Maps for the rail overbridge project Noida: Commuters travelling between Greater Noida West and Knowledge Park received major relief on Tuesday with the opening of a 1.6-km-long, eight-lane railway overbridge that promises to slash travel times and eliminate congestion on the 130m-wide arterial road.Built by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), the…
20-09-2024 Wrong Driving at DME near Akshardham ———-Picture by Anindya Chattopadhyay Ghaziabad: National Highways Authority of India has identified 110 unauthorised access points on a 20km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway-NH9 composite between UP Gate and Dasna in a Supreme Court-ordered survey.The court on April 13 sought a comprehensive report from NHAI after taking suo…
Ghaziabad: At least one person died on Ghaziabad roads every day in the first five months of this year, with fatality rates in crashes rising 12% from the same period last year, data shared by the traffic department showed.From Jan to May, the city reported 461 accidents, in which 186 people were killed and 342…
Surgeries stalled, patients face delays as staff shortage hits GIMS services Noida: Planned surgeries have stalled, diagnostic tests are running behind schedule, and routine admissions have nearly stopped at Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) as a strike by around 700 contractual workers entered its ninth day on Tuesday.While emergency wards, ICUs, NICUs and labour…
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority will develop a 5.8-km stretch from City Forest to Duhai to offer increased connectivity to RNE and Madhuban townships. The road, which will be 45 m wide, will also help combat traffic congestion around upcoming townships and projects in the area.GDA vice chairperson Nand Kishore Kalal said that the project is…
Noida: The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade met industry stakeholders to review export promotion strategies under the District as Export Hub initiative. Exporters flagged delays in EPCG and Advance Authorisation approvals, difficulties in updating Importer-Exporter Code profiles, customs clearance backlogs, digital signatures on online portals, and pending Integrated…
Belongings are beddings of the workers were charred in the fire Noida: A suspected gas leak on the ground floor of a two-storey labour camp in Raipur village, Sector 126, on Tuesday. Around 60 workers were evacuated as flames spread rapidly and engulfed their belongings. Thick black smoke blanketed the area, sending residents into panic.Chief…
Noida: The district administrations carried out fire safety audits of coaching institutes across the two NCR districts and sealed at least two centres, operating without mandatory registration and fire safety clearances, in Noida. In Ghaziabad, several coaching centres were found violating fire norms, prompting authorities to disconnect electricity supply at some non-compliant premises.The drive follows…
Ghaziabad: A city court on Tuesday granted bail to a Meerut resident, who was accused of cow slaughter and had been lodged in jail since May 20.Additional sessions judge Manish Nigam observed that cow slaughter occurred in the forest of Sara village on April 30. The FIR was registered against unknown persons and the accused…
A screen grab from a 75-second CCTV recording shows Jyoti Mishra and Amit assaulting Kamal Singh Noida: A tenant at a society in Sector 74 and her friend were taken into custody for allegedly assaulting maintenance staff during a dispute over a power outage and the lack of a diesel generator (DG) power connection.The pair…
