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Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking foot over bridge near zoo on Mathura road

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Published on Apr 08, 2025 07:08 PM IST

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2 UT traffic policemen dismissed for accepting ₹500 bribe

Stopped Jammu resident for jumping traffic lights, demanded and accepted money from him. Both suspended in August last year after complaint on Twitter, enquiry officer gets pulled up

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Updated on Jul 22, 2020 11:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByShailee Dogra, Chandigarh

Guest Column: Fun, environmentally friendly and good for you, here’s how Chandigarh can become bicycle-friendly

Laying out long-lasting tracks, making movement within the city safer, getting children hooked to the cycling habit can be managed with careful planning

Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore, who is particularly keen to encourage people to take up cycling, is seen here with MP Kirron Kher inaugurating a cycle track in Sector 8, Chandigarh.(Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jun 13, 2020 09:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByLt-Gen Harwant Singh ( Retd )

Man robbed off scooter, ₹60,000 near Sector 37 in Chandigarh

Victim was returning after collecting money from vegetable vendors on behalf of wholesalers on Tuesday night when incident took place

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Updated on Feb 07, 2020 01:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Reigning in rule-breakers:4 traffic intersections in Ludhiana now zero-tolerance points

Police said two non-gazetted officers (inspector, sub-inspector or assistant sub-inspector) along with four constables will be deployed at each of these intersections to challan those who break the rules

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Published on Feb 04, 2020 10:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Question-Hour at the Traffic Lights

POETICLICENSE: Introducing an occasional new department: Rhymes for our times...

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Updated on Jan 28, 2020 01:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMalavika Sangghvi

Humour: Five kinds of petrolheads

A bird’s-eye view of car enthusiasts from the comfort of the passenger seat

Occupying the passenger seat is not always a passive activity(Photo Imaging : Sunil Kumar Mallik)

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Updated on Jan 19, 2020 12:26 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir

Check the feasibility of blue traffic lights: HC to Maha pollution board

According to the idea, an additional blue light should blink for 10 seconds after the red light comes on, and blink again for 10 seconds before the light turns green.

The Bombay high court (HC) and the environment department have directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to check the feasibility of “blue traffic light”. ( Praful Gangurde/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 17, 2020 03:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByBadri Chatterjee

‘Yamaraj’ appears on city streets to spread road safety message

“Yes! I am Yamaraj. I am here to warn you,” said Kumar Gaurav, an artiste-cum-social activist, who in the garb of Yamaraj, has taken his NGO Yuva’s road safety campaign to the streets.

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Updated on Jan 10, 2020 10:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByAmarpal Singh, Ludhiana

Fog claims another life in Zirakpur

On Sunday, three people were killed and two injured after a vehicle overturned after hitting the divider due to fog on the Zirakpur flyover

The accident took place between an SUV and a truck at the Chhat light point on the intersection of Airport Road and Patiala Road in Zirakpur in wee hours of Monday. The SUV driver was killed.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2019 01:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

110 road stretches in Chandigarh need MC’s attention, says traffic police survey

As many as 90 people have died in road accidents in Chandigarh this year, even as the traffic department had set a target to bring down such fatalities to 85 from 98 reported last year

A faded zebra crossing and cycle track at the Sector 34/44 roundabout in Chandigarh. Keshav Singh/HT(Keshav Singh/HT)

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Published on Dec 19, 2019 01:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByVivek Gupta, Chandigarh

To decongest the cities, India needs fewer cars | Opinion

There are ways like parking and congestion charges which would discourage people from buying cars. They can only be implemented if governance, that is the enforcement of rules, is far stricter

Efficient governance would control parking, prevent encroachment, and make traffic flow more freely by enforcing rules. In Delhi, governance is so poor that the bus-lane experiment failed because traffic other than buses was not prevented from driving down the lanes(Yogesh Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Sep 22, 2019 07:09 AM IST

ByMark Tully

Is the video of traffic light floating on waterlogged street from Mumbai? Here’s the truth

Several people shared the video on Twitter and Facebook implying that the waterlogged street, seen in the video, is in Mumbai.

The floating traffic light video is being shared by many.(Twitter/@vivekagnihotri)

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Updated on Sep 05, 2019 05:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Decision to install traffic lights in Gurugram a step in the right direction

Re-introducing traffic lights instead of U-turns will improve road safety, increase transit ridership and enhance non-motorised usage. All in all, it is perhaps the most sensible decision taken by the traffic police.

