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Man wanted for snatching held after gunfight with cops in Greater Noida

Man wanted for snatching held after gunfight with cops in Greater Noida

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Greater Noida: A 26-year-old man, wanted for allegedly snatching a gold chain from a 20-year-old man in Greater Noida’s Nawada village on June 1, was arrested following a brief gunfight on Saturday night, police said on Sunday, adding that his condition is critical. Man wanted for snatching held after gunfight with cops in Greater Noida Police identified the suspect as a resident of Site-5 in Kasna, Greater Noida. According to the police, on June 1 when the victim, Jitendra Kumar, 20, a resident of Nawada was strolling outside his home after dinner, two unidentified men on a bike approached him from behind, and the pillion rider snatched away his gold chain. A case under Section 303 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the unidentified suspects at Beta-2 police station on June 2 following a complaint from the victim, and teams were formed to trace the suspects. “On Saturday, when a police team was checking near Dhakiya Baba roundabout in Greater Noida, a man on a bike was spotted moving suspiciously. When police …

Big relief for NCR commuters: Gaur Chowk underpass in Greater Noida set to open soon | Delhi News

Big relief for NCR commuters: Gaur Chowk underpass in Greater Noida set to open soon | Delhi News

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In a move that will come as a relief to a lakh vehicles that travel everyday through Gaur Chowk in Greater Noida, one of the busiest intersections in the NCR, an eight-lane underpass is expected to open by mid-August. The 700-metre-long underpass will run parallel to the Taj Highway and connect Greater Noida (Surajpur) and Gaur City. Officials said 76% of the construction has been completed, and the project is expected to be done ahead of schedule. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) had planned the project in 2024 to alleviate traffic snarls. The Chowk is a crucial point, leading to Ghaziabad in the North, Greater Noida (Surajpur) in the South, Delhi in the East and National Highway 24 in the West. “Around 1 lakh vehicles pass through the intersection every day,” said an official, adding that 30,000 vehicles are expected to use the underpass. The official also said it was a six-lane underpass earlier, which has now been expanded to eight. Officials said 76% of the construction has been completed. (Express Photo by Gajendra …

Police seize liquor from truck worth ₹35 lakh in Greater Noida

Police seize liquor from truck worth ₹35 lakh in Greater Noida

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Greater Noida: The Excise Department and Greater Noida police in a joint operation confiscated Haryana-mark liquor worth ₹35 lakh from a truck while being transported to Manipur via Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. A case under Section 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Uttar Pradesh Excise Act was registered at Knowledge Park police station, and further investigation is underway. (Representational image) Police have registered a case under sections of the Excise Act at the Knowledge Park police station. The Excise Department said that the recovery followed a tip-off about a truck laden with illegal Haryana-mark liquor being en route to Manipur from Haryana. The excise team, with the help of local police, stopped the truck for checking near Sharda roundabout in Greater Noida. “We seized 237 boxes of 750 ml, 375 ml, and 180 ml of Haryana-mark liquor from a truck in Greater Noida on Saturday night,” said Subodh Shrivastava, district excise officer (DEO), Gautam Budh Nagar, told HT, adding, “The truck driver, a resident of Barmer in Rajasthan, was also …

Scammed after return from Russia, 55 migrant workers wait for their passports as Europe dream shattered | Delhi News

Scammed after return from Russia, 55 migrant workers wait for their passports as Europe dream shattered | Delhi News

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On a Tuesday evening in Ghaziabad, 41-year-old Mohammad Anish sat cross-legged on a narrow bed in his single-room apartment in Nandgram, staring at his phone as it kept lighting up. The messages were all the same. The WhatsApp group had 55 members now  — migrant workers scattered across India, bound by a shared problem. All of them were trying to recover passports they feared might never be returned. Just days earlier, many of them had believed they were on their way to Europe. That belief collapsed on March 8, when the Gautam Buddha Nagar Police announced they had busted a fake visa racket operating out of a mall in Greater Noida, arresting one of its key accused for allegedly cheating hundreds of job-seeking youths out of lakhs of rupees The accused, Saksham Sharma, also known as Bittu Sharma, had been running a fraudulent visa consultancy, “SKY VISA VENTURE,” from an office inside Gaur City Mall along with an associate identified as Rajeev Sharma, who allegedly used the name Surendra, police said. For Anish and dozens …

Greater Noida apartment residents clash over dog walking dispute, video goes viral| India News

Greater Noida apartment residents clash over dog walking dispute, video goes viral| India News

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Tensions flared at an apartment in Greater Noida after a confrontation between two women over pet walking spiralled into a public altercation. The incident began when one resident objected to another woman taking her dog through a common area of the housing complex. A dog walking dispute in Greater Noida resulted in a public altercation, police action, and a viral video. (X) ALSO READ | From move-in fees to delivery bans: Why Bengaluru homeowners are questioning apartment rules and extra charges Police said the disagreement quickly turned ugly, with the dog owner allegedly hurling abusive language at the complainant, reported NDTV. The argument was recorded on a mobile phone, and the video soon surfaced on social media platforms, drawing widespread attention and prompting police action. Officials at the Bisrakh police station have registered a case based on a complaint filed by a resident identified as Swati. Authorities confirmed that the viral footage is being examined as part of the investigation, and further action will be taken after verifying the details. ALSO READ | Woman, 20, …

