Ahmedabad: During the monsoon in 2025, three people, including a married couple, were electrocuted by poorly maintained street light poles.To prevent electrocutions this year, the civic body surveyed the city’s 2.17 lakh street light poles. Preventive maintenance was carried out on 82,075 poles — most of which, 18,494, are in North West Zone.Officials said that…
Vadodara: A 58-year-old woman died after a speeding truck allegedly hit her two-wheeler on National Highway-48 near Dashrath village on Thursday morning.The victim, Hema Pandya, was on her way to work when the truck struck her near the Dashrath village bridge. She fell from her two-wheeler, suffered grievous injuries and died on the spot.Chhani police…
Stretch Repaired by MRIDC Caves In Overnight, Triggers Public Outrage Nagpur: Barely 24 hours after the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC) repaired a damaged stretch on the Kadbi Chowk-Golibar Chowk road, the surface caved in again, triggering outrage among commuters.The damaged stretch lies beneath the under-construction 2.82km railway overbridge (ROB), a ₹146-crore project launched…
Guwahati: A case has been registered at Pan Bazar Police Station after a fatal road accident involving an Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC)-operated electric bus killed two youths on MG Road on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Akash Boro (19) and Jyotirmoy Das (20), both residents of Guwahati. Poice officers said they were travelling on…
Salem: Two college students were crushed to death under a container truck in a freak road accident near Veeraganur in Salem district late on Sunday night.The deceased have been identified as Chinnadurai, 17, of Veeraganur, a first-year student at a private college; and his relative Tamilselvan, 20, of Siruvachur, a hotel management student at a…
Kanpur: Eight people were injured after a drunk driver lost control of an SUV and rammed into a loader and several two-wheelers in the Gandhinagar area under Sisamau police station limits on Sunday evening. The impact of the collision was so severe that the SUV’s airbags deployed. Police have registered an FIR and are investigating…
The nursing students were returning after a late-night ride when their bike crashed near Doddabele Junction on Mysuru Road Saturday. BENGALURU: A late-night joyride turned fatal for two young nursing students after their bike crashed into a road divider near Doddabele Junction on Mysuru Road in the wee hours of Saturday.The deceased have been identified…
Chennai: Two people—a petrol bunk employee and a flower vendor—were killed in separate hit-and-run accidents in Tiruvallur district on Friday.In the first incident at Arambakkam, Nagaraj, 38, a resident of Elavur village, was knocked down and run over by a speeding lorry while he was crossing the Chennai-Kolkata highway near Elavur Bazaar. He died on…
Bengaluru: A reckless driving incident involving a minivan near BDA Indraprastha Apartment in Kengeri on Mysore Road claimed a life and left six others injured after it rammed into multiple vehicles before overturning on Saturday morning.The accident occurred at around 6.45am. According to the complaint filed by Mallu, 23, an eyewitness who works at a…
Panaji: A senior citizen couple travelling to the Goa Medical College (GMC) for a doctor’s appointment died in a road accident at Bambolim on Monday after they took the highway instead of the service road, which was blocked due to a tree fall. The incident took place at 4am on Monday.The couple who were on…
