Greater Noida, June 5 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, the Greater Noida police on Friday busted a burglary racket involved in looting and ransacking of the locked residences in the city and recovered key valuables, including cash and jewellery, from their possession. The police, acting on a tip-off, swooped upon the gang and apprehended four miscreants.Two of them got injured during an encounter while two others were arrested during a combing operation.The police recovered substantial amou…
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Noida, June 5 (IANS) A major fire broke out on Friday morning in a flat located on the 12th floor of a residential building in the IVY County Society in Sector 74, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. According to officials, fire department teams were immediately rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident. The society falls under the jurisdiction of the Sector 113 police station.Visuals from the site showed thick black smoke and flames emerging from the balcony of the affected flat, crea…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (BIIPL) promoter Satinder Singh Bhasin, arrested in connection with the alleged Grand Venice Mall project fraud in Greater Noida, has been sent to ED custody for a week by a Ghaziabad court. A special PMLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad remanded Satinder Bhasin into the ED custody till June 6.Satinder Singh Bhasin is the promoter of Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (BIIPL) and Grand Venezia Commercial Towers Pvt Lt…
Lucknow, May 31 (IANS) Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government announced the appointment of Acting DGP Rajeev Krishna as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of the state on Sunday. An order to this effect was released in a notification, signed by Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Prasad. The move brings an end to the prolonged wait for a full-term DGP for the state, as the post purportedly remained vacant after the removal of then DGP Mukul Goyal from the post in 2022.Rajeev Krishna ha…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The weather in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) changed dramatically on Saturday evening when rains accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds swept across several areas, weather officials said.The rainfall has provided much-needed respite from the intense heat and humidity that had persisted over the past few days.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had already issued a yellow alert for Saturday.According to its latest forecast, weather across the NC…
Lucknow, May 30 (IANS) A six-year-old boy was killed on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s state capital Lucknow after a heavy iron gate of a day care centre fell on him while he was playing nearby.Speaking to IANS about the incident, a relative of the victim blamed negligence on part of the authorities, saying that despite repeated complaints, the heavy gate of the ‘Bachpan Day Care Centre’ was not fixed by them. The centre is an initiative by the Uttar Pradesh government for children with special nee…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 634.12 crore linked to the Unitech Golf & Country Club (UGCC) project in Noida under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an official statement said on Friday.The attachment order was issued on Wednesday, May 27, by the ED’s Headquarters Investigation Unit (HIU), and it pertains to the UGCC project spread across Sectors 96, 97 and 98 in Noida.According to ED,…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Among a slew of measures to improve energy security in the country and decarbonise the road and highways sector, India is likely to bring a mandate on blending isobutanol with diesel as early as this year, Roads Transport and Highways Secretary V. Umashankar said on Friday.In his remarks at the CII Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Summit here, Umashankar said: “Blending of diesel has been looked into with great seriousness. Bharat Petroleum is already undertaking …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Intensifying its crackdown in the ongoing investigation into the Noida homebuyers cheating fraud investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its tenth chargesheet against the builders, under the scanner for alleged cheating and fraud. The investigation agency filed a chargesheet against M/s Shubhkamna Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. and its directors on Friday, in connection with alleged fraudulent activities relating to a housing project in Greater Noid…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Rain and thunderstorms brought much-needed relief from the intense heat across Delhi-NCR, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast more wet and windy weather for the region on Friday. Since morning, the weather has remained pleasant and comfortable across several parts of the region. According to the weather department, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad are expected to witness cloudy skies, intermittent rainfall, thunderstorms and strong w…