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Major accidents happen due to good roads: K'taka Deputy CM Karjol
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): In a bizarre statement on road accidents, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol said that major accidents happen due to good roads as people drive in high speed.
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Combat travel risks with Daily Commute Insurance from Bajaj Finserv
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] August 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India witnesses close to five lakh road accidents every year. In 2017, around 25 per cent of the total number of road accidents reportedly occurred during the work-related commute.
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DGCA to conduct quarterly safety audit of airside activities for safe oper
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): In the backdrop of increasing incidents of on-ground accidents, the aviation watchdog -- Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) -- has decided to conduct the safety audit of airside activities on a quarterly basis with the first audit to be conducted aft
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Uttarakhand Government turns to technology to ensure smooth conduct of Kan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The recently concluded Kanwar Yatra witnessed unique technological interventions used for the first time by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in rescue operations and to minimise accidents.
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Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill will cause decline in accidents: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill will cause a decline in accidents.
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Rajya Sabha takes up Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 31 (ANI): Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was on Wednesday introduced in the Rajya Sabha with Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari asserting that the number of accidents can be reduced to half after the Bill becomes an Act.
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Safeguard your health this rainy season with a Monsoon Insurance from Baja
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The monsoon season usually records an increase in the number of injuries due to rain-related accidents. Additionally, several regions in the country also witness an outbreak of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.
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I met with an accident as driver had cataract: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who has been pushing for steps to bring down road accidents, said in Lok Sabha on Monday that he had suffered a road accident in Maharashtra when he was the leader of the opposition as his driver had impaired vi
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30 per cent driving licences bogus: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that 30 per cent of driving licences in the country were bogus and the motor vehicles amendment bill will streamline various regulatory processes to bring down the rate of accidents.
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Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI) The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was on Monday introduced in the Lok Sabha with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari urging the members to pass it to save lakhs of lives who get killed in road accidents every year.
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'Govt to spend Rs 14,000 cr for identifying "black spots" on highways to c
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI) Expressing concern over the road accidents, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that the government would spend Rs 14,000 crores on identifying "black spots" on national highway to reduce the accidents.
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Rajnath Singh reviews recommendations of Task Force of Exports formed to p
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the recommendations of the Task Force of Experts formed to evolve the methodology to prevent ammunition accidents and minimise its effects.
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