Greater Noida

Two minors held for killing 10-year-old girl: Police

4:22 pm February 10, 2021

Banda: Two minor boys were apprehended on Wednesday for allegedly killing a 10-year-old girl in Baberu police station area of the district, police said. ”The girl was killed on Sunday when she had gone out of her house to a nearby field,” Banda’s Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pratap Singh Chauhan said. During the preliminary probe into the case, six […]

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

Man dies after being electrocuted in Greater Noida: Police

4:12 pm February 10, 2021

Noida: A 22-year-old man died after he allegedly came in contact with a live wire of a high-voltage power transmission line in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Dadri town, where the anguished family members of the deceased, along with some locals, briefly blocked road traffic demanding strict action against […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

HC stays arrest of Amazon Prime Video’s Aparna Purohit

11:23 pm February 4, 2021

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ordered “no coercive action” against Amazon Prime Video’s India Originals head Aparna Purohit, facing an FIR for the alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu deities in web series Tandav. A bench of Justice Sidharth granted a temporary reprieve to Purohit against the arrest while reserving its verdict on her anticipatory bail plea. While reserving the ruling, the bench said no coercive […]

Dalit minor’s rape: Farm owner, girl’s aunt arrested

11:50 pm January 31, 2021

Noida: A farm owner was arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly raping and assaulting a 12-year-old Dalit girl, who was taken there by her maternal aunt for work, police said on Sunday. The aunt, who works at the farm and had taken the girl there with a “bad intention”, has also been arrested as a […]

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Villagers bring food, water for Tikait as BKU digs heels at Ghazipur border

8:39 pm January 30, 2021

Ghaziabad: Villagers brought water in clay pots and home-made food for Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday in a show of support for the ongoing stir against the new farm laws, even as local authorities sent tankers of drinking water and mobile toilets at the protest site. Tikait urged the government to restore internet services, […]