Feeder box and cables submerged in rainwater in Sector 40 Noida: Continuous rainfall triggered widespread power disruptions in Noida and Ghaziabad on Thursday, with residents’ outages lasting several hours as rainwater seepage into underground cable joints led to a surge in technical faults. Power outages were also reported on Tuesday and Wednesday.Transformers and power cables…
Dak kanwars on Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Akshardham Ghaziabad: There will be no restriction on the movement of private cars and app-hailing taxis on Delhi-Meerut Expressway for the ongoing kanwar yatra for now. Restrictions, however, will kick in for goods carriers across categories — heavy, medium and light — from Friday to Aug 12.With few dak…
Fire tenders try to douse a fire that broke out at a labour camp in Sector 126 Noida: As a shrill alarm cuts the air, a clutch of firefighters move towards a smoke-filled building — calm, methodical and working with the kind of precision that comes from knowing a lost minute or a faulty piece…
Noida: A 40-year-old official attached to Lok Sabha Secretariat allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Sector 82.According to police, the deceased — a resident of Kendriya Vihar-2 Society — was posted as a joint director in the reporting branch of Lok Sabha Secretariat.A 15-page handwritten note, in which he spoke about a financial…
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old man, who allegedly slapped a 23-year-old woman more than five times in Jaipuria mall in Indirapuram, was arrested on Wednesday.Police also recovered a knife from the accused and said that he wanted to stab her but started beating her up when she confronted him. The accused, Sajid, has now been sent to…
Noida: Gautum Budh Nagar will get its third Chief Minister Model Composite School in Amarpur village of Dankaur. Greater Noida Authority has allocated six acres of land for the project, estimated to cost around Rs 30 crore.Officials said the school aims to strengthen educational infrastructure and improve access to quality education in Dankaur and nearby…
Ghaziabad: Holding that the burden of proving a pre-existing illness lies with the insurance company, the district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed Star Health and Allied Insurance to reimburse a policyholder’s claim after finding deficiency in service.The order, passed on July 31 by commission president Anil Kumar Pundir and members R P Singh and…
The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor currently records an average daily ridership of around one lakh passengers Ghaziabad: UP govt has renewed its focus on improving connectivity to the metro and rapid rail stations in the city and asked NCRTC and urban development department to take a survey and prepare a fresh last-mile connectivity plan.The survey,…
The carriageway closure triggered congestion on NH-9 Ghaziabad: An annual one-way closure on Delhi-Meerut Road meant to streamline the rush for kanwar pilgrimage has started affecting city residents. After police advanced the diversion plans for kanwar yatra by two days, citing a surge in pilgrims and the disruption caused by Monday’s ambulance-tractor trolley collision, a…
Noida: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) is preparing to launch two residential plot schemes during the Navratri festival in Oct.One scheme will be for the low-income group category while the other will be open to the general public. In the first category, the plot size will be 40 sqm while in the second category…
