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,…
Noida: The district consumer commission has ordered Star Health Insurance to settle a claim of medical insurance worth Rs 11,000 with interest calculated at 6% per annum in favour of the policyholder, while clarifying that the line of treatment is to be decided by a qualified medical practitioner and rejecting the claim because the treatment…
Four of the five accused have completed their bachelor’s, cops said. Noida: A gang that was running a fake employment racket from an illegal call centre using stolen personal data was busted, police said, adding that five persons have been arrested in the matter.Records show a total of five complaints related to the gang have…
Ghaziabad: Two sisters were killed and their cousin critically injured after the bike they were triple-riding collided with a container truck near the Dasna cut of Eastern Peripheral Expressway on Tuesday.The incident occurred around 7.30pm. The sisters were identified as Anshika (17) and Pari (14), residents of Muradpur village in Hapur district, and the injured…
Noida: Noida Authority has issued a public notice warning residents against illegal constructions and encroachments on its notified land in Salarpur, Bhangel and Hajipur villages. Officials said several notified and acquired plots in these villages have been illegally occupied, and demolition and sealing drives are being undertaken at these spots. They advised residents not to…
Noida: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the Noida Authority’s new administrative building in Sector 96 on June 27. The Rs 390-crore project, which began in 2016 but was delayed by the Covid lockdown and the blacklisting of the original contractor, brings all departments under one roof. The complex’s proximity to the Noida Expressway also…
Residents in Sector Beta 1, Greater Noida protest against waste collection charges by private agency Noida: Residents of Greater Noida protested against monthly waste collection charges levied by a private agency on Wednesday. The charges usually range from Rs 80 to Rs 150, depending on the plot size.Residents expressed concern over lack of transparency and…
Noida: Nine years on, when a consumer panel ordered an insurance compensation to a Badaun farmer, two words became his saviour — bread earner.Kailash Chandra, whose earning wife died in an accident in 2017, ran from pillar to post to claim the insurance compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as promised under a govt scheme, before…
Noida: Noida has emerged as one of UP’s leading districts in reducing road accident deaths under the “zero fatality district” project, officers said. Launched in Nov 2025, the initiative is being implemented in line with directives from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, UP govt, Director General of Police and Safe Life Foundation.The programme…
