Two mowed down by tourist bus in GhaziabadSeptember 21st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Two people were killed and one was seriously injured on National Highway-24 (NH-24) near Shipra Sun City in Ghaziabad early Monday when a speeding tourist bus hit them, police said. The three - identified as Janak Sharma, 24, Hari Khatri, 27, and Reshmi Thapa, 23 - were returning home after their night shift at a mall in Indirapuram area around 2.30 a.m.
Rs.1.7 lakh robbed from Ghaziabad bankSeptember 14th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Two armed masked men robbed a cooperative bank of over Rs.1.7 lakh here Monday, police said. The heist occurred Monday in Govindpuri locality under the Modinagar police station of Ghaziabad.
53 arrested in Ghaziabad for Sunday's violenceSeptember 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A total of 53 people were arrested in Ghaziabad Tuesday for their alleged involvement in large-scale violence and rioting Sunday on the National Highway-24. Police had Sunday night registered an FIR against 59 named and 1200 unidentified people for rioting and causing damage to government and private vehicles on NH-24.
Uttar Pradesh minister's kin booked for injuring two in accidentSeptember 7th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A case was registered Monday against the brother of BSP legislator and Uttar Pradesh Power Minster Ramvir Upadhyay for running over two people here Saturday, police said Monday. Both the victims sustained critical injuries in the accident.
Eviction from unauthorised colony triggers violence in GhaziabadSeptember 5th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - About two dozen people including three policemen were injured and many vehicles set ablaze and damaged here Saturday when people protesting the government's move to evict them from an unauthorised colony turned violent, officials said. Police used teargas and fired in the air to disperse the mob after a large number of people gathered and blocked the Ghaziabad-Greater Noida Expressway on National Highway (NH) 24, officials said.
12-year-old crushed to death, residents ransack police postJuly 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a tractor trolley here Monday, officials said. Following the accident, angry residents vandalised a police post and damaged vehicles, alleging that the police had helped the tractor driver to escape.
Seven injured in Ghaziabad train mishapJuly 4th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - At least seven persons, including a driver and a guard, were injured when a Delhi-bound passenger train hit a goods train loaded with petrol near the Ghaziabad railway station on Saturday. A railway official the 310 Ambala Saharanpur Nizammuddin passenger train was on its way to the Nizammuddin railway station in Delhi when the accident took place at around 11.50 p.m.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh wins from GhaziabadMay 16th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday won from the Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency. He defeated his nearest rival, Surendra Prakash Goel of the Congress, by 91,153 votes.
Four children drown in Ghaziabad pondMay 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - As many as four children aged between eight-10 years drowned in a pond here Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Bahadurgarh area of Ghaziabad around 2.30 p.m.
Three killed in Ghaziabad accidentApril 18th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor trolley they were travelling in collided with a truck on National Highway-24 near here, police said. The incident occurred around Friday midnight near Bamheta locality of Ghaziabad.
BJP president Rajnath Singh has narrow escape in road accidentApril 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh narrowly escaped in a road accident here Sunday. Singh was travelling in an Ambassador car when a tractor trolley rammed into it.
Cases registered against Ghaziabad riotersMarch 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Police Thursday night lodged six cases against rioters, a day after a mob ransacked a hospital, damaged a police post and over a dozen vehicles and critically injured two policemen in this Uttar Pradesh town near the national capital. Six first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against the people who got violent after police gunned down two men allegedly for robbing a man Wednesday, police officials said.
High noon at Ghaziabad - businessman shot deadFebruary 16th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - An industrialist was shot dead Tuesday after his vehicle was involved in an accident that led to two men brandishing their pistols in a scene right out of a Wild West film on a busy road in this industrial town close to the national capital. Raj Bahadur, who was in his 30s, and his father Prem Pal Singh rushed to Sahibabad locality of Ghaziabad district after getting a panicky call from the driver of a truck owned by their company who had hit a Honda City.
Ghaziabad gets new police chief, third in four monthsFebruary 1st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad district police got a change in command with Raj Kumar Kureel taking over as the new senior superintendent of police (SSP). He is the third SSP of the district in less than four months.
Senior police official accidentally shoots himselfJanuary 14th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district sustained a bullet injury after he accidentally shot himself here Thursday while cleaning his service revolver, the police said. Brij Raj Meena was taken to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his 9 mm service pistol at about 6.50 p.m.
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