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Hyderabad: A fatal road accident at Pahadishareef on the outskirts of Hyderabad claimed three young lives and left another critically injured on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Konda Arun (23), Eslavath Mohan (18), and Raavath Siddu (18). The injured victim, 17-year-old Eslavath Simhari, was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Also Read: Falaknuma's Long-Awaited Rail Over Bridge Completed, Inauguration Expected Soon According to police reports, the accident occurred when two motorcycles, travelling in opposite directions, collided head-on at high speed. Arun was on his way to visit relatives at Pedda Golconda on a Pulsar bike, while Mohan, Siddu, and Simhari were heading towards Harshaguda village on another two-wheeler. "The impact of the collision was severe. Arun, Mohan, and Siddu suffered fatal injuries and died instantly, while Simhari survived with serious injuries," said Inspector S. Raghavendra Reddy of Pahadishareef Police Station. Authorities have registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident. The tragic mishap has once again highlighted the dangers of reckless driving and overspeeding on the city's outskirts.
Agartala, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Wednesday that statistics show the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents in the state is much lower than the national average and emphasized that this number must be reduced further. After flagging-off 16 basic life support ambulances and virtually launching VLT (Vehicle Location Tracking) and MT (Monitoring System), the Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to ensure that accidents do not occur due to carelessness. Both the Central and state governments are working together to prevent road accide ...Read More >
Noida: Liquor revenue in the city jumped by 35% in the first quarter of 2025-26 compared to the same period last year. The city recorded Rs 625 crore in liquor revenue from April to June 2025, compared to Rs 462 crore during the same period in 2024-25.According to excise department data, the revenue in the first quarter of 2023-24 was Rs 430 crore, showing a 7% growth between 2023-24 and 2024-25 and a much larger jump this year.The sharp rise is attributed to the new liquor policy in the state, which made significant structural changes to the retail and licensing system.The month-wise revenue ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Easing inflation and favourable monsoon boosted rural demand in India in the April-June period this year, outpacing urban consumption once again, according to a new report. According to the report by global research firm NielsenIQ, rural markets and small manufacturers propelled the packaged consumer goods sector in Q2 2025. Rural markets grew twice as fast as cities, as urban areas showed signs of recovery, particularly in smaller towns. According to the report, e-commerce also rose significantly, led by increased shopper penetration and spending, especia ...Read More >
Medak, December 14: Four members of a family were killed in a road accident involving a bike and a tractor trolley in Telangana's Medak district on Saturday evening. The collision occurred around 7:30 pm near a hotel on National Highway-161, police said. According to the sub-inspector of Shankarampet police station, the family was travelling from Serilingampally to their native village on a known person's Pulsar motorcycle to attend the elections scheduled for the next day. Arunachal Pradesh Road Accident: Truck Carrying 22 Labourers From Assam Falls Into Deep Gorge Between Hayuliang and Chakl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
Dwarka crash video: In a significant development in the Dwarka crash, a video recorded inside the Scorpio SUV that hit 23-year-old Sahil Dhaneshra has surfaced. Filmed by a woman sitting next to the teen driver, the video showed him speeding on a road without a divider, narrowly missing a bus before the fatal accident where the SUV collided with Sahil's bike. Moreover, the video footage also shows victim Sahil attempting to overtake the bus on his motorcycle just before the SUV coming from the opposite direction collides with him. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent deve ...Read More >
Hapur (UP), Jul 3 (PTI) Five people including four minors were killed in a road accident after the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, police said on Thursday. The accident occurred near the Miniland School on Bulandshahr Road in the Hapur police station area on Wednesday night, Additional Superintendent of Police Vineet Bhatnagar said. According to initial reports, Danish, 40, a resident of Rafiqnagar, was returning from a swimming pool at a friend's farmhouse in the Hapur area. He was riding the motorcycle with his two children and his brot ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5 (UNI) In a move aimed to curb the sale of substandard helmets and enhance road safety, the Department of Consumer Affairs, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), has seized over 3,000 non-compliant helmets from manufacturers and retailers across the country. The action, part of a nationwide crackdown on helmet manufacturers operating without valid BIS licences, saw enforcement teams confiscate more than 2,500 helmets from nine manufacturers whose licences had either expired or been cancelled. Additionally, around 500 substandard helmets were seized from r ...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 >
