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.
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.
Accident triggers violence in GhaziabadAugust 31st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A 23-year-old man was allegedly crushed to death by a speeding truck triggering a violent protest near this Uttar Pradesh city Monday. Five policemen and a senior government official were injured innthe violence.
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.
Terror accused hangs himself in Ghaziabad jailJune 20th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A man suspected of involvement in the Frontier Mail blast in 1997 committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell in Ghaziabad, police said Saturday. The death occurred Friday in the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad where Shakeel was lodged after he was convicted by a Delhi court to 10 years' imprisonment in another terror related case in 1998.
'Dreaded criminal' dies in shootout with policeMay 28th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Police in Ghaziabad Thursday said they have gunned down a "dreaded criminal", who allegedly killed four women three years ago and had escaped from a lockup. Manoj Kumar, "wanted in over a dozen cases including robbery and murders", was killed in a shootout with police at Pilakhuwa town in this Uttar Pradesh district, Superintendent of Police K.K.
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.
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.
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.
Three killed in community clash in GhaziabadFebruary 11th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A marriage party turned into mayhem as three people were shot dead when Dalits and Brahmins clashed over rights of passage in a Ghaziabad locality Thursday evening. The incident occurred in Nayphal locality of Ghaziabad.
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.
Man killed by lover's family in GhaziabadDecember 28th, 2008 GHAZIABAD - A love story which was expected to lead to marriage went horribly wrong when the family of a woman brutally murdered her lover here. Amir, 22, was killed Saturday midnight in Pooja Colony of Loni here.