Son shoots, sets ablaze father over land in Greater Noida

October 14th, 2009 NOIDA - The Noida police here Wednesday rescued an official of the Greater Noida authority after gunning down his three abductors. The incident took place in the sector-88 area under the phase II police station of this township.

October 14th, 2009 NOIDA - The Noida police Wednesday gunned down three men who had allegedly abducted a Greater Noida official for ransom. The incident took place in the sector-88 area under the phase II police station of this township.

September 11th, 2009 NOIDA - A student of Amity University was killed Friday when the car he was travelling in was hit by a heavy vehicle on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, police said. According to police, Gurinder Singh, a second year engineering student, was with two other students in the car when it was hit by the heavy vehicle at 8.00 a.m.

September 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - While taking stock of previous day's violence in this Uttar Pradesh city in which about two dozen people including three policemen were injured, senior government officials Sunday said that they would examine how illegal colonies on such a large scale came up here. The divisional commissioner of Meerut, while addressing a meeting of senior officials here at Ghaziabad, said circumstances under which illegal constructions had come up are being examined by the government.

July 21st, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - Three men fled with a transport vehicle of a media house after seriously injuring the driver on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway early Tuesday. The men had requested a lift from the driver.

June 25th, 2009 NOIDA - A 40-year old man, apparently depressed with his personal life, allegedly committed suicide by setting himself afire with the help of cooking gas in Noida Thursday afternoon, police said. Veer Singh Chauhan immolated himself in Chhalera locality of Sector-44, according to superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Tripathi.

June 12th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A man, angry over his dowry demands not being met, allegedly axed to death his two minor daughters but was arrested before he could kill his wife, police said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday in Mangroli locality of Greater Noida under the Jewar police station, police said.

April 16th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A doctor was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside his clinic here, police said Thursday. Amit Gupta, a medical practitioner, who ran a clinic in the Jagat Farms market of Greater Noida was shot dead by unidentified assailants late Wednesday, police said.

April 9th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - The body of a 28-year-old man was found here Thursday, the police said. The victim was identified as Santosh Verma, a supervisor working in a construction company.

March 23rd, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - Three woman were killed and 19 other people were injured Sunday when a speeding car crashed into a mini-truck moving ahead of it on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, the police said. The accident occurred around 4.00 p.m.

March 19th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A railway passenger was attacked by robbers who set him ablaze for refusing to part with his money and valuables and then threw him out of the train, the police said Wednesday. The critically injured passenger was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi with 40 percent burns.

March 18th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - The police in Greater Noida Tuesday arrested eight persons and busted a gang adulterating kerosene and diesel and selling the spurious stuff in the market. However, the gang's kingpin is yet to be arrested.

February 15th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A 32-year-old mechanical engineer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home here Monday evening, the police said. According to the police, Mrigendra Sharma ,who worked with Auto India Pvt.

February 6th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the hook in the roof of his room in Greater Noida, police said Saturday. The body of Yogesh Dubey, 20, was found from his rented room in a house at Gamma sector of Greater Noida, the police said.

February 1st, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - Police Monday arrested 129 farmers seeking more compensation for their land acquired for a cement plant in Greater Noida on the outskirts of the national capital after protesters turned violent. Farmers jammed the movement of vehicles on the Grand Trunk Road at Dadri for more than five hours after the police forcefully dispersed them when they were protesting outside the Ambuja Cement plant.