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 5 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) appeal to consumers across the country to use only BIS-certified helmets. Additionally, the Department has called for strict enforcement against the manufacture or sale of helmets without BIS certification, a press release said With over 21 crore two-wheelers on Indian roads, rider safety is paramount. While wearing a helmet is mandatory under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, its effectiveness depends on quality. Sub-standard helmets compromise protection and defeat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Equating drunk drivers to terrorists and describing drunk driving as an "act of terror on the roads of Hyderabad", police commissioner VC Sajjanar has vowed to adopt a stringent zero-tolerance policy against drunk driving cases going forward.In a scathing attack against offenders who choose to drive while being under the influence of alcohol, the commissioner called the Kurnool bus tragedy a preventable massacre, caused by the reckless and irresponsible behaviour of an intoxicated biker. "This was not a road mishap but a criminal act of negligence that annihilated entire families wi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 12 (VOICE) Without a social change and improvement in the behaviour of drivers, it is difficult to reduce the number of road accidents in the country, said Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, adding that he is forced to "hide his face" in international meets due to the country's poor record on road fatalities. Replying to a question on road safety in Lok Sabha, Nitin Gadkari put the figure for annual road accident fatalities at 1.78 lahks, cautioning that road users should respect the law and a major change should come about in human behaviour to sav ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, who was part of the all-party parliamentary delegation to Europe, said that during their recently conclued visit they successfully communicated India's development story and its resolute stand against terrorism, particularly emanating from Pakistan. Highlighting the delegation's key discussions during the tour, Khatana told ANI, 'We discussed how we dismantled the terrorism factory in Pakistan by responding... We also talked about tourism infrastructure, G20 Summit, and projects like the six-lane roads, bridges, solar initiatives, our ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 3 (PTI) The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday with the first batches of pilgrims setting off from the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan towards the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which houses a naturally formed ice-lingam, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route. The batches of pilgrims, including men, women and sadhus, left from the Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir's Anantnag, and Baltal base camp in Sonamarg area of central ...Read More >
Kurnool, Oct 24 (UNI) In a ghastly road accident, 19 bus passengers and a motorcyclist were charred alive when a Bangalore-bound private bus caught fire after hitting a motorcycle in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Friday. According to DIG Koya Praveen, the ill-fated bus, belonging to Vemuri Kaveri Travels, burst into flames after colliding with a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. The bike got stuck under the bus, rupturing its fuel tank. The petrol spilling from the tank of the bike resulted in the bus erupting in a ball of fire. The inferno engulfed the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The mother of a 23-year-old man who lost his life in a car crash in Delhi's Dwarka on February 3 has alleged that the 17-year-old accused was filming social media reels while speeding his SUV moments before the fatal collision. Sahil Dhaneshra was killed after a Scorpio, allegedly driven by the minor, rammed his motorcycle head-on near Lal Bahadur Shastri College around 12 p.m. The impact also led to a collision with a roadside parked cab, leaving its driver seriously injured. The accused, who did not possess a driving licence, was apprehended and produced ...Read More >
Kushinagar (UP), Oct 30 (PTI) Sukhdev Yadav alias Sukhdev Pahalwan who was convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case died in a road accident here on Tuesday night, barely four months after returning home after two decades in prison, police said. They said the accident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, when a speeding SUV collided with his motorcycle, which also had two other companions. Sukhdev (55) died on the spot, while Vijay Kumar Gupta and Bhagwat Singh sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a local hospital. The SUV vehicle has been seized by Madhuria p ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Centre has cleared the decks for bike taxis by allowing state governments to permit non-transport (private) motorcycles to carry passengers through aggregator platforms. The move comes under the newly released Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2025 and marks the first time private registered two-wheelers have been considered for commercial ride services. The decision comes even as auto and cab driver associations in Tamil Nadu continue to push for a ban on bike taxis, citing safety and livelihood concerns. Karnataka has already banned the service. The guidelines, issued by th ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst intense opposition from the business community and city planners, the State Government has decided to go ahead with the relocation of the KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand from Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road to KSRTC-owned land in Bannimantap, where its depot currently functions. Traders fear the move will hurt foot traffic and sales in the heart of the city, while urban planners warn it could choke the already-congested Bengaluru-Mysuru Road. Despite these concerns, the Government has brushed aside all objections and is moving forward with the project. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is s ...Read More >
