A 400/220 kV Metro Depot substation in Greater Noida Noida: Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited’s (UPPTCL) transmission works committee has approved four new 132 kV and 220 kV substations at an estimated cost of over Rs 660 crore to meet the growing power demand in Noida. The substations will come up in YEIDA sectors…
Noida: Police have launched a probe after a woman allegedly uploaded a video on social media making unverified claims about Yamuna Expressway bus fire. In the caption, the woman claimed that workers of some political parties had set the bus on fire and claimed that at least 30 passengers, all from minority communities, had been…
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his Indirapuram home on Thursday evening. His family had gone to attend a jagran when the incident took place.The man worked at a factory in Loni and lived with his parents and older brother in a flat in Abhay…
Only four teachers for 150 students from classes 6-10. Classes 11-12 remain shut. Noida: A severe teacher shortage has kept classes 11 and 12 shut at Govt Inter College in Dadri for nearly a year, leaving students unable to enrol despite repeated enquiries. The school has 150 students in classes 6 to 10 — 80…
Noida: The last thing 28-year-old Shashank Gupta told the bus driver was that he would step off the burning vehicle only after his mother did. He never got the chance.Late on Wednesday night, a private AC sleeper bus (BR32PA8647) bound from Kashmere Gate in Delhi to Mahoba caught fire near the 33km milestone of Yamuna…
Move follows CAQM order to check vehicle emissions contributing to PM2.5 Noida: As district administrations prepare to implement the ‘no PUCC, no fuel’ rule in Noida and Ghaziabad from Oct 1, commuters told TOI that insisting on pollution under control certificates could trigger queues, delays and disputes at petrol pumps. Fuel station operators, meanwhile, said…
Hawkers’ cart and food stalls occupy footpaths in Sector 78 Noida: Despite no-vending zones being set up, hawkers have been continuing to encroach on the footpaths in Sector 78, residents said.The situation worsens further every Wednesday during the weekly market in the area. “No-vending zones in front of Ved Van Park were established five years…
Ghaziabad: A 30-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter were found dead in Khoda area on Friday evening. The deceased were identified as Preeti Singh, a homemaker, and her daughter Akshita. Preeti’s husband, Anirudh alias Sonu, has been detained for questioning.According to Anirudh’s sister Rinki Singh, who lives on rent with her family in the same…
Shah pointed to infrastructure development — such as Noida International Airport, expressways, highways and improved connectivity — saying it had contributed to a “changing industrial landscape” under Yogi (sitting, centre) Noida: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday pitched Uttar Pradesh as “a key destination” for investment, industry and manufacturing. He also pointed to infrastructure…
Nine passengers were killed after the bus, travelling from Delhi to Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh, caught fire late Wednesday night NOIDA: For families of the nine people killed when a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway, the tragedy deepened at a Sector 94 post-mortem house on Friday, where relatives struggled to identify their…
