Public comments have been invited on making 100 or 108 as the single number for the entire country for various emergencies like fire or medical or accidents. At present, there are different numbers for different types of emergencies, like 100 for police and 101 for fire. ...
12:20 AM, Mar 16, 2013
At least 11 people were injured in an accident on Delhi's Mathura Road when a speeding WagonR hit a Delhi Police PCR van. Three policemen who were inside the PCR van were among those injured. ...
02:56 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Two school children are feared dead after a truck rammed into the boundary wall of a government primary school on Friday. Six children have been injured in the accident. The truck driver has been arrested. ...
10:20 AM, Mar 15, 2013
The writer was on his way to Chennai from Nellore with his family and a vehicle hit his car. ...
06:03 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Many call India the head injury capital of the world. Nearly 2 lakh Indians die every year of head injuries, according to NIMHANS. The simplest preventive is getting people to wear helmets. That's the key message that came out of retreat in Jodhpur. ...
12:33 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Mobile handset maker Nokia India announced insurance scheme against mobile handset theft and accidental damage, in partnership with insurance firm New India Assurance. ...
06:15 PM, Mar 12, 2013
A minor fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Mantralaya in Mumbai on Saturday. A chemical container kept for renovation caught fire. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A community spokesman says a baby delivered after his parents were killed in a New York City hit-and-run accident has died. Isaac Abraham says the child died on Monday morning. Abraham serves as a spokesman for the family's Orthodox Jewish community. ...
04:07 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Seven persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident in neighbouring Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of on Monday, police said. The mishap took place when a jeep packed with passengers crashed into an unidentified heavy vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway while overtaking at Kalamboli at about 3.20 AM, they said. ...
08:08 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The death toll in the Jalandhar school bus accident rose to 13 on Monday evening. The school bus had a head-on collision with a truck early in the morning, following which casualties were reported. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 04, 2013
The Lok Sabha on Monday mourned the death of children in a road accident in Jalandhar district of Punjab. "I am deeply saddened to learn about the tragic accident in which 11 innocent children lost their lives and several others were injured in Jalandhar district of Punjab," Speaker Meira Kumar said in the Lok Sabha. ...
01:17 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Seven people died and three others were injured in a road mishap near Panvel in Navi Mumbai. The accident occurred when a jeep overturned near the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. ...
10:20 AM, Mar 04, 2013
A school bus had a head-on collision with a truck early on Monday morning, following which casualties were feared. Reports said at least 10 children were feared dead in the accident, but there was no confirmation yet. ...
09:02 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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04:21 PM, Mar 03, 2013
A flyover in Kolkata collapsed on Sunday morning crushing a truck underneath and injuring three people. ...
08:24 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Nearly 18,000 of litres of scotch whisky worth half a million pounds have been flushed down the drain by accident by workers during night shift at a Chivas bottling plant in Scotland, forcing the company to order a probe. ...
12:38 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Dog is man's best friend. Well, not in this case. An excited dog kicked a gun on the floor and accidentally shot his owner in the leg while the man was driving a pick-up truck in the US state of Florida. Gregory Dale Lanier of Frostproof, told Sebring police he thought his handgun was empty when he placed on the center "hump" on the floor of his gray Ford. ...
02:53 PM, Feb 28, 2013
An inquest was told on Monday that Maynard was nearly four times above the legal alcohol limit for driving and had taken cocaine and ecstasy before he was electrocuted and hit by a train in June last year. ...
07:03 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Twenty seven-year-old Vismay Shah, who killed two people and injured one while driving a BMW on February 25, surrendered before the Vastrapur police on Wednesday. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 27, 2013
A fire broke out early on Wednesday morning in a tightly packed market place in Kolkata. The death toll stands at 18 and the injured have been admitted to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. ...
12:31 PM, Feb 27, 2013
