A mock earthquake rescue drill will be held in Gurgaon, including on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, on Thursday and will affect traffic, an official said on Wednesday. The mock drill will affect the flow of traffic on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, causing long jams for a few hours, the official said on the condition of anonymity. ...
09:07 AM, Feb 07, 2013
New Delhi: The national capital on Tuesday witnessed severe traffic jams and water logging after parts of the city received as much as 42 mm of rain in just three hours, the highest for the year. As a result of the downpour, there were massive traffic jams in key arterial roads. Meanwhile, the civic bodies have begun defending themselves over the problems being faced by the residents of Delhi. The...
06:22 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The season's heaviest downpour in the national capital on Tuesday morning left thousands stranded for hours in traffic jams as many parts of the city were waterlogged. The Met office has forecast more showers. The city received 54.5 mm of rain till 8.30 am, the season's highest so far, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. "The sky will remain generally cloudy. Some spells of rain are likely...
12:42 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Utter chaos prevailed on the streets of London as athletes and visitors started to arrive for the upcoming Olympics. ...
10:22 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: After directing the erotic thriller 'Hate Story', Vivek Agnihotri is now making two films on socio-political issues. First to release will be his film 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' on the Naxal issue, starring Anupam Kher. The other film is a political thriller 'Freedom' with R Madhavan in the lead. "Buddha in a Traffic Jam is in post production. It is a very different kind of a film...
12:53 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Los Angeles: Southern Californians were making the ultimate sacrifice on Saturday to avoid the dreaded 'Carmageddon' - leaving their cars in the garage. Unusually light traffic flowed freely through the nation's second-largest city despite fears of epic traffic jams spawned by the 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the region's most critical freeways. Authorities closed the segment of Interstate 405 on the western side of the metropolis...
09:39 AM, Jul 17, 2011
Los Angeles: A 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 began shutting down on Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour construction project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. For weeks, authorities have urged residents to...
05:39 PM, Jul 16, 2011
Actress Pallavi Joshi, who was last seen in Marathi film Rita in 2009, is ready for her comeback with her husband's directorial venture. She says she missed being an actor and was extremely nervous while shooting for Buddha in a Traffic Jam. "I benefited in more ways than one by doing this film, both personally and professionally. When I started with the process, right from reading the script, preparing for...
05:28 PM, Apr 04, 2011
New Delhi: 'Buddha in a traffic jam' is an unlikely title for a film but what's even more interesting are its producers. The film is being produced by a group of students from Hyderbad's Indian School of business and is being shot in the campus itself. Film making is like any other business for the students of Hyderabad's Indian School of Business who are busy working on their next project...
09:51 AM, Mar 21, 2011
Director Vivek Agnihotri has finally decided upon the title for his third directorial venture. The film will be called Buddha in a Traffic Jam and he says he is reinventing himself with the movie. Veteran actor Anupam Kher has a prominent role in the film, which is being co-produced by Agnihotri along with Friday Night productions, a production house by the current students of the Indian Business School, Hyderabad "After...
01:33 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: A man allegedly died of a heart attack after being stuck in traffic in the national Capital. His family says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s convoy delayed his reaching hospital at Rajghat. Security for politicians claimed another life in the National Capital. The victim, Anil Jain's family has blamed the PM's security for his death. They say, Anil, who had suffered a heart attack was forced to wait for...
07:49 AM, Dec 20, 2010
New Delhi: Monday was the first day of exclusive Commonwealth Games lanes, but Delhiites bracing for the worst had a surprisingly decent ride with no major traffic jams. Delhiites woke up to a Monday morning getting the first taste of restrictions on the streets ahead of the Commonwealth Games. First day when the special lanes marked for athletes and dignitaries participating in the Commonwealth Games were closed off for the...
08:38 PM, Sep 27, 2010
Bangalore/Rajouri: A heavy downpour brought life to a standstill in Bangalore on Friday and claimed the lives of 17 people at Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. Massive traffic jams and waterlogging was reported in various parts of Bangalore, which just can’t handle the heavy rains. The infrastructure is pathetic and the government is just not doing anything. Bangaloreans were frustrated after being stuck in traffic and rain for nearly four...
11:24 AM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: Incessant rains since early Saturday morning continue to wreck havoc in Delhi. Threat of a flood looms large along Yamuna as the overnight rains have caused the river to rise above the danger mark of 204 metres after 2 lakh cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage on Thursday. The Delhi government has put its officials on alert in case a need arises to evacuate people from...
01:25 PM, Aug 21, 2010
The capital was yet again waterlogged on Thursday following heavy rains. Most people struggled to get to work on time and as office hour came to an end, it looked like another mad rush. Waterlogging has been reported from many roads in the capital. Commonwealth Games stadia including the Nehru Stadium, in which the opening ceremony will be held, as well as Shivaji Stadium were waterlogged. A bus was submerged ...
05:55 PM, Aug 19, 2010
New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Delhi and surrounding areas on Wednesday afternoon leading to water logging and traffic snarls in many places. Traffic was slow in many places in south Delhi from Kalkaji to Okhla. Water logging was reported from Mathura Road and near Talkakora Stadium. The debris laying around many Commonwealth Games site made the situation worse. Over the next two days, meteorological department has predicted generally cloudy skies...
07:41 PM, Aug 11, 2010
More and more residents of Bangalore now travelling to office by bus on fourth day of every month. ...
04:07 PM, Aug 05, 2010
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says all of the construction debris lying in the city will be removed by August 10. ...
11:27 PM, Jul 13, 2010
The traffic was completely choked on all roads leading to south Delhi. ...
01:01 PM, Jul 13, 2009
The entire night the vehicles were crawling on the sea link. ...
11:52 AM, Jul 02, 2009
