TTF Vasan, popular YouTuber and bike racer, arrested for rash driving 

TTF Vasan, popular YouTuber and bike racer, arrested for rash driving 

Youtuber TTF Vasan | Photo Credit: Instagram / vasan_enfielder Popular vlogger and motorbike racer TTF Vasan was arrested by Baluchetty Chatram Police in Kancheepuram district on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 for rash and negligent driving. Vasan has a huge fan following on social media for his videos showing motorbike stunts, racing, wheeling and speeding on … Read more

Robbers target motorists who stop on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, or travel by bike

Robbers target motorists who stop on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, or travel by bike

Iron fence has been removed on some stretches of Bengaluru-Mysuru access controlled expressway. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K A 30-year-old advocate, Govind Ramesh, was travelling on the Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway when he stopped his car on the service road near Mandya and stepped out to speak on the phone. The time was around 10.45 p.m. … Read more

Demanding ban on bike taxi services, autorickshaw drivers threaten to go on strike from March 20

Demanding ban on bike taxi services, autorickshaw drivers threaten to go on strike from March 20

The Bangalore Auto Drivers’ Unions’ Federation has threatened to go on a strike from Monday (March 20) if the State government fails to ban illegal operations of bike taxis in the city. The office-bearers of the federation alleged that in the city, mobile app-based aggregators are illegally running a bike taxi business by attaching white … Read more

Three bike lifters arrested in Bengaluru

Three bike lifters arrested in Bengaluru

The Kamakshipalya police on Thursday arrested three bike lifters and recovered 10 stolen motorcycles worth ₹7.8 lakh from them. The accused, Lakki Kumar, 22, Srinivasa, 20, and Saif Pasha, 20, from Ramanagaram were arrested while they were moving suspiciously on a scooter in Kamakshipalya. Upon inquiry, they revealed that they were stealing bikes in and … Read more

Sturgis Bike Rally: Superspreading Event or Not?

IZA Institute of Labor Economics: “The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19.” Joseph J. Sabia, PhD, professor of economics and director, Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies, San Diego State University; research fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Thomas Lee, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, University … Read more

You need to have a valid PUC certificate to renew your motor insurance: IRDAI

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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has advised general insurance companies to ask for valid PUC or pollution under control certificates from policyholders at the time of renewal of motor insurance policies. In a circular issued on August 20, 2020, IRDAI said, “Central pollution control board (CPCB) has raised concerns regarding status of compliance … Read more