Khora Colony (Ghaziabad)

Noida and Greater Noida Noida and Greater Noida are sitting on a powder keg. The Gautam Budh Nagar district comprising the twin cities has only four fire stations. The National Institute of Disaster Management says 10 fire stations are needed. During the national fire safety week in April, the fire department  issued showcause notices to more than 70 multi-storey buildings for violating norms. Following the fire tragedy at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata last year, the health department issued notices to 70 hospitals to shut down OPDs functioning from basements. However, things went back to square one. In areas such as Raghunathpur, Atta, Chhalera, Haraula, Nithari and Khora among others, fire tenders are not able to reach inner areas due to narrow lanes. Gurgaon at risk At present, the fire department has three fire stations and one sub-station with a total of 23 fire tenders. The department is equipped with two hydraulic platforms having 42 metre ladders with which firef...

Ghaziabad Close to 170 flats, being constructed by the Amrapali group in Indirapuram, have been sent sealing notices by Ghaziabad Development Authority for violation of building bylaws. The company has been asked to respond in two weeks’ time. Officials of the GDA said the company had violated the map it had submitted to the authority, before beginning the construction. “Inspection found that 68 flats in tower L and 102 flats in tower K were constructed illegally. If a suitable explanation is not given, the towers could be demolished,” said D P Singh, officer on special duty, GDA. Officials of Amrapali group said a fresh layout plan will be submitted before the GDA as part of its explanation. “If required, we will pay any fines or fees to resume construction,” an official said.

Ghaziabad, May 20 (PTI) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sealed two unauthorised buildings, consisting of 170 flats, in Indirapuram area here. Following the order of GDA Vice-Chairman Santosh Yadav, the buildings were sealed last evening, officials said. Yadav also suspended two GDA engineers and a clerk in connection with the illegal construction of the building, which was undertaken by private builders. The GDA Vice-Chairman also ordered an FIR be lodged against the builders and erring officials.

Ghaziabad:  With the issuance of notification for local urban body polls, the Ghaziabad district administration is all set to conduct free and fare elections. As per the guidelines of the election commission, the Ghaziabad district administration has constituted a committee for putting a check on money power in the polls. The Chief Development Officer-headed five members committee comprising Senior Superintendent of Police, SDM of municipal body concerned, Assistant Commissioner, Entertainment Tax and Assistant Information Director has been constituted for the supervision of materials used by the parties in poll campaigns. Uttar Pradesh Joint Election Commissioner Jai Prakash Singh has issued guidelines in which it has been said that the political parties use TV channels, Cable TV Network, Radio and other electronic mediums in their poll campaigns. The committee has been formed to ensure that no objectionable materials can be used in the poll campaigns. Similarly, DM...

The Allahabad High Court will on Monday resume hearing on the bail application of dentist Nupur Talwar, accused in Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case of 2008 along with her husband Rajesh.  A Ghaziabad trial court on Thursday charged dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar with the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.  The court framed the charges in presence of Talwars in an in-camera session.  Rajesh Talwar has also been charged with misleading the investigation in the double murder case.  Special CBI Judge S Lal ordered that Nupur and Rajesh be charged with the crime under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302/34 (murder with common intention) and 201/34 (destruction of evidence with common intention).  Rajesh Talwar was also charged under IPC sections 203/34 (misleading police about the crime with common intention).  The CBI had claimed the Talwars' maid, the guard and driver corroborate their 'last scene theory' accord...

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Sunday cracked down on the Amrapali group and sealed 170 flats in Amrapali Village Apartments in Nyay Khand-II in Indirapuram for violating building bylaws. The authority has also sent a notice to the builder asking it to respond within a set time frame. Speaking to TOI, GDA vice-chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav confirmed that a team had found the builder illegally constructing two towers with 68 and 102 flats inside its already existing Amrapali Village housing complex in Indirapuram. "The team found Tower L with 17 floors, having 68 flats, and Tower K with 17 floors, having 102 flats being constructed illegally," Yadav said.

Ghaziabad:  Four years since 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj were found murdered at their Noida residence, a Ghaziabad court on Thursday will formally frame charges against her parents Rajesh and Nupur in the double murder case. Holding that there is prima-facie evidence, a local court in Ghaziabad on Thursday ordered framing of charges of murder and destruction of evidence against the dentist couple. The court also ordered framing of additional charge of misleading the investigations against Rajesh, who had filed a police complaint at Noida police station that his 14-year old daughter was murdered by domestic help Hemraj. In his six-page order, Additional District Judge Shyam Lal said there is enough prima-facie evidence to start trial against accused Nupur and Rajesh Talwar under charges of Section 302 read with Section 34 (murder with common intention) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 201 read with Section 34 (destruction of evidence...

