Khora Colony (Ghaziabad)

GHAZIABAD : The main players in the  Sahibabad Industrial Area  assembled last week in the Radisson Blu hotel in Ghaziabad for their annual general meeting (AGM) to reflect on the work done by the  Sahibabad Industrial Association  in past one year. The meeting also saw many important decisions being taken with members tenure being extended and  SK Maheswari becoming the new vice president of the association."As an association we have achieved a lot this year substantiating the fact that unity is strength," said Prem Khanna, president of the industrial association.  While there were many high points this year for the association but a few of them were noteworthy, emphasized the president. "The association took some of the infrastructure issue in site 4 to the municipal corporation. We have successfully persuaded the body to improve 42 roads in the area along with the installation of interlocking tiles on the sides of the road," said Khanna further.  T...

Ghaziabad : Two intelligence officials of Uttar Pradesh Police have been suspended while another official may face the same fate over failure to provide intelligence inputs in Friday night's violence in Ghaziabad's Masuri area in which six people were killed in alleged police firing.  A senior sub-inspector (SSI) and a sub-inspector (SI) with the local intelligence unit (LIU) have been suspended, while suspension of circle officer-LIU has been recommended to the state government, a police official said.   "In addition to these punitive actions, a high-level probe by the divisional commissioner is on. No arrest has been made so far for rioting," Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Ghaziabad Prashant Kumar said here Sunday.  Masuri police station in-charge P.K. Singh has also been suspended and transfer of Circle Officer-Sadar Ajay Kumar and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Keshav Kumar has been recommended, he said.  A police station in Masuri town was set afire by an ir...

The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to stop buying power from energy exchange, while at the same time not resorting to overdrawing from the central grid, has led to a sudden shortage of electricity in the state. The two decisions together have resulted in a significant shortfall of around 3000MW.  The shortage has forced the state government to resort to rostering not only in Lucknow, but also cities in the national capital region (Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad) which give maximum revenue to the exchequer. The shortage is despite pleasant weather when the demand for power dips significantly. The present demand for power has been hovering in the range of around 12,000MW, while the state's own generation has been only around 8,500MW.  Managing director of  UP Power Corporation Limited  (UPPCL),  AP Mishra , confirmed that the corporation was not buying any power from the exchange causing a shortage of around 700MW.  Mishra added that the decision of...