On July 24, 2023, Hindon submerged around 200 houses and displaced over 500 residents in Behlolpur, Chotpur, Chhajarsi and Lakhnavali Noida: Noida Authority has set up a five-member committee to study a proposed Rs 29,000-crore riverfront project along 25km of Hindon. The plan aims to partially straighten the meandering river, restore it to its original…
Fuel dispensed without PUCC checks at a Shastri Nagar fuel station as app glitch slackened the drive GHAZIABAD: Though the rollout was planned well in advance, the administrative machinery was still unprepared for the rollout of the ‘no PUCC, no fuel’ rule in Noida and Ghaziabad on Thursday, and the first day of the drive…
Firefighters doused the fire at Kala Pathar substation in half an hour Ghaziabad: Several areas of Indirapuram, including Abhay Khand, Gyan Khand and Nyay Khand, saw an hours-long power cut on Thursday that lasted from 3am to, in most affected areas, 6am. A cable fire at the Kala Pathar substation sparked the outage. Authorities are…
The incident happened at the gate of the society on Wednesday Noida: A bed-and-breakfast operator in Supernova Spira has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly breaking a barrier and forcibly entering Supernova society in Sector 94. A security guard had allegedly stopped him from entering. This enraged the man and he started arguing with the…
Akhilesh Yadav and Brajesh Pathak have engaged in a social media exchange over political issues. LUCKNOW: A social media spat has broken out between Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, with both posting videos of the other eating “cashews”, as the SP and BJP gear up for…
Shamsul Huda Khan, who acquired British citizenship in 2013, allegedly concealed his status while receiving government salaries LUCKNOW: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, has provisionally attached an immovable property valued at Rs 53.46 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a money laundering case involving Shamsul Huda…
Congress appointed Aradhana Misra Mona as president of its Uttar Pradesh unit LUCKNOW: Rampur Khas MLA and legislature party leader Aradhana Mishra “Mona” has been appointed the new Uttar Pradesh congress president, replacing Ajay Rai, who had held the post since August 2023.Her appointment places a familiar Congress face from Pratapgarh at the helm of…
The fire spread and burnt down two furniture warehouses in the area Ghaziabad: A major fire broke out in a dark store of Instamart on Kala Patthar Road in Indirapuram and spread to adjacent furniture warehouses, a diagnostic centre and a housing society behind it.No casualties were reported in the incident but goods in the…
Noida: A 21-year-old MCA student was found hanging at his rented accommodation in Greater Noida’s Alpha 2, police said Thursday.The deceased, a native of Kasganj, had moved to Alpha 2 around a month ago and had enrolled in an online MCA course. Police said no suicide note was found in the room.According to police, the…
Ghaziabad: A truck carrying cans and buckets of paint overturned at Tigri roundabout on Thursday, spilling its load onto the road. The paint spillage made the carriageway slippery. Traffic movement was disrupted for a brief period as residents and passers-by gathered in the area to collect the paint.The truck was travelling from Greater Noida towards…
