Residents in Sector Beta 1, Greater Noida protest against waste collection charges by private agency Noida: Residents of Greater Noida protested against monthly waste collection charges levied by a private agency on Wednesday. The charges usually range from Rs 80 to Rs 150, depending on the plot size.Residents expressed concern over lack of transparency and…
Noida: Nine years on, when a consumer panel ordered an insurance compensation to a Badaun farmer, two words became his saviour — bread earner.Kailash Chandra, whose earning wife died in an accident in 2017, ran from pillar to post to claim the insurance compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as promised under a govt scheme, before…
Noida: Noida has emerged as one of UP’s leading districts in reducing road accident deaths under the “zero fatality district” project, officers said. Launched in Nov 2025, the initiative is being implemented in line with directives from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, UP govt, Director General of Police and Safe Life Foundation.The programme…
Several centres had single staircases and were operating without dedicated fire exits and inadequate fire-fighting arrangements Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sealed 56 establishments, including coaching centres and private dispensaries, for operating without mandatory fire no-objection certificates (NOCs).After Monday’s fire at a commercial complex housing a coaching centre in Lucknow that left 15 dead,…
Noida: The central goods and services tax (CGST) commissionerate, GB Nagar, will organise an interactive taxpayer outreach programme, “GST Samvaad”, on June 29 as part of the nationwide GST Pakhwada 2026 celebrations ahead of GST Day.The programme will be held from 3.30 pm at the conference hall of the CGST commissionerate on the third floor…
Ghaziabad: A four-year-old boy from Ghaziabad was saved after an eraser remained lodged in his airway for two days, causing severe breathing difficulties and the collapse of his left lung.On June 15, the child had accidentally swallowed a piece of eraser while playing at home. Initially, the incident went unnoticed, but he soon developed breathing…
Ghaziabad: An eight-month-old fight over a game of gilli-danda turned out to be fatal for a 24-year-old auto-rickshaw driver. He was allegedly stabbed in Vijay Vihar Colony on Tuesday.Police said nearly eight months ago, Aftab was playing gilli-danda with Nadeem, Shyam and their friends at Vijay Vihar Colony. He had a dispute with Nadeem, following…
Broken patches, wide craters and dust piled up along the road Ghaziabad: Ajay Kumar Yadav was expecting a short autorickshaw ride after taking the metro from Dilshad Garden to catch a 2.15 pm flight from Hindon civil terminal to Bengaluru, where he was to attend a meeting. Instead, he found the journey on the stretch…
Automated Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Analyser at PGICH Noida: The Postgraduate Institute of Child Health (PGICH), Noida, has commissioned a fully automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) analyser, a facility expected to speed up cancer diagnosis and improve diagnostic accuracy in children and adults alike.The state govt funded the Rs 50 lakh project, making it Noida’s first such facility.Dr Jyotsna…
The fire had broken out inside a shop where furniture, incense-stick packaging material and sanitiser were stored Ghaziabad: A major fire incident was averted on Wednesday afternoon after firefighters swiftly brought a blaze under control at a furniture and incense-stick packaging shop in Garima Garden.According to officials, the fire department received information through the control…