Smart traffic signals light installed at Kanhai chowk near Huda City Centre metro station, in Gurugram.(Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 12:34 PM IST

ByAmit Bhatt

Gurugram traffic lights likely to return at key junctions on e-way

Traffic signals were removed from the three junctions after an underpass was constructed at each of these points in 2017-18 by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Traffic signals are to be reintroduced at three junctions on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway.(PTI image)

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Updated on Jul 31, 2019 08:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar

Traffic infrastructure at Bakhtawar and Rajiv Chowk to be revamped

According to Mohammed Imran Raza, additional deputy secretary, and secretary of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), traffic infrastructure at these two junctions will be redesigned to minimise road fatalities by July-end.

The administration’s primary focus is to improve design elements at Bakhtawar Chowk and Rajiv Chowk, to facilitate the movement of vehicles at these important junctions.(AFP Photo/Prakash Singh)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2019 03:37 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

1.7km stretch in Delhi’s CR Park to become a ‘model street’

The residents under the aegis of CR Park Green Community Initiative, a group of residents and urban planners, have tied up with government agencies such as Public Works Department (PWD) and the Delhi traffic police to develop Bipin Chandra Pal Road into a “model street”.

A senior PWD official, who is familiar with the project, confirmed the development and said that redevelopment of the stretch was very much required as the road witnesses a heavy vehicular and pedestrian movement.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 24, 2019 06:34 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAshish Mishra

Choir, Broadway casts perform on New York street during blackout

The outages struck at around 7 p.m. (2300 GMT), just as many shows were starting at theaters in Midtown and at the Lincoln Center plaza on New York City’s Upper West Side.

People evacuated from a Carnegie Hall concert during a blackout due to widespread power outages in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S, listen to the choir singing on the street in this still frame obtained via social media video July 13, 2019. BRIALLEN HOPPER via REUTERS(BRIALLEN HOPPER)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2019 01:51 PM IST

New York | ByReuters

Fiddling with car music system while driving as bad as talking on phone: Study

The study assumes significance, said researchers, as operating a music player while driving is not “perceived as risky” unlike a mobile phone conversation.

Fiddling with the music player in your car while driving is as bad as speaking on the phone, finds a study by a two-member team from the IIT-B.(REUTERS/Mike Blake)

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Updated on Jun 30, 2019 01:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySnehal Fernandes

Minutes after snatching gold chain at India Gate, man gets caught at traffic signal

Police later identified the snatcher as Faizan Ali, a resident of Brahmapuri in north-east Delhi. Police said that a team patrolling the area arrested Ali.

The woman told police that on her way to the parking space, a young man came from behind and snatched her gold mangalsutra.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 29, 2019 07:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByPrawesh Lama

Partial civic transfer creates chaos on roads

With the transfer set to be completed on April 1, the GMDA will soon become the sole agency for maintaining traffic signals in the city.

Over the last 14 months, traffic signals at several junctions have been plagued by defects that are endangering the lives motorists and pedestrians on a daily basis.(PTI)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2019 08:06 AM IST

Gurugram | ByKartik Kumar

Delhi’s Maharani Bagh pedestrian bridge shut after damage

The PWD will dismantle the facility as it is “beyond repair”. Officials said the FOB was anyway scheduled to be razed in the coming months for the Ashram flyover extension project.

New Delhi, India - March 19, 2019: Pedestrians cross a busy road due to closed foot overbridge, at Maharani Bagh, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Photo Amal KS / Hindustan Times)

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Published on Mar 20, 2019 06:23 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAshish Mishra

Strawberries, cherries and the angels...

Why do fresh strawberries often taste so thin and sour without added sugar? It has to do with the way we grow them in India

Too many Indian strawberry farmers use high yield varieties that sacrifice taste for quantity(Getty Images)

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Updated on Mar 10, 2019 12:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVir Sanghvi

A month after hoarding collapse: Pune Municipal Corporation removes 139 illegal hoarding in the city

Areas like Ahmednagar road, Warje and Hadapsar, Katraj-Ambegaon had maximum number of illegal hoardings.

Scaffoldings of hoardings on Katraj - Dehuroad bypass highway in Pune, on Friday(Ravindra Joshi/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 05, 2018 03:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByShrinivas Deshpande

Over 5,000 killed in road mishaps in Haryana in 2017, says report

Union ministry of roads transport and highways reveals over 4,400 mishaps took place because of over-speeding,180 were caused by drunken driving, 432 due to driving on wrong side and 147 due to jumping traffic light.

Contrary to the impression that more accidents occur in bad weather, the report says that over half of the casualties occurred in accidents that happened on clear and sunny days.(HT File)

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Updated on Oct 17, 2018 09:43 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Switching off engines at signals can save ₹250 crore every year: Study

A sample study found that only 20% of commuters naturally switched off their vehicles while waiting at traffic lights

Turning off engines will help save fuel and lead to a decrease in pollution.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 21, 2018 09:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySoumya Pillai

Lack of infrastructure impedes government’s rehab policies for beggars, street kids in Ludhiana

These children, who mostly hail from Rajasthan, besides selling different items are at times also found begging for alms.

