Rationalise motor vehicle tax rates, urges minister
February 14th, 2012 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) To reduce transaction and logistic costs in the transportation sector Road Transport and Highways Minister C.P. Joshi Monday urged state governments to rationalise motor ... Read more...
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Need to rationalise motor vehice tax: minister
February 13th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) To cut transaction costs in the transportation sector, Road Transport and Highways Minister C.P. Joshi Monday urged state governments to rationalise motor vehicle tax ... Read more...
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Maruti gives safe driving training to 3.5 lakh people
April 20th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi April 20 (IANS) Automobile major Maruti Suzuki Wednesday said it has trained 3.5 lakh people, including 98,000 underprivileged youth, in safe driving and road safety since 2008."Maruti Suzuki ... Read more...
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Transport Minister Joshi wants road safety to be incorporated in curriculum
March 25th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 25 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways C.P Joshi today said that "Road Safety" should be incorporated in school education curriculum all over the country at the ... Read more...
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Australia to call blanket ban on all mobile phone in vehicles
February 7th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 7 (ANI): Australian transport ministers have considered imposing new laws to ban all mobile phone use while driving.The decision emerged after a landmark report found that even hands-free devices dramatically ... Read more...
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Government preparing action plan for road safety
August 11th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The government will soon finalise an action plan to improve road safety, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways R.P.N. Singh said here Wednesday.
The plan envisages ... Read more...
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Sitaram Yechury presents Bill on road safety
July 21st, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Sitaram Yechury presented a report on 'The National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board Bill' in ... Read more...
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Will new traffic management bill reduce road accidents?
March 18th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Anupama Mehta, 48, cannot forget the day her 17-year-old son left home to go to a friend's place two kilometres away. Rammed by a speeding ... Read more...
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Budget session: Some bills likely to be tabled
February 21st, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A slew of bills ranging from setting up regulatory authorities for the bio-technology sector and television channels to firming up laws dealing with road safety are slated ... Read more...
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India to have stiffer road safety laws to check accidents (Lead)
February 19th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) India, which accounts for 10 percent of global road deaths, will soon have a stiff law to enforce safety on the roads and check the alarming rate of ... Read more...
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Law to enforce road safety in India soon: minister
February 19th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) India will soon have a stringent law to enforce road safety and check the alarming rate of casualties in road accidents, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath ... Read more...
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India to have a committee on road safety and traffic management
October 22nd, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath on Thursday constituted a committee headed by Secretary (Road Transport and Highways) to look into Road Safety and ... Read more...
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Sales of automobiles poor due to lack of easy loans from Banks
December 25th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 25 (ANI): Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. R C Bhargava has said that sales of automobiles have not picked up due to lack of easy loans from ... Read more...
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