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In Meerut murder re-run, UP woman strangles railway employee husband to death
The man was found dead at the hospital by his brother, who got suspicious of the circumstances surrounding his brother's death
Published on Apr 08, 2025 02:16 PM IST
‘Gang behind actor abductions planned this actor’s kidnapping, but…’: UP cops
Police revealed that the gang was involved in abducting film stars by sending advance payments and air tickets under the guise of event invitations.
Published on Dec 16, 2024 09:41 AM IST
Triple murder rocks U.P.’s Bijnor, probe on
Bodies of a scrap dealer, his wife and their teenage son were found inside their house, police investigating the case from all possible angles
Updated on Nov 10, 2024 10:33 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Girl, 8, killed in leopard attack in U.P.’s Bijnor
An 8-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in Bijnor, UP, marking the 27th incident in 20 months. Villagers demand better safety measures.
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 05:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Leopard attacks man, kids in Bijnor village, villagers beat it to death
Surendra Kumar, 45, received multiple injuries in the attack by the leopard and his daughter and son also sustained injuries
Published on Sep 28, 2024 08:53 PM IST
S Raju, Meerut
Man-eater leopard caged in Bjnor, to be sent to Gkp zoo
Sub-divisional officer ( SDO) of forests in Bijnor, Gyan Singh said that 16 cages were placed at different locations to capture the animal and it eventually walked into the cage on Wednesday. “Arrangements are being made to shift it to Gorakhpur zoo,” said Singh.
Published on Aug 29, 2024 07:01 PM IST
Forest officials rescue 20 wild boars in U.P.’s Bijnor, case lodged
The recovered wild boars were caught from the jungle of Dhanora and were being transported to Muzaffarnagar
Published on Aug 19, 2024 07:17 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Solar powered blinking lights to check leopard attacks in Bijnor
“We have received 10 lights which were installed on Wednesday, with help from WWF India experts, alongwith trap cameras in those locations where frequent movement of leopards has been captured”, said forest department’s sub divisional magistrate Gyan Singh and explained that these lights got charged through sunlight and created an illusion of existence of human population or possible danger to leopards and other wild animals.
Published on Jul 17, 2024 08:26 PM IST
Bijnor adds rafting to adventure tourism offerings
Bijnor district magistrate Ankit Kumar Agarwal and chief development officer (CDO) Purna Bora inaugurated the rafting facility on the Ramganga river
Updated on Jun 26, 2024 06:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Bijnor: Woman ties husband to bed, burns him with cigarettes in UP, arrested
A purported CCTV footage of the incident was also accessed by the police in which Mehr can be seen smoking next to her husband, who was tied to a bed.
Updated on May 08, 2024 10:52 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Manjiri Chitre | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Upset with sister’s marriage, Bijnor man guns down brother-in-law
Man arrested for shooting dead friend in crowded market over elopement with sister. Prime accused and six aides arrested in Bijnor district, UP.
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 08:13 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Four dead after car falls off barrage in Bijnor
Police suspected that dense fog could have led to the accident on the Harewali Barrage in Afzalgarh.
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 09:38 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Elephant, leopard found dead in Bijnor
The body of a male elephant was spotted in a narrow drain of Shahnagar Kurali beat of Sahuwala range in the district on Wednesday, while a male leopard was found dead in the field of a farmer Balbeer Singh in Palanpur village of Seohara area on Tuesday.
Published on Jan 24, 2024 10:27 PM IST
S Raju
4 killed after car falls into river in UP, one escapes after jumping off vehicle
One person managed to escape after he jumped off the vehicle as soon it hit the Ramganga river railings at Harewali barrage
Published on Jan 24, 2024 10:22 AM IST
Bijnor farmers reel underleopard terror
Farmers have to enter sugarcane fields for harvesting as crushing season of sugar mills has already started, but entering a field is full of danger. “ Nobody knows in which field leopards may ambush one “, said BKU ( Apolitical) leader Digamber Singh.
