Accidents

'God helps those...': Delhi Police shares video to raise awareness about wearing helmets

In a bid to educate two-wheeler riders to wear helmets to remain safe, the Delhi Police has shared a 15-second long clip

India lost 1.73 lakh people in traffic accidents in 2021; Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu reported highest

According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of traffic accidents in the country increased from 3,68,828 in 2020 to 4,22,659 in 2021

Soldier among 3 killed in separate road accidents in J&K

The road accidents took place in accidents in Samba, Ramban and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir

August proves deadliest month for migrants braving Atlantic route with record 379 lives lost

Those deaths account for nearly half the total number of casualties for all of 2021 — 735 adults and 50 children — according to the United Nations agency’s Missing Migrants Project.

Accidents, suicides claim 2,200 CAPF personnel between 2014 to 2018, shows National Crime Records Bureau data

As many as 2,200 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel died in accidents and suicides in a span of five years from 2014 to 2018, with the annual figures of such casualties coming down in recent years

How different types of people react when they get in an accident

It takes all kinds when it comes to road personalities and these personalities really shine through at the time of accidents.

Hefty fines are right way to rid India's killer roads of daredevil drivers who hope to defy death mildly buzzed or completely sloshed

The ACHTU faith is based on self-destruction as a sacrifice to the god Daru who is a cousin of the Greek god Bacchus, the guy with a fetish for leopard and other cats.

What a bad idea, Sirji! Rise of the antisocial

We are forever connected to distant relatives and our customised social feeds via smartphones, but disconnected from the immediacies of our lives, and have reached a state of mind-body dissociation

Odisha: Eight killed, 35 injured after truck carrying over 50 people falls into gorge in Kandhamal district; rescue ops underway

According to police, "As of now, police officers, forest personnel, along with local people, are carrying out the rescue operation. Kandhamal Collector Brundha D and Superintendent of Police Prateek Singh have rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation."

Himachal Pradesh: Nine killed in Sirmaur district's Dadahu after bus falls into gorge; rescue ops underway

In another incident that took place earlier on Sunday in Himachal Pardesh, as many as 21 people were injured after a tourist bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge at Kiari Nallah on the Solan-Shimla border.