Video shows Noida techie’s last-ditch attempts to call for help with flashlight before drowning| India News

Video shows Noida techie’s last-ditch attempts to call for help with flashlight before drowning| India News

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A newly surfaced video appears to show the last moments of 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta, the Noida techie who drowned after his car plunged into a water-filled pit last Saturday. NDRF teams retrieve the car of deceased Yuvraj Mehta from a water-filled pit at the construction site in Sector 150 of Greater Noida, after the accident on the intervening night of January 16-17, in Greater Noida on Tuesday. (ANI Video Grab) The footage, widely circulating on social media and reported by news channels, shows rescue teams at work, with the dim glow of Mehta’s phone torch visible on the water’s surface through thick fog. Voices from the rescuers can be heard telling him to remain calm. HT has not independently verified the video. It also showed the rescue teams struggling to enter the water pit in low visibility despite multiple attempts. The clip has emerged amid ongoing investigations into the incident that claimed the Noida techie’s life on the night of January 16. Noida techie’s death: A tragedy, and civic failure Software engineer Yuvraj Mehta was …

Noida pit that killed techie was flagged in 2023, but the plea went unheard| India News

Noida pit that killed techie was flagged in 2023, but the plea went unheard| India News

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Yuvraj Mehta, the 27-year-old software engineer who lost his life after drowning inside a water-filled pit in Greater Noida, could have been saved, had head regulators been constructed to flush out the excess water. According to news agency PTI, the Uttar Pradesh irrigation department flagged the need to drain the excess water out back in 2023, but the project never materialised. The Sector 150 spot remains a hotspot for media and police, who have put up seven concrete barriers and other temporary barriers at the spot to prevent any accident, (Sunil Ghosh/HT) The state authorities reportedly wrote to the Noida authority two years ago, directing the installation of regulators in Sector 150 to channelise the excess water into the Hindon river. A head regulator regulates water flow and prevents excess silt in a drain or canal. The irrigation department’s letter, accessed by PTI, not only directed the installation of head regulators, but also said that budgetary provisions had been made for the proposed work. However, when reached for a comment, a Noida Authority official said …

Greater Noida Authority orders road safety overhaul after techie’s death

Greater Noida Authority orders road safety overhaul after techie’s death

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Barricades at the drain at the Sector-150 intersection, where a car fell in after it broke through the boundary wall, resulting in the death of Yuvraj, age 27, resident of Sector-150, Noida, in Noida on January 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has ordered an immediate overhaul of road safety measures across its jurisdiction in the wake of the death of a software engineer in neighbouring Noida after his car plunged into a water-filled pit. GNIDA Chief Executive Officer N.G. Ravi Kumar directed officials to identify and promptly fill all potholes on or near roads and to mark accident-prone “black spots” without delay, according to an official statement issued Monday (January 19, 2026) evening. He also instructed that essential safety measures, including directional signage, reflectors and barricading, be implemented on all roads within three days. The directions come in the wake of the January 16 incident in Noida’s Sector 150, where a 27-year-old software engineer died after his vehicle fell into an unbarricaded, water-filled excavation near an under-construction …

Greater Noida: Man held for driving stunt with kid on car roof

Greater Noida: Man held for driving stunt with kid on car roof

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Greater Noida: A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving a sports car with a nine-year-old boy on its roof for a social media reel in Greater Noida, police said on Monday, adding the child did not suffer any injury in the act. The suspect, identified as Ankit (single name), a resident of a housing society in Greater Noida, was taken into custody after a 12-second video of the stunt went viral. (HT Photo) A case has been registered under Section 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the BNS. “The BNS Section 117 was invoked as a preventive measure as, although no one was injured, the act had the potential to result in a serious offence,” said additional deputy commissioner of police (Central Noida) Santosh Kumar. The suspect, identified as Ankit (single name), a resident of a housing society in Greater Noida, was taken into custody after a 12-second video of the stunt went viral, said officials. “The video was recorded around six months ago but was uploaded on social media on January 12, after …

Key developments in Noida techie death| India News

Key developments in Noida techie death| India News

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The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday removed Noida Authority chief executive officer and ordered an inquiry into the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who drowned in Greater Noida. A view of water-filled ditch site at the Sector-150 intersection, where the car of Noida techie Yuvraj fell in. (ANI video Grab) The victim, Yuvraj Mehta, was returning home from work when his car veered off the road and fell into a deep water-filled excavation pit. The incident took place early on Sunday when Yuvraj died after nearly two hours of calling and screaming for help. His father watched helplessly from the road, trying to help but failing without resources. Key developments in the case The UP government on Monday removed Noida Authority chief executive officer Lokesh M and ordered an inquiry, HT reported. Lokesh was responsible for Noida Authority’s daily administration, civic planning and enforcing activities. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also ordered to set up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to look into the matter, headed by the director general (ADG), Meerut Zone, Bhanu …