Noida

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 07:00 AM IST

The SDMs have been directed to identify the violators and landowners who have given land on rent for such operations while ensuring the area remains sealed

Inspections were conducted and the mobile units setup in the floodplains of Yamuna, falling under Basantpur and Asgarpur areas were sealed. (HT Photo)

Noida buyers association opposes new transfer policy for steady development

The Noida authority has stated that its efforts are on to ensure that works are executed properly on time and any issues linked to developmental works addressed

According to the members of the homebuyers' association, every year new employees are appointed and the old staff is being constantly changed, and this is hampering various infrastructure related works including RWA related works. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:58 AM IST

Thieves make off with brand new SUV worth ₹55 lakh in Noida

The man said the theft was recorded on a CCTV camera and the footage shows a white SUV doing a recce of the area on Monday between 3 and 4am

A senior police officer said the theft was committed by professional thieves, as it needs technical knowledge to access the ECM of top-end cars. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:54 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Ghaziabad municipal body gets ready for monsoon, installs pumps at 16 points

The municipal body has deployed pumps at four major underpass points and also at 12 other temporary points in the city where water logs during rains

In a bid to prevent any accident, additionally, the municipal body has put up a net over the Gaushala underpass, as it has good depth and youngsters often jump in for a bath in the logged water during the rains. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:56 AM IST

Noida: Two held for conning unemployed men of money after promising them aviation jobs

Noida police arrest two men for cheating unemployed youth with fake aviation job promises, duping them of lakhs of rupees through a fraudulent scheme.

The suspects would advertise on social media about “guaranteed jobs” in the aviation sector, and when anyone applied for it they would call them and tell that they will be paid a monthly salary of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 and other facilities. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Noida

16-year-old girl shot and injured in Greater Noida, police suspect father

When a police team inquired in village, it was found that the father and the daughter had an argument over her relations with her distant cousin

That father alleged that five men -- who are his distant relatives -- had lured his daughter to their home, when he tried to bring back his daughter, they objected and fired at him. (Representational image)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Greater Noida

Ghaziabad: Three arrested for robbing, shooting jeweller

The men allegedly opened fire and during police party’s return fire two of them suffered gunshot wounds to their legs, third was also held while fourth fled

Jeweller Deepak Verma was intercepted by the suspects on motorcycle near Nandi Park on June 11 and he allegedly lost <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40,000 in cash, 2.5kg of silver and 25 grams of gold jewellery. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:50 AM IST

Work progress slow, Noida airport deadline deferred to April 2025

The Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL), the concessionaire, has rescheduled the completion date from September 29, 2024, to April 2025

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput, Greater Noida

Three drown to death in MNC firm’s sewage treatment tank in Greater Noida

The sewage treatment plant is located in the basement of the company where a 20 foot deep septic tank is located

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Greater Noida

Malfunctioning lift traps two women for over an hour at Noida high-rise

The incident happened around 9am on Monday as the two house helps were going to work in flats in B43 cluster, Tower KM51 just when their lift got stuck between level 5 and 6

Residents said they were startled by screams coming from the lift, as they checked, they saw that two women were stuck in the lift, who urged them to fetch security guards to help them exit the lift. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Noida

Noida Airport launch delayed, now expected to be operational by April 2025

Set to be India's largest airport, the Noida International Airport will be developed over 5,000 hectares in four phases.

Published on Jun 24, 2024 07:13 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Greater Noida authority to develop sports complex into ‘centre of excellence’

The sports complex was supposed to open for public in 2016 but the authority could not find a professional agency to run it

For the last many years, the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, has been out of bounds for visitors and professional sportspersons due to lack of maintenance, which is a challenge for the Greater Noida authority. (Sunil Sharma/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Gzb woman, her 2 daughters die in fire after LPG cylinder leakage

As the woman lit the stove, a fire erupted suspectedly due to LPG cylinder leakage, injuring all the seven people present at the house

Upon inspection, the fire officials found that a suspected leakage in an LPG cylinder in the house caused the blaze, though it stopped but it caused burns to all. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:14 AM IST

Coimbatore-based businesswoman held by Noida Police over ₹10,000 cr GST fraud

During probe, Prabhu’s name came to light nearly three months ago and recently a ₹25,000 reward was announced for information leading to her arrest

Updated on Jun 24, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByAshni Dhaor, Noida

Ghaziabad: Father-son duo shot dead over water tussle; 3 arrested

The body of Pappu, the father, was fished out from sub-canal around 9am on Saturday and that of his son, Mohammad Shahnawaz, around 11.30pm by local divers

After the Pappu and Shahnawaj fell injured, the suspects allegedly dragged them from the road and threw them in the sub-canal, their family claimed. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 08:14 AM IST

Greater Noida: Girl,14, tries to end life over morphed photo; 2 held

A few days ago, one of her male friends edited her photo and shared it in the group, and four male suspects made fun of the photo

