-Deccan Herald Bengaluru: Residents of Seegehalli, located near Hopefarm Junction in Whitefield, are privileged to enjoy clean drinking water, good Roads and an efficient waste management system - thanks to the efforts of the Seegehalli Gram Panchayat. In contrast to the Roads falling under BBMP limits, the Roads of Seegehalli, which is around five km from Whitefield, are good and motorists do not dread riding around, residents claim.   The panchayat has passed a...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Indian Roads were at their deadliest in 2014 claiming more than 16 lives every hour on average. Over 1.41 lakh people died in crashes, 3% more than the number of fatalities in 2013. The numbers of crashes and of people left injured were also the highest levels since the recording of such data started in India—at 4.5 lakh and 4.8 lakh respectively. According to the latest data...

-The Hindu Sixteen Indians died in Road accidents every hour in 2014, a quarter of them on two-wheelers, and a majority of them as a result of overspeeding or reckless overtaking, new official data show. Tamil Nadu, and Chennai in particular, have high levels of Road fatalities. The National Crime Records Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report for 2014 was released late on Friday. The numbers show a slight increase...

-Business Standard The author visits the ghost villages of Uttarakhand and finds out what is prompting people to leave Seven kilometres ahead of Kanatal in the Tehri district, three large boards announce that a slip Road is being built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This narrow Road leads to Saur, once a bustling village but now eerily silent and desolate. Roofs have caved in and weeds have taken over untended...

-Hindustan Times With the key Land Acquisition bill stalled by political differences with the Opposition, the Centre may change tack and get states to enact their own land legislation, enabling it to push along the economic reform process.   Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the states that wanted speedy development could take the lead in framing such laws with the Centre's backing, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “political considerations”...