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 05:30 AM IST
S Raju
Woman gang-raped, jewellery, cash looted in U.P.’s Bijnor
A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district was allegedly gang-raped by five miscreants who entered her house on Tuesday evening and escaped with cash and jewellery worth lakhs, police said
Updated on Nov 16, 2023 06:52 PM IST
S Raju, Meerut
Man-eating leopard that eluded rangers, killed people in UP’s Bijnor captured
The leopard captured on Friday was one of the two that are believed to have killed 13 people in the region over the last eight months
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 03:03 PM IST
S Raju
Amidst man-animal conflict, forest teams cage five leopards in Bijnor in a week
A total of 12 teams, consisting of forest officials, workers, wildlife experts, and veterinary doctors, are conducting a search across more than 22 villages in the district to neutralize leopards responsible for 13 human deaths over the last seven months.
Updated on Aug 14, 2023 06:42 PM IST
S Raju
Drones’ battery life hiccup in hunt for ‘maneater’ leopards
Out of the total seven drones the forest department owns, the two recently bought ones have thermal sensors that allow them to spot any living object even if it’s hiding under the deep covers of a sugarcane field, they added.
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 01:01 AM IST
S Raju, Meerut
Forest dept issues order to kill two maneater leopards in Bijnor dist
An order issued by principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) (wildlife) Anjani Kumar Acharya stated that the leopards have hunted and killed 12 persons and, as such, have become dangerous.
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 11:50 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Meerut
Watch: Parked tractor starts on its own, crashes into glass doors of shoe shop
who arrived on the tractor and parked his vehicle outside a shoe store. The tractor stood still at that place for about an hour before beginning its ‘rampage’. The shop manager has filed a complaint against the truck owner to compensate for the loss incurred and police have started investigating the matter.
Published on Mar 04, 2023 01:17 PM IST
Yagya Sharma | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Scholarship fraud kingpin held after six years
A senior EOW official said Rajput was living in Dehradun with the changed identity of Rupesh alias Pintu and was running an unauthorised technical institute.
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Teen rape victim kills self in Bijnor; police arrest two
Police have arrested the two accused, and sent them to jail on charges of committing rape and instigating the girl to commit suicide.
Updated on Nov 20, 2019 02:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Meerut | S Raju
Rebuked for wearing ‘fashionable dress’, woman consumes poison
The woman, Nandani was taken to a private hospital for treatment, where her condition is stated to be now out of danger.
Published on Nov 07, 2019 10:55 AM IST
Bijnor | Indo Asian News Service
Language barrier impedes infra projects, push for Hindi, suggests central road body
According to the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), the language barrier is one of the reasons why many large-scale infrastructure projects suffer delays and drop in quality.
Published on Sep 09, 2019 03:58 AM IST
New Delhi | Ashish Mishra and Soumya Pillai
BSP leader, nephew shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
Haji Ahsan and his nephew Shadab were at his office, when two men came inside and opened fire. This is the third such incident to take place since the Lok Sabha results were declared on 23rd May.
Published on May 29, 2019 11:26 AM IST
Bijnore | Indo Asian News Service
Preying on mongoose: Every year, 50,000 animals are killed for making brushes
While poaching of elephants, one-horned rhinos and pangolins, as well as the death of tigers have traditionally elicited strong reactions, the killing of thousands of mongoose has largely gone unnoticed.
Updated on Dec 24, 2018 09:33 AM IST
Bengaluru | Sibi Arasu
Six dead, several injured in gas tanker blast at factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor
The blast took place when labourers were repairing a methane gas tank
Updated on Sep 12, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
13 feared drowned in Ganga, UP government launches rescue operation
Police said the boatman may have failed to gauge the intensity of the current while letting 28 people into his vessel
Published on Aug 24, 2018 06:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Man held after his ‘lover’ from Doon kills self in custody of UP police
A day after a Dalit woman from Dehradun allegedly committed suicide in custody of Uttar Pradesh police, a 26-year-old Muslim man with whom she allegedly ran away from home was arrested and booked for abduction and abetment to suicide
Published on May 30, 2018 10:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Kalyan Das
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