The skywalk was opened on Aug 28, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan Noida: Aqua Line ridership has risen sharply since the Sector 51-52 skywalk opened last month, according to Noida Metro Rail Corporation. Daily footfall has increased from around 70,000 to 85,000—a jump of about 21%. Residents said the skywalk has made the interchange between the…
Noida: An FIR was registered against two persons after the car they were travelling in crashed into a drain in Sector 24, where a man was later found dead. Police are probing whether the victim died after being hit by the car.The sequence of events remains unclear because there were few witnesses when the accident…
The cabinet on Sept 15 also approved a proposal to keep the registration fee equal to the stamp duty under each slab Ghaziabad: In a reprieve for tenants and landlords, stamp duty and registration fees for rental agreements have been reduced by the UP cabinet last week. Officials said that this will bring parity with…
Construction debris from drains blocks access to Sharma Market in Harola, Sector 5 Noida: Residents and visitors to Harola, Sector-5, complain about a sizeable debris obstruction on the main access road to the Sharma Market in the area, which has persisted for the past several days. The accumulation of debris, reportedly left behind after a…
A fire broke out at a closed furniture showroom in Sahibabad on Sunday due to a short circuit Ghaziabad: A fire broke out at a closed furniture showroom in Sahibabad on Sunday due to a short circuit. Firefighters extinguished the flames within an hour. On Saturday night, a car caught fire after colliding with a…
Noida: Overloaded e-rickshaws, autorickshaws and private vans, often driving on the wrong side of the road, continue to remain preferred transport options for schoolchildren across Ghaziabad and Noida as they are cheaper and offer doorstep pick-up and drop-off.Private vans typically charge Rs 800-1,200 per student a month, compared with Rs 2,000-5,000 for school buses. But…
Painting is peeling off from the exterior of the community centre building located in Chanakya Chowk, Sector 9 Ghaziabad: Despite being a crucial public facility which is used frequently for social events, the community centre at Vijay Nagar is in deplorable condition. Ahead of Navratri, residents of the area questioned its poor upkeep and asked…
No external injuries were found on the body Noida: A man in his 50s was found dead in a roadside drain near a mall in Noida’s Sector 34 while rescuers were retrieving a car that hit a divider and fell into the same drain early Saturday, police said on Sunday. The man’s body has not…
Unauthorised parking behind Central 50 Mall has blocked easy access of those who live in nearby residential societies, like Mahagun Maestro, Megdutam Apartments, Metro Apartments, Omaxe Twin Towers and Mahagun Maple Noida: Residents of F Block in Sector 50 have written to police commissioner Laxmi Singh, requesting her immediate intervention in the issue of illegal…
The court held that the crime did not fall in the “rarest of rare” category Ghaziabad: A man from Bhojpur who killed his wife, packed her body in a sack with salt, buried it in farmland and sowed a crop over it in 2023 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday. An additional sessions court…