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26 परीक्षा केंद्र 16500 परीक्षार्थी गाजियाबाद। प्रदेश के 269 पालीटेक्निक संस्थानों की 70 हजार सीटों पर प्रवेश की दौड़ 6 मई से शुरू हो रही है। प्रवेश परीक्षा प्रदेश के 57 जिलों में 6, 7 और 8 मई को आयोजित होगी। गाजियाबाद में पालीटेक्निक प्रवेश परीक्षा के लिए 26 केंद्रों पर 16,500 परीक्षार्थी शामिल होंगे। प्रवेश परीक्षा को लेकर केंद्रों पर तैयारियां पूरी कर ली गई हैं।  परीक्षा केंद्रों की निगरानी के लिए पांच जोनल मजिस्ट्रेट बनाए गए हैं। हर पांच सेंटर पर एक जोनल मजिस्ट्रेट तैनात रहेंगे। परीक्षा केंद्रों के बाहर भी पुलिस तैनात रहेगी।प्रवेश परीक्षा में ग्रुप ए के सिविल इंजीनियरिंग, मेकेनिकल, आईटी, इलेक्ट्रिकल, इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स, सीएस, केमिकल इंजीनियरिंग सहित 31 पाठ्यक्रमों लिए 13,300 परीक्षार्थी गाजियाबाद के 24 परीक्षा केंद्रों पर परीक्षा देंगे। ए ग्रुप की परीक्षा सुबह 8 से 11 बजे की पाली में होगी। इसके अलावा बी से एच ग्रुप की परीक्षा 2 परीक्षा केंद्रों पर होगी। बी से एच ग्रुप में 2800 परीक्षार्थी सुबह 8-11 और दोपहर 2:30 से 5:30 की पाली में परीक्षा देंगे। परीक्षा में गाजियाबाद के 8000, पंच...

Twenty six-year-old  Ravi Shankar Shukla  was surrounded by friends with a cake in the centre. It was not his birthday, but certainly not less than a birthday like feast also. Ravi had cleared his  civil services examinations in the first attempt securing an all India rank of 39. Unable to express his happiness, Ravi who was in New Delhi on Friday, said, "It's a moment which is worth living. I had always dreamt of serving my nation and being in civil services is a respectful job." Having completed his LLM (Human Rights Law) from  National Law School  of India University, Bangalore, Ravi did his research on water governance at Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Being a topper, he believes that it is the extensive reading that helps in cracking civil services. "Questions in civil services are beyond thought and book. So, what really helped me is vast knowledge of various areas." City's youngest topper Mayank Awasthi (23) was of the view that a goal ...

GHAZIABAD: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped inside an SUV parked at the Mahagun Metro Mall in Ghaziabad on Thursday. Police said the rapists were  friends  of the victim. While one of them later surrendered before cops, the other is on the run and may have taken refuge with an associate of a Haryana politician . The incident has also raised questions about security arrangements at the mall even as the management claimed they heard no alarm or cries for help.  The second-year engineering student had gone to EDM Mall around 4pm on Thursday when one of the accused,  Sandeep Bhati , called her up and asked her to come to the rear of the mall. When she reached there, he offered to take her to a beauty salon in Mahagun Mall for a hairdo. She thought of getting another woman friend along and tried to give her a buzz when the Ghazipur resident allegedly pulled her inside and drove off to the mall.  At the mall, the accused drove straight into the basement...

DASNA (GHAZIABAD): Her lips moved nervously in prayer and her hand still clutched the little Hanuman Chalisa as  Nupur Talwar entered Ghaziabad's  Dasna Jail  shortly after 6pm on Monday. The jail authorities did not prevent Nupur from taking the prayer book, which she had clutched all day at the court like a talisman, inside. That was the only concession she got in a day when two courts turned down her bail pleas in five hours, consigning her for a night at least to the 30x60 square feet Barrack 13 of the jail. It was a fate the dentist had dodged with her legal team for 15 months, but as the day drew to an end she found herself housed with 64 women prisoners in the barrack, some of them charged in murder and dowry cases. Sources said Nupur initially sat in a corner of the barrack and read from her book. Later in the evening, she surfed TV channels for news about her and also talked to a younger inmate, Chanchal, who is in jail in a dowry case. Sources said she talked t...