Noida: District consumer commission has ordered ICICI Lombard General Insurance to pay Rs 2.4 lakh towards the repair costs of an insured vehicle to a private company. It awarded Rs 2,000 as compensation, holding the insurer’s refusal to settle the claim to be a deficiency in service.Interprofit Pvt Ltd had filed an application with the…
DM order says creches must be covered by CCTV surveillance Noida: The district administration has directed all construction site owners employing 50 or more workers to set up crèche facilities within 15 days, citing provisions under Section 24 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) and Rule 58 of the…
Noida: Raman Raj, an engineer accused of murdering 19-year-old Assam resident Mahak Ahmed at a paying guest accommodation in Barola village, will likely be brought to the city after Aug 26. Raj, a native of Katihar in Bihar, was sent to judicial custody by a local court there following his arrest in Bihar on Aug…
Ghaziabad: A 38-year-old Delhi Police head constable was arrested in connection with the alleged abetment of suicide in the death of a woman head constable. The two had both been posted at the same police station in Delhi for more than two years.On Sunday, a 37-year-old Delhi Police head constable’s body was found in a…
Noida: A decomposed body of an unidentified man was recovered from a drain in Sector 55 on Wednesday morning, with police suspecting that he may have died around a fortnight ago.Sanitation workers cleaning the drain outside the exit of a residential society spotted the body around 8am after removing an iron cover. The workers alerted…
Big cat bites and scratches transmit rare oral bacteria that can cause rapid infections in humans Ghaziabad: Indian tourists’ fascination with petting tigers in Thailand almost cost a five-year-old her life. The girl developed life-threatening sepsis from a scratch the tiger left on her during a visit to a park in Pattaya that houses these…
Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has launched a one-time settlement scheme for over 60,000 property tax defaulters, waiving penalty charges of 12% per annum if dues are paid in full.The scheme is valid until Dec 15, though defaulters must declare their intent to pay by Nov 14. Officials estimate around Rs 120 crore in penalties will…
The truck had broken down on DME when the two motorcycles crashed into it Ghaziabad: Two kanwar pilgrims returning from Haridwar died and two others were seriously injured after their motorcycles struck a stationary Mother Dairy truck from behind on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near UP Gate on Wednesday.The two teenagers — Prince Kumar (17) and…
Ghaziabad: The district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed real estate developer Solitaire Real Infra to complete construction and hand over possession of a flat to a couple within 30 days, holding the builder guilty of deficiency in service for failing to honour its 2019 buyer agreement. The order has wider significance as several NCR…
Yogi attended UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026 in New Delhi from Lucknow Noida: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday laid stress on UP’s emergence as a “major investment hub”, supported by an extensive network of expressways, airports, industrial corridors, logistics infrastructure and seamless connectivity.The UP CM — while speaking at UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026 in New…