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited the hospital to inquire about his health. Punjabi singer Rajvir Jawanda, who was admitted to a hospital in Mohali after he was seriously injured in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh, continues to remain critical, the hospital authorities on Sunday. Fortis Hospital in a statement said the singer is still on ventilator support. "He is under close monitoring and management by the multidisciplinary team comprising neurosurgery and critical Care speciali ...Read More >
The govt reiterated that a multi-pronged approach involving enforcement, awareness, infrastructure upgrades and policy reforms is being pursued to further reduce road accidents in the UT Jammu, Mar 30: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said that road accidents in the Union Territory have shown a declining trend over the past three years, owing to the effective implementation of various road safety measures. In a written reply to the question of National Conference MLA Ali Mohammad Sagar in ...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 >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 3 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated that the statistics show the number of deaths and injuries in road accidents in the state is much lower than the national average and emphasised reducing the number further. He said efforts should be made to ensure that accidents do not occur due to carelessness and that both the central and state governments are working together to prevent road accidents. 'Everyone should be more vigilant to prevent road accidents. Compared to the national average, fewer people die in road accidents in Tripura. The Traffic an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) appeal to consumers across the country to use only BIS-certified helmets. Additionally, the Department has called for strict enforcement against the manufacture or sale of helmets without BIS certification, a press release said With over 21 crore two-wheelers on Indian roads, rider safety is paramount. While wearing a helmet is mandatory under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, its effectiveness depends on quality. Sub-standard helmets compromise protection and defeat ...Read More >
A senior official of the Union Ministry of Finance died and three people, including his wife, were injured after a BMW allegedly hit his motorcycle near Delhi Cantonment metro station on Ring Road on Sunday (September 14, 2025), police said. The deceased was identified as Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and a resident of Hari Nagar, according to police. Police said three PCR calls were received in the afternoon about a traffic jam near ...Read More >
Nagpur: After three deaths, including that of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, in just two days on the Mankapur flyover, the traffic police decided to allow only one-way traffic on the side of the bridge which is open for motorists while the other side remains shut for repairs. A notification was issued in this regard on Monday evening. It will remain in effect from September 16 to September 30, when the flyover repair work is expected to be completed. According to the notification issued by DCP (traffic) Lohit Matani, traffic diversion is needed as the Faras Chowk to Kalpana Talkies side of the flyo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The accused in the Dhaula Kuan BMW accident case, Gaganpreet Kaur, has tested negative for alcohol, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. Gaganpreet was sent for a medical examination to determine if she was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. She was arrested and later remanded to two days of judicial custody at Tihar Jail following the tragic road accident, which claimed one life and left another person injured. The lawyer for the accused, Advocate Vikas Pahwa, has raised concerns regarding the FIR filed in the case, claiming t ...Read More >
Dona Paula, Goa: A tragic road accident in North Goa has sparked outrage and demands for transparency after a young hospitality professional lost her life in what police describe as a high-speed collision involving a luxury car allegedly driven by a businessman's son. The accident took place late Sunday night in the Dona Paula area when a speeding Mini Cooper allegedly rammed into a motorcycle carrying two hotel employees. The impact proved fatal for 23-year-old Diksha Parwadkar, who was riding pillion, while her colleague D. Arunkumar, 26, sustained critical injuries and continues to battle ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded Rs 2.72 crore as compensation to a 19-year-old man left paralysed in a road accident in 2023. Presiding Officer Ruchika Singla was hearing a claim petition filed by the paralysed man, Khushwant Kapoor, against the driver of the offending vehicle, Harish Madan, its owner Mohan Lal Madan and its insurer. According to the prosecution, in the early hours of April 26, 2023, Kapoor was going home on his motorcycle, when the offending taxi hit him with great force near Vikas Marg at IP Estate, causing him to fall and s ...Read More >