The girl’s uncle told HT that her brother spotted her as her health started to deteriorate and alerted the neighbours who rushed her to a nearby hospital. (Representational image)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 08:10 AM IST

ByArun Singh, Greater Noida

Fire at quick-commerce firm godown in Greater Noida; no casualty

The fire control room received information around 8pm on Friday from a worker at the site, informing about the blaze near Haibatpur Gaur City Mall

The fire was controlled after four to five hours and the cause of the fire was a suspected short-circuit, said an official. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 08:06 AM IST

‘Yoga Day’ marked with fervour in Gautam Budh Nagar

This year, the government of India themed the event “Yoga for Self and Society,” highlighting yoga’s transformative power and its positive impact on individuals

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByMaria Khan, Noida

Ghaziabad: Boy, 15, held for raping eight-year-old girl

Based on the complaint of girl’s parents, an FIR was registered against the suspect for rape under provisions of the POCSO Act

The victim girl was from the same neighbourhood and would visit her maternal grandmother’s house close to the suspect’s residence, during such visits the suspect lured the girl to his house and allegedly sexually assaulted her. (Representational image)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad municipal body’s property tax collection highest ever at ₹296 cr

The tax collection during financial year 2021-22 stood at ₹175.47 crore, which increased to ₹206.67 crore in 2022-23, and reached ₹296 crore in FY 2023-24

The Ghaziabad civic body has a list of about 2,900 defaulters who have not paid the tax for the last one year or more, and the default tax is estimated to be <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>47.97 croren (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 23, 2024 10:46 AM IST

Noida woman put under digital arrest for 5 days, duped of ₹1.30 crore

The fraudster directed her not to disconnect the call even for a minute or reveal the process of investigation to anyone to avoid facing any legal action

On June 13, one of the suspects called up the woman, claiming that he belonged to a courier firm based at Andheri in Mumbai, and a parcel, containing incriminating items and belonging to her, has been found. (Representational image)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:34 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Noida traffic police holds awareness drive at Sect 16 market

If someone was found violating traffic rules while using these things on private vehicle, the source will be found out and a case will be registered against the shopkeeper

The drive, being held from June 11 to June 25, has been initiated following directions from Uttar Pradesh additional director general of police (traffic) Badugu Deva Paulson to the Noida traffic police to penalise anyone violating these rules. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Noida authority sends notice to developers with pending projects in NCLT

The authority has given realtors 15 days to either get free from NCLT cases or they will not be able to use provisions of the state government policy, offering interest waivers

As per the norms of the state government policy, which was announced on December 21, 2023, if a company is facing trial in NCLT, it cannot take benefit of this policy. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 06:28 AM IST

ByVinod Rajput

Ghaziabad: Girl, 13, dies by suicide after rape; suspect arrested

The suspect met the girl online and was chatting with her for the past week, and on Monday, he picked her up from near her house on their first meeting

The girl was sent for a medical examination and returned home with her family around 4.30pm but when the family woke up around 7pm, they found her hanging from a ceiling fan in her room. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:28 AM IST

Truck driver dozes off, dies after collision in Greater Noida

Around 5.30 am, the driver fell asleep and the truck collided head-on with the opposite speeding truck near a private hospital in Dankaur.

The driver, a resident of Dhamrawali in Bulandshahr, got trapped inside the vehicle following the collision and he could be taken out with the help of locals. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 12:51 AM IST

Power demand up 44-66% this summer in Ghaziabad

Officials of the PVVNL say, overall demand this season has remained at about 1,500 megawatts (mw) to 1,600 mw against 1,200 mw to 1,300 mw last year

Residents in the trans-Hindon areas said that power outages due to high demand and local faults have almost doubled this season. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Noida: Sec 51 residents demand changing garbage collection agency

The authorities have clarified that the work was hampered temporarily following a sanitation workers’ strike and the service normallised later

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:10 AM IST

Power demand peaks, outages get longer in Gautam Budh Nagar

Noida’s power demand increased by 478.4 megawatts (MW) in the past two months, reaching a peak power demand of 1,310MW on May 22

The state, overall, also hit a peak power demand of 30,648MW on June 17, which was previously 28,284MW on July 24, 2023. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:00 AM IST

Noida’s Sector 94 postmortem facility gets 75 bodies in 3 days

In comparison to normal days, the situation has changed recently and in the past three days, as many as 75 corpses have arrived at the facility for autopsy

The CMO said that while the deaths included accidental deaths and poisoning victims, the sharp spike could be due to the ongoing heatwave. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 21, 2024 06:52 AM IST

Two held for defrauding resident of ₹48.5L

Two arrested in Noida for defrauding ₹48.5 lakh in share trading scam through fake apps and shell companies. Potential victims lured via WhatsApp groups.手机 recovered. More victims suspected.

Updated on Jun 20, 2024 06:02 AM IST