Three traffic policemen, including two senior officers, had a miraculous escape here when a truck tried to mow them down during a drive to check traffic, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The accused truck driver was arrested. ...
12:55 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Tata Motors has offered its latest vehicles to the Defence Ministry to replace the controversial Tatra trucks, used so far to carry missiles such as Agni and Prithvi. The procurement of Tatra trucks has been put on hold pending a CBI probe into bribery allegations by former Army chief Gen VK Singh. ...
05:31 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Eight people were killed and 30 injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck at Heria late Thursday, police said. According to police, five people died on the spot when the Digha-bound bus, which was coming from Howrah, collided with the truck. ...
12:07 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Against the backdrop of a freeze on procurement of Tatra trucks, the Armed Forces have started looking for alternative vehicles to equip them with their missile systems. In view of Defence Ministry's decision to put on hold the procurement of Tatra trucks pending the CBI probe into allegations of bribery by former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, several key missile projects of the Army and the Air Force have been...
04:41 AM, Jan 02, 2013
2012 was an unprecedented year for the Defence Ministry as it had a prolonged stand-off with former Army Chief Gen VK Singh over his age issue and a truck-deal case and was dragged to the Supreme Court. The selection of France's Dassault Rafale for the 126 combat aircraft deal, India's entry into the elite club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missiles with the launch of Agni V, induction of nuclear...
03:03 PM, Dec 30, 2012
The Indian Army has 7,983 Tatra trucks but "there is no further procurement" of these vehicles or their spare parts, the government said on Monday. ...
02:39 AM, Dec 18, 2012
In an early morning tragedy in Chennai, four students died in a road accident at one of the busy roads near Perungudi. The four students were travelling on the footboard of a bus reportedly. ...
10:32 AM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday questioned Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh and Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi in connection with alleged bribe offer made by the former to the then Army chief VK Singh to clear a tranche of allegedly substandard all terrain vehicles. CBI sources said Managing Director of Vectra group Anil Mansharamani and a city-based businessman were also part of questioning. The agency sources claimed they had got...
09:47 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti has died in a road accident near Jalandhar. Bhatti was going to Nakodar from Bhatinda for the promotion of his upcoming film 'Power Cut'. The accident happened on Shahkot area of Jalandhar. Bhatti's car rammed into a roadside tree. Bhatti's son and actress Surilie Gautam of his upcoming film got injured in the mishap. Both the injured have been admitted to the hospital. Jaspal...
06:19 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Ghaziabad: There is tension in Ghaziabad after a truck ran over seven policemen killing two of them and injuring five others. In fact, one policeman is in a critical condition. The incident took place on Thursday night at the National Highway 24, when the police were manning a check-post. Angry locals took to the streets and set the truck on fire and the driver was arrested. The accident took place...
09:00 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh on Wednesday said procurement of Tatra trucks has been put on hold in view of the ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into allegations of corruption against the company. "The point is that a decision (to buy or not to buy Tatra trucks) has to be taken based on CBI inquiry. It is on hold. A CBI inquiry is on in the...
10:10 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Bangalore: An unidentified man aged around 40 years, who was sleeping inside a truck, was burnt alive. Police said the truck was parked next to a garbage dump, which caught fire. The fire spread to the truck. The incident was reported near Indiranagar BDA complex on Tuesday. Police said the deceased, suspected to be a beggar, was sleeping in the old truck which was not being used. Someone lit fire...
02:51 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry is planning to cancel the BEML order, worth over Rs 50 lakh, given to UK-based Tatra Sipox for supplying one truck, in the wake of the CBI probe into the allegations of irregularities in the supply of these vehicles. The order for the truck was placed by BEML in May for the Defence Research and Development Organisation. The Ministry is planing to cancel the order...
03:51 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Barasat (WB): An Indian truck driver was assaulted by a Bangladeshi autorickshaw driver at Benapole on the India-Bangladesh border on Wednesday, police sources said. The assault led to protest by Indian drivers who refused to drive into Bangladesh, which led to suspension of import-export activities for over an hour. The issue was settled after negotiations and normal operations resumed, the sources said. ...
07:45 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Hyderabad: The state has seen a significant rise in the use of condoms, which in turn has reduced the risk of AIDS among the high risk group like sex-workers and truck drivers. There has been a 100 percent rise in condom usage in the state for the past four years, said Dr PL Jayachandra Reddy, joint director of AP State AIDS Control Society (APSACS). For 2012-13, the National AIDS Control...
01:17 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Bangalore: Nine people were killed and 10 others injured after a Tata Ace mini truck they were travelling in fell into a ditch after the driver lost control over the vehicle. The accident occurred at Kamsagara village near Sathanur in Kanakapura taluk on the outskirts of the city on Sunday evening. Though official sources said only nine were killed, sources said two others, who were shifted to a private hospital,...
12:41 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chennai: A speeding truck mowed down a 7-year-old girl in a hit and run case in Tambaram on the outskirts of Chennai. The truck was chased down by local residents, brought back to the spot of the accident and was set on fire. More details of the accident are awaited. ...
02:06 PM, Aug 04, 2012
New Delhi: One Army personnel died and seven others were critically injured when the truck they were in was attacked in an IED blast in Goalpara in lower Assam on Tuesday. The blast took place near the Naranarayan Setu in Goalpara at 10.30 am. There is no information on the group behind the attack as yet. ...
12:51 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Chandigarh: Two trucks collided in the Siwani area of the Bhiwani district of Haryana on Monday, leaving 27 people dead. One of the trucks in the mishap was carrying pilgrims from Ghugha Maari temple in Rajasthan to Kalayat and its surrounding areas of Kaithal district of Haryana. The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. More details were awaited on the accident. (With additional information from PTI)...
10:38 AM, Jul 30, 2012
