Meerut

Delhi graveyard running out of burial space with rise in COVID deaths

7:40 pm November 24, 2020

New Delhi: The biggest Muslim graveyard in the national capital near ITO is running out of burial space amid rising COVID-19 deaths with coronavirus victims from other NCR areas also being buried here, an official managing it said on Tuesday. “There should be some arrangement so that COVID-19 victims are buried at graveyards in their neighbourhoods and […]

Adityanath reviews Ganga Expressway project

11:12 am November 21, 2020

Lucknow: After Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Friday to start work on the Rs 36,410-crore Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Allahabad by next year, according to a statement. Reviewing the preparations for the construction, Adityanath has directed the departments concerned to work in “mission mode” to start […]

Light rains in isolated places in UP

6:45 pm November 19, 2020

Lucknow: Light rains occurred at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh, leading to a dip in temperatures in the state, the meteorological department said on Thursday. Day temperatures fell markedly in the Prayagraj division, it said, adding they were appreciably below normal in Prayagraj, Jhansi, Agra divisions; below normal in Ayodhya, Kanpur, Bareilly, Meerut divisions and […]

Delhi: 2 held for kidnapping jeweller

7:43 pm October 10, 2020

New Delhi: Two people were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a jeweller and demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from his family, police said on Saturday. The accused were identified as Nitin Kansal (40), a jeweller based in Meerut, and his accomplice Pankaj Kumar Goel (49), a resident of Delhi‘s Shahdara. According to police, Mukesh […]

Beds in COVID hospitals should be increased: Adityanath

7:27 pm September 14, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials on Monday to increase the number of beds in the COVID hospitals being run under the Health Department. All the medical colleges and hospitals in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Meerut have been asked to work at full capacity. The drug controller has been […]