Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan inaugurated a road that is designed to play music as vehicles pass over it, the media said. Hundreds of narrow ribbons are arrayed across a 300-meter stretch of the road in such as way as to play a tune as vehicles pass.

Using a mobile phone while driving is already an illegal offence but a new study has warned that using a phone as a pedestrian can be just as hazardous. The University of Washington study found that those texting while crossing the road are four times more likely to ignore oncoming traffic. Texters also took longer to cross the street at busy junctions, a daily reported.

Pamela Anderson has revealed that she is "in tears" over Sunder, an abused baby elephant, which has been chained up at a temple.The former Baywatch beauty wrote a letter to politician Vinay Kore, a member of the legislative assembly of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Hitchhiking has apparently reached the end of the road, with less than 10 percent of drivers likely to stop to pick up someone thumbing for a lift.

The sleepy, fishing villages around this district will come alive for three days next week when scores of nature lovers gather at the popular nesting site of Vengurla beach bordering Goa for the Turtle Festival.

Once upon a time it was a 'British only' street. And now Shimla's famous Mall Road is set for a facelift as the asphalt road surface will be replaced with European cobbled stone patterns. “A beautification plan with an expenditure of Rs 70 crore ($14 million) has been prepared to facelift the entire town in a phased manner. The main emphasis is on beautifying the Mall Road, the place frequented by a majority of tourists,” Shimla Municipal Corporation Commissioner AN Sharma said.

Visiting China won’t be a distant dream for any common man now. With the World Bank funding for the project of linking the Asian countries through roads, the dreams of many to visit any of the Asian countries would very soon come true.

Road rage has victimized many Delhiites. To beat the stress behind such mishaps, leave your home 15 minutes early for work. If your car is involved in an accident and the other party gets aggressive, apologise, say experts

"Talking" cars are coming soon say Italian scientists who claim to have developed software that lets vehicles "communicate" with one another on the road.

Three years after the original Food Street in Lahore's old quarters fell prey to a political row, a new food court has been inaugurated at Fort Road near the centuries-old Shahi Mohala, a famous red light area.