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Air quality stays ‘very poor’ in NCR cities

7:48 pm February 3, 2021

Noida (UP): The average air quality in the NCR cities of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurgaon remained in the very poor category, which may cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure, according to data issued by a government agency on Wednesday. Pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained prominent in the air of […]

CBI books retired IAS officer for corruption

7:45 pm February 2, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has booked a retired IAS officer for alleged corruption in giving leases to facilitate illegal mining of minor minerals in Kaushambi when he was posted as a district magistrate during 2012-14, officials said Tuesday. Searches at nine locations, including the residential premises of accused officer Satyendra Singh, led to recovery of documents of 44 […]

Ghazipur turns fortress, nails cemented on roads leading to farmers’ protest site

8:43 pm February 1, 2021

Ghaziabad: The Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border at Ghazipur turned into a fortress Monday with multi-layer barricades and a heavy security deployment at the site where farmers are protesting against the new central laws. Protesters are pouring in as Bharatiya Kisan Union members and its leader Rakesh Tikait stay pitched at UP Gate, occupying a stretch of the Delhi-Meerut highway since November. Hundreds of security personnel, […]

Farmers protest: Despite increasing number of barricades thousands converge at Ghazipur

8:34 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Despite an increasing number of barricades, thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir. The tide of the over two-month protest against the farm laws, which had lost its sheen after the violence in Delhi during the […]

67-yr-old man shot dead by estranged son-in-law: Police

10:00 am January 31, 2021

Ghaziabad: A 68-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by his estranged son-in-law in wee hours on Saturday at his home under Loni Police Station area, police said. The incident took place on around 3 am on Saturday when Kotwalpur village resident Sheoraj Singh’s son-in-law Trilok Singh reached his father-in-law’s house along with his three friends […]