Few days ago, a group of seven families, comprising 10 adults and as many as 15 children, from Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), came to the city and encroached on a part of footpath near Bhai Bala Chowk.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2018 01:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByAmarpal Singh, Ludhiana

TV actor Rupali Ganguly attacked, left bleeding: I was abused in front of my son

Television actor Rupali Ganguly says two men attacked her at a traffic light in Mumbai and broke her car’s window.

Rupali Ganguli is best known as Monisha from Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.(Instagram)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2018 11:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Mumbai dentist hit by car while crossing at Marine Drive dies

Lahamate was on her way to attend the MBBS graduation ceremony of her brother, Abhinay, who completed his studies from Sir JJ Hospital.

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Published on Mar 30, 2018 11:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySadaguru Pandit and Megha Sood, Mumbai

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Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking foot over bridge near zoo on Mathura road

Stopped Jammu resident for jumping traffic lights, demanded and accepted money from him. Both suspended in August last year after complaint on Twitter, enquiry officer gets pulled up

Laying out long-lasting tracks, making movement within the city safer, getting children hooked to the cycling habit can be managed with careful planning

Victim was returning after collecting money from vegetable vendors on behalf of wholesalers on Tuesday night when incident took place

Police said two non-gazetted officers (inspector, sub-inspector or assistant sub-inspector) along with four constables will be deployed at each of these intersections to challan those who break the rules

POETICLICENSE: Introducing an occasional new department: Rhymes for our times...

A bird’s-eye view of car enthusiasts from the comfort of the passenger seat

According to the idea, an additional blue light should blink for 10 seconds after the red light comes on, and blink again for 10 seconds before the light turns green.

“Yes! I am Yamaraj. I am here to warn you,” said Kumar Gaurav, an artiste-cum-social activist, who in the garb of Yamaraj, has taken his NGO Yuva’s road safety campaign to the streets.

On Sunday, three people were killed and two injured after a vehicle overturned after hitting the divider due to fog on the Zirakpur flyover

As many as 90 people have died in road accidents in Chandigarh this year, even as the traffic department had set a target to bring down such fatalities to 85 from 98 reported last year

There are ways like parking and congestion charges which would discourage people from buying cars. They can only be implemented if governance, that is the enforcement of rules, is far stricter

Several people shared the video on Twitter and Facebook implying that the waterlogged street, seen in the video, is in Mumbai.

Re-introducing traffic lights instead of U-turns will improve road safety, increase transit ridership and enhance non-motorised usage. All in all, it is perhaps the most sensible decision taken by the traffic police.

Traffic signals were removed from the three junctions after an underpass was constructed at each of these points in 2017-18 by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

According to Mohammed Imran Raza, additional deputy secretary, and secretary of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), traffic infrastructure at these two junctions will be redesigned to minimise road fatalities by July-end.

The residents under the aegis of CR Park Green Community Initiative, a group of residents and urban planners, have tied up with government agencies such as Public Works Department (PWD) and the Delhi traffic police to develop Bipin Chandra Pal Road into a “model street”.

The outages struck at around 7 p.m. (2300 GMT), just as many shows were starting at theaters in Midtown and at the Lincoln Center plaza on New York City’s Upper West Side.

The study assumes significance, said researchers, as operating a music player while driving is not “perceived as risky” unlike a mobile phone conversation.

Police later identified the snatcher as Faizan Ali, a resident of Brahmapuri in north-east Delhi. Police said that a team patrolling the area arrested Ali.

With the transfer set to be completed on April 1, the GMDA will soon become the sole agency for maintaining traffic signals in the city.

The PWD will dismantle the facility as it is “beyond repair”. Officials said the FOB was anyway scheduled to be razed in the coming months for the Ashram flyover extension project.

Why do fresh strawberries often taste so thin and sour without added sugar? It has to do with the way we grow them in India

Areas like Ahmednagar road, Warje and Hadapsar, Katraj-Ambegaon had maximum number of illegal hoardings.

Union ministry of roads transport and highways reveals over 4,400 mishaps took place because of over-speeding,180 were caused by drunken driving, 432 due to driving on wrong side and 147 due to jumping traffic light.

A sample study found that only 20% of commuters naturally switched off their vehicles while waiting at traffic lights

These children, who mostly hail from Rajasthan, besides selling different items are at times also found begging for alms.

Television actor Rupali Ganguly says two men attacked her at a traffic light in Mumbai and broke her car’s window.

Lahamate was on her way to attend the MBBS graduation ceremony of her brother, Abhinay, who completed his studies from Sir JJ Hospital.

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