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TopicRoad accidents

Topic: Road accidents

Kanpur Lamborghini crash: Pan masala baron’s son booked, day after FIR against ‘unidentified person’

Shivam Mishra is the son of K.K. Mishra, director of the tobacco company Banshidhar Group and well-known face in the Kanpur region.

India’s road accidents are caused by bad infrastructure & bad drivers. Here’s how to fix that

Perhaps newspapers could dedicate a separate column to report daily road accidents and fatalities, similar to how death tolls were reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Haryana youth died in road accident just before joining new job. Why HC tripled compensation to kin

Motor Accident Claims Tribunal had treated Sonu as a privately employed person & fixed his notional monthly income at Rs 10,000. To this, it added only 2/5th of his future 'prospects'.

What plea in SC contends against 2023 Uttar Pradesh law abating trials under Motor Vehicles Act

Senior advocate has raised objections to the manner in which UP introduced the law to abruptly halt & end proceedings in 10 lakh cases under MV Act, including drunk-driving.

Indian car drivers, rising rage and the evolution of ‘hit and run’ culture

If Sanjeev Nanda and his BMW represented the entitled carelessness of wealth, today’s drivers represent its weaponised rage.

Illegal Indian immigrant truck driver, ‘high on drugs’, arrested in US for running over 3 people

Jashanpreet Singh, 21, arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter. In August, another illegal Indian immigrant was arrested for killing three people while taking an illegal U-turn.

6 yrs after adding provision in MV Act, Centre drafts interim compensation scheme for hit & run victims

In an affidavit filed before SC, which has been holding detailed hearings on augmentation of road infrastructure, the road ministry provided details of what the scheme embodies.

India saw 4.8 lakh road accidents in 2023, Tamil Nadu accounted for 14%, highest fatalities in UP

According to the Road Transport Ministry’s ‘Road Accidents in India 2023’ report, the year saw a rise in road accidents and fatalities in the country for the third consecutive year.

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

In HC order doubling compensation for fatal accident, a landmark recognition of unborn child’s rights

Rakesh Kumar's widow was pregnant when he was killed in a road accident in 2015. Punjab & Haryana HC awarded Rs 18.13 lakh, including Rs 48,000 to the child under Motor Vehicles Act.

On Camera

Casteism didn’t disappear in Indian cities. It just learned English

Urban India isn’t post-casteism; it’s post-confession. It wants the benefits of hierarchy without the embarrassment of admitting to it.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.