Pawan Pandita

Office of another social trading firm sealed in Noida, police hunt for directors

The sector 2 office of Webwork Trade Links Pvt Limited — an online social trading company that is being investigated for allegedly duping thousands of investors — was sealed on Wednesday by a cyber crime team of Noida police. Police suspect that the company worked on the lines of Ablaze Info Solutions Private Limited and paid people Rs 6 per like on published advertising content on social media.

Unorganised sector still reels from demonetisation effects in Noida

Irfan and Raja are among nearly 1,000 such masons, carpenters, painters, loading labourers, helpers, plumbers and electricians who would gather at the Labour Chowk. The unorganised workforce is yet to recover from the effects of demonetisation.

UP Polls: Names missing from electoral roll at several booths

Gautam Budh Nagar goes to polls in first phase of UP election

There are 36 candidates in the fray for three assembly segments -- Noida, Dadri and Jewar -- in Gautam Bud Nagar district that will go to polls on Saturday.

UP Polls: Muslim votes hold the key to Dadri seat

As the candidates fielded by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance are all from the Gujjar community, Muslim voters hold the key to deciding the winner.

UP Polls: BJP pulls out all the stops for Pankaj Singh in Noida

We are with Thakur saheb, not BJP: Jewar Muslims

Thakur Dhirendra Singh, who resigned from the Congress to join the BJP just before the elections were announced, believes that thousands of Muslims in his constituency are going to vote for him.

Note ban stays out of election debates in Jewar

Farmers, traders, self-employed and salaried people feel that the sufferings of common man to get scrapped notes exchanged will have no bearing on the outcome of the polls.

BSP ignores mass gatherings, goes door to door for votes

It is quite possible that the lack of star campaigners in the BSP might have prompted the party to adopt this policy this elections

BSP hopes Brahmin candidate in Noida will help poll victory

While the Dalits find the BSP a natural choice, the Brahmins have extended support as the party candidate is a Brahmin.

BSP supporters hold mega event to celebrate party chief Mayawati’s birthday

Over 2,000 supporters of the Bahujan Samaj Party gathered at the Ambedkar Park in Sector 37 on Sunday to celebrate the 61st birthday of party chief Mayawati.

David Guetta’s Greater Noida show called off

The live concert was scheduled in the city on Sunday

No more waiting to register new vehicles in Noida

The assistant regional transport officer (ARTOs) of Gautam Budh Nagar will start issuing registration certificates of vehicles on the same day of purchase. With the implementation of Vahan 4.0, a web-based database, services related to vehicle registration such as fitness, tax and permits will be made available online.

Cash crunch dampens Delhi-NCR’s weekend ‘high spirits’

The Centre’s ban on Rs500 and Rs 1,000 notes has become a party pooper in Delhi- NCR as cash-based alcohol sales in bars, pubs and ‘ahatas’ have been dwindling since the announcement.

Sales dip in Noida due to demonetization of ₹500, ₹1,000 notes

Residents are suffering most due to the demonetization of ₹1,000 and ₹500 notes as commercial establishments stopped accepting notes of the two denominations. Traders said their business was hit due to the move.

Noida village deaths not due to mysterious fever, says probe panel

Health department officials concluded on Saturday that the deaths in Sarfabad village near Noida sector 73 did not occur due to a mysterious viral fever.

Mother accepts newborn after 30-hour standoff at Noida hospital

The family of the woman had alleged that she had delivered twins on Monday and the hospital handed over only one child, a girl

Noida family alleges woman delivered twins, hospital handed only one child

The family of a 23-year-old woman in Noida has alleged that she delivered twins at a government hospital on Monday but they were given only one child.

Yamuna e-way’s human toll zooms to 30 deaths per week

Yamuna expressway’s human toll zooms to 30 deaths per week

Thirty people died in road accidents on the Yamuna Expressway every week in 2015 compared to 15 the year before.

Survivor of Noida signage board crash yet to get govt help

The authority is yet to provide financial assistance to 26-year-old Pushpender who is battling for his life after being critically injured when a signage board of the Noida authority crashed on him.

Noida district magistrate forms committee on school fee hike

Following complaints by parents about arbitrary hike in school fees, Gautam Budh Nagar DM NP Singh has constituted a committee to examine the grounds on which the fees have been increased

Noida doctors quit posts as district admin officials occupy their flats

No room for doctors at Noida’s super speciality hospital

Noida-Greater Noida hotels cash in on Auto Expo

Governed by the law of supply and demand in letter and spirit, tariffs of hotels in Greater Noida, Noida and Delhi border have shot up drastically, and in some cases over 400 percent, during the period February 3-9 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida

Noida BPOs to be exempt from weekly off plan

The district magistrate has decided to exempt over 600 BPO units that employ nearly two lakh employees from the area-wise weekly off schedule, subject to adoption of some environment-friendly measures.

Pollution alert: Noida industries told to switch to natural gas

The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has directed all industrial units in Noida to switch to piped natural gas by March 31 or face closure, stepping up efforts to clean up the deteriorating air quality over the district.

New mobile app makes hiring autorickshaws easier in Noida

Hiring an autorickshaw for commuting within Noida or to neighbouring Delhi and Ghaziabad is now just a click away.

DND toll charges reduced by Rs 6 for cars on weekends

The Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (NTBCL) has reduced the toll tax for cars plying on the Delhi-Noida-Delhi Flyway (DND) by Rs 6 on weekends only, officials said.

As tension simmers after lynching, Hindu group visits Bisada

Activists of right-wing Hindu outfit Hindu Raksha Dal (HRD) visited Uttar Pradesh’s Bisada village on Sunday despite prohibitory orders and met the families of the men accused of killing a villager over rumours that he slaughtered a cow.

Palpable fear among Jatavs in Bisada after UP lynching

Insecurity has also pervaded the Jatavs, another minority community in the area, following the assault in Bisada on Mohammad Ikhlaq and his son.