Ghaziabad: A 24-year-old security guard was electrocuted after coming into contact with water electrified by a nearby transformer during waterlogging in Indirapuram on Thursday.Bablu alias Narendra Kachhi of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur worked as a security guard at plot number 186 in Gyan Khand area. He also cleaned cars.ACP Abhishek Srivastava said a nearby park had…
A school bus sunk inot the road in Indirapuram Ghaziabad: The district administration drew criticism on Thursday after declaring a rain holiday for all schools from nursery to Class 12 only after 7am, when many students had already left home or reached their campuses. The order came in response to heavy rainfall and widespread waterlogging…
Sector 62 drain cleaning work is in progress Noida: Noida Authority has set a July 15 deadline to complete the cleaning of all drains even as monsoon sets in. The Authority also launched on Thursday a dedicated helpline — 0120-2423795 — for residents to report complaints amid waterlogging in different parts of the city.Residents, however,…
The GMC signboard on the flooded stretch Ghaziabad: A GMC signboard reading “Work is in Progress” was the only visible marker on a flooded stretch between Kala Patthar and Shaheed Capt Mangal Pandey Marg via Kasturba Gandhi Marg on Thursday. The road, being developed under the Chief Minister Green Road Infrastructure Development Urban (CM-GRID) scheme,…
Vegetables spilled on to the road disrupting traffic briefly Noida: Two people, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed and four others injured after an SUV rammed into a vegetable-laden loader and then hit a motorcycle in Sector 82 on Thursday. The impact was so severe that the car went on top of the loader before…
Soil caved in beside an under-construction building in Vasundhara Sector 13, causing a car and a scooter to plunge into the crater Ghaziabad: Thursday’s rainfall was heavy but not torrential but the NCR city’s roads bore the look of a calamity, triggering widespread waterlogging and a series of breakdowns and accidents as the civic mess…
Following heavy rain, more than two feet of water accumulated in lane number 3 of Sarvodaya Colony Ghaziabad: A three-year-old girl allegedly drowned in rainwater that collected outside her home in Vijay Nagar’s Sarvodaya Nagar area amid heavy rainfall on Thursday morning. The girl, Manvi alias Pallavi, was found lying in a lane near her…
Noida: A biker allegedly stalked a journalist on her way to office in an auto-rickshaw on Wednesday morning, made obscene gestures and lewd remarks, and repeatedly rode alongside the vehicle in broad daylight in an area of Film City lined with media offices. Police said they have identified the accused through CCTV footage and are…
Waterlogging on NH-9 underpass Ghaziabad: Traffic crawled on NH-9 and the Delhi-Meerut Expressway during peak hours on Thursday as heavy rain caused waterlogging near the Ghazipur stretch, slowing vehicles to a halt.Rajesh Tyagi, who travels daily from Crossings Republik to his office in Connaught Place, said the journey that usually takes an hour stretched well…
Ghaziabad: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for stabbing his wife in the mouth, ripping her tongue apart, and then fatally attacking her with a knife in front of their two sons after a domestic dispute in 2021. The court held that while the crime was heinous, it did not fall…
