Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium in Greater Noida Noida: Greater Noida’s Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Stadium will host the second season of Big Cricket League (BCL) from June 3-13. The BCL is a T20 cricket tournament that combines former international cricketers with amateur players selected through nationwide trials.Cricketers including Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Chris Gayle,…
Power connection to the madrasas were snapped Ghaziabad: Police and administration officials sealed two madrasas in Khoda Colony on Tuesday, days after the murder of a 17-year-old boy and the encounter killing of prime accused Asad.On Monday, the administration had declared illegal the 19-year-old Asad’s house. Asad was accused of stabbing the minor boy, a…
Noida: Students preparing for UPSC, UPPSC, PCS-J, NEET and JEE can apply for free coaching under UP govt’s Abhyudaya scheme. In Noida, registrations will remain open from June 5 to 30, and entrance tests will be held between July 1 and 7. In Ghaziabad, applications for free IAS-PCS coaching are open till June 15, and…
Ghaziabad: A special verification drive for criminals was carried out on Tuesday in the police stations of Khoda, Sahibabad and Loni. Under the “Operation Clean” campaign being conducted by the city police, a three-day drive was started on Monday — around 1,700 criminal checks were completed by Tuesday evening.The drive started by police after a…
Ghaziabad: A special Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes court on Monday convicted two brothers from Baghpat and sentenced them to life in prison for killing a neighbour 10 years ago over a delay in repayment of Rs 3,000.In July 2016, Narendra Kumar filed a complaint with the Sihanigate police station, accusing three persons — brothers Umesh Sharma…
Noida: A fast-track court on Saturday sentenced a Dadri man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 12,000 for snatching a car 11 years ago. The court ordered the accused to pay Rs 10,000 out of the total amount to the owner of the car as compensation.The case is linked to an…
Ghaziabad: Police arrested five persons in connection with the shooting and abduction of a 44-year-old man, who was allegedly attacked by a group that fired multiple rounds at him before forcing him into a car and fleeing. While the main accused and the victim remain untraced, police said those arrested are relatives of the prime…
The fire broke out around 3 am at SK Homes in Avantika Phase 2 Ghaziabad: A sleeping family was pulled to safety from a smoke-choked flat in Avantika Colony in the early hours of Tuesday, but their three pet dogs died, making this the city’s third flat fire in barely a month.The fire broke out…
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old man wanted for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl was shot at and arrested after the latest gunfight with police in Loni Border early on Monday.Cops were on the lookout for Siraj after the minor’s father filed a complaint on May 30 stating his daughter had been raped three months earlier, leaving her…
Noida, Gzb among top performing districts in UP: PGI Report The latest Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) 2024-25 report by the Union education ministry has placed both Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad in the “Prachesta-1” category, among the top four districts — Varanasi, Kanpur, GB Nagar and Ghaziabad — highlighting moderate performance in school…
