The airport currently has 12 daily flights — six arrivals and as many departures — by IndiGo and Akasa to and from five cities New Delhi: The newly launched Noida International Airport (NIA) is going to triple its network and flights starting next month after stabilising operations by overcoming both expected and unexpected teething troubles…
Noida: Noida Authority has approved a Rs 145-crore sports complex spread over 26.6 acres in Sector 123, aiming to create a full-fledged facility for indoor and outdoor sports. The project, to be executed in two phases over the next two years, will include athletics tracks, football and tennis facilities, basketball and volleyball courts, a multipurpose…
Police visited Bisht’s house to question him on his disappearance on Thursday Ghaziabad: On Wednesday, Girdhar Bisht’s family gathered to perform his terhvi — the Hindu ritual held on the 13th day after death. By Thursday morning, the man they had mourned, cremated and believed to have been murdered by seven persons was back at…
Transformer was replaced late Wednesday night in Sector 51, Noida Noida: Driven by soaring 40-degree temperatures and post-rain humidity that spiked electricity demand, residents across Noida and Ghaziabad endured disruptive power outages on Thursday. Power department officials attributed the disruptions to equipment overloading and overheating.Across Noida, outages impacted sectors 12, 72, 82, 105, 117, 122…
Ghaziabad: PWD has identified five accident-prone stretches or blackspots across the city following directions by the Supreme Court. The spots identified include Loni bus stand, Mohan Nagar roundabout, Rajendra Nagar roundabout and Vaishali metro station cut. Officials said one of the blackspots at Johri Enclave metro station has been rectified so far.A blackspot is defined…
Noida: A fire broke out on the ninth floor of a commercial building in Tech Zone 4, Greater Noida, on Thursday. Five fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control within 40 minutes, fire department officials said. There were no casualties in the incident.Chief fire officer (CFO) Pradeep Kumar…
Noida: Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has withdrawn recognition of seven self-financed schools in Ghaziabad and Noida for remaining non-functional, as part of a statewide crackdown that has seen 465 schools derecognised.Officials said these schools —five in Ghaziabad and two in Noida — neither conducted classes nor sent any students for board examinations during the…
Korean delegation visits Yamuna Authority to explore investment opportunities Noida: A South Korean delegation visited Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Thursday to explore investment opportunities in the region. The delegation included representatives from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.The…
Cops claim demonstrators pushed and scuffled with officers on Wednesday night Noida: Police on Wednesday night detained around 50 contractual staffers of Govt Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) and cleared a protest site inside the hospital premises, ending a 10-day agitation over job regularisation after hospital authorities said the demonstration was disrupting medical services.The action…
Noida: A consumer commission has directed a technology firm to refund Rs 80,000 with interest and a penalty of Rs 10,000 to an Allahabad-based entrepreneur who had purchased a paper plate-making machine about nine years ago. He alleged that the machine never functioned properly.The entrepreneur, Shiv Prasad Vishwakarma, had bought the machine on May 1,…
