New Delhi: An NDMC employee, sentenced to five days in jail for driving in an inebriated condition, has been spared imprisonment by a Delhi court on the condition that he would assist police at busy traffic signals for five days. Additional Sessions Judge(ASJ) SC Rajan has asked Rajpal Singh, employed with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to report to the South West Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Traffic) in...
03:30 PM, May 16, 2012
Gurgaon: A Gurgaon court has allowed the police to conduct an identification parade of the main suspect Suraj Sherawat in the BMW hit-and-run case. The 21-year-old, who surrendered on Tuesday, is currently out on bail. The BMW owned by Suraj's father had mowed down a pregnant woman and her driver two weeks ago. Suraj Sehrawat came out of a Gurgaon court hours after dramatically surrendering following intense pressure on police...
10:40 AM, May 16, 2012
London: A 16-year-old British girl thought of hitting the road with a licence within a few months of learning to drive. But little did she think that she was actually destined to get it after 58 years. The 74-year-old Valerie Christie, from Carlisle county, has finally passed her driving test for which she first attempted in 1954, the Daily Mail reported. She was first taught how to drive by her...
03:04 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Mumbai: In a case of drunk driving in Mumbai, the 41-year-old son of former Punjab Police IG Paramjit Singh Sandhu rammed his SUV into a cyclist, injuring him. He then threatened police officials by flaunting his father's name. Police say Paramdeep was in an inebriated state at the time of the accident and was arrested for drunk, rash and negligent driving as well as for assault to deter a public...
11:19 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Over 1,800 people were awarded jail terms for drunken driving in the capital in the past three months, police said on Friday. "1,863 have been awarded jail terms in the past 91 days, 326 lost driving licences, 4,072 have been fined while 2,163 cases are under trial," Satyender Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), said. Despite exhortations to open up many fronts together, he said, they have stuck...
11:41 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Mumbai: A joyride gone horribly wrong in Mumbai. Eighteen-year-old Shivani Raut lost her life in a car crash, while six others are hospitalized. Police claims one of their friends was driving the car in an inebriated state. The accident happened near an ATM, after the driver lost control and hit a tree, before ramming straight into a stationary autorikshaw. Shivani Raut, along with 5 friends, was on a joyride in...
09:17 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: A suspected case of drunken driving in Mumbai left an 18-year-old girl dead. The victim and her friends, all in their 20s, were in a speeding Hyundai Getz which rammed into a tree on Friday night. The girl, who was taken to a hospital in a critical condition later succumbed to her injuries. The incident took place in the western suburb of Santa Cruz. Four others - three boys...
12:30 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: Nearly five people were injured in a car accident in Mumbai late on Friday night when the driver of a speeding Hyundai Getz lost control over the vehicle and rammed it into a tree. There were three boys and two girls in the car. One of the girls is said to be in a critical state. The incident happened in the western suburb of Santa Cruz. The Mumbai police...
11:19 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: After a series of fatal accidents due to overspeeding in the city, Delhi Police is now mulling ways to jail those who drive their vehicles above the prescribed speed limit. "We will propose that those who drive at speeds which are excessive should be detained and their driving licences seized and suspended, based on photographic evidence by the courts, apart from fines etc. "Over speeding also has jail...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2012
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11:37 PM, Mar 02, 2012
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10:30 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday approved amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act, increasing steeply the fine to be paid for traffic rules violations. According to sources, a meeting of the Cabinet held on Thursday has approved the amendments to the Act for harsher punishments for offences like drunken driving and violation of traffic rules. The amendments are meant to deal the traffic offences seriously. Repeated violations will fetch very...
11:32 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: A Mumbai Sessions Court adjourned a rash and negligent driving case involving actor John Abraham to March 9. On April 6, 2006 John's motorcycle had skidded and crashed into two youngsters. In 2010, a Magistrate court had sentenced him to 15 days of simple imprisonment, which John challenged in the Sessions Court. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on drunken drivers, a Delhi court has advised harsh sentences to the guilty saying it would not be possible for the city traffic police alone to curb the menace. The sessions court's observations came while upholding the 10-day jail term awarded to a man, who was caught driving his vehicle in an inebriated condition. "Until and unless the judicial courts rise to the occasion and...
09:20 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Mercedes Benz India Limited has launched the Mercedes-Benz JPSI Performance Driving Academy at the Buddh International Circuit on the eve of the 2012 Auto Expo in Delhi. The Driving Academy will have cars like the SLS AMG, C63 AMG and more such adrenaline pumping vehicles. The Academy is open only for two days per quarter and only 64 exclusive slots per year for customers and enthusiasts have been allotted. There...
02:29 PM, Jan 04, 2012
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