital, and I think this is why she (one of the victims) asked me to take them to that hospital. I didn't ask them anything because I didn't know much about the nearby areas," explained Gulfam. The Additional Deputy Commissioner of Poli ...Read More >
Gurugram, July 8: BMW Group India on Tuesday announced to appoint Hardeep Singh Brar as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from September 1. Brar succeeds Vikram Pawah who is taking charge as Chief Executive Officer of BMW Group Australia and New Zealand, the luxury automaker said in a statement. "India is among the fastest growing markets for BMW Group and an important pillar of our long-term success strategy for the region. Hardeep Singh Brar holds vast expertise and an intricate understating of Indian automotive industry to lead this dynamic market and strengthen BM ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): A fatal accident on Ring Road near Dhaula Kuan left one person dead and another injured after a BMW car hit a motorcycle on Sunday, as per the police. As per the Delhi police, the deceased, who worked in the Ministry of Finance and lived in Hari Nagar, was riding with his wife on the motorcycle when the collision happened. Further, the bike-borne couple hit a bus on their left. According to the police, eyewitnesses stated that a lady was driving the BMW car at the time it collided with the motorcycle. After the accident, the woman and her husband took a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Navnoor Singh, the son of the man who died in the BMW accident in Delhi's Dhaula Kuan, said that his father's life could have been saved if he had been taken to a superspeciality hospital near the accident site instead of a hospital 20 km away, which had no adequate facility. "I got a call from a family friend who told me about the accident and that my parents are admitted to New Life Hospital in GTB Nagar," he told ANI."The accident happened around one or 1:30 pm, a girl driving a BMW hit my parents' motorcycle. There was definitely something wrong, but ...Read More >