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Ghaziabad: 7 booked for targeting specific vendors in Loni village

The police action came after police took cognisance of recent videos put up on social media by the accused themselves

Police have registered a first information report (FIR) at the Loni police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 302 (deliberate intent to hurt religious feelings), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and the Information Technology Act. (Representational image)

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Published on Apr 27, 2025 06:12 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 40-year-old man murdered for asking friend to repay ₹20,000

Police said Shaukeen loaned ₹20,000 to his friend Farukh about a year ago. when he asked Farukh to return the money, he allegedly hit Shaukeen on the head, killing him

The deceased man’s wife claimed that Farukh owed her husband about <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 lakh. Police have registered a case of murder. (Representational image)

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Published on Feb 07, 2025 07:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Loni MLA hawks vegetables on roadside to protest against weekly market shifting

The police recently announced a plan to decongest roads by relocating weekly markets to nearby open spaces. The action is being taken up in all three zones of the Ghaziabad police commissionerate

MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar set up his cart at a weekly market in Naipura in Loni, and dared police to remove him. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 07, 2025 07:42 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 65-year-old tantrik arrested for raping woman, minor daughter

He promised her that he will perform tantrik rituals and that will bring back her husband. Later, on the pretext of performing the rituals, he raped her several times and also video recorded the act

Police said using the videos of rape, he threatened the woman against revealing the incident to anyone. Later, the suspect also started sexually assaulting her minor daughter, aged about 16 years. (Representational image)

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Published on Feb 07, 2025 06:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 60-year-old stabs wife, kills himself later

On Saturday morning, the woman had gone to a local shop to fetch milk when he pulled her into a vacant plot midway and attacked with a knife

The man suspected his wife of having an affair, but these allegations were found to be incorrect during the initial investigation, said police. (Representational image)

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Published on Feb 02, 2025 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 50 LPG cylinders explode as truck catches fire

It took eight fire tenders about one-and-a-half hours to control the blaze and the cylinder blasts could be heard several kilometres away, officials said

The fire department said it received an alert about the incident around 4.35am and several fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the raging fire. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 02, 2025 07:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Noida: 27-year-old murdered after objecting to open drinking by neighbours

The men had a fight with Nitin several days ago when they were drinking near his house and he raised an objection.

They again had a fight on Saturday at around 8pm, during which the two men beat him up, and Pradeep tried to run him over and hit him with his Wagon-R car before fleeing. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jan 20, 2025 06:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Loni town’s high AQI is making Ghaziabad figure among top polluted cities: UPPCB

Loni’s AQI was way above Ghaziabad’s overall air quality index (AQI) over past eight days since Diwali on October 31

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Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Road rage: Guests in wedding procession beaten up by men on bikes; three arrested

The suspects were on motorcycles and scooters. Their two-wheelers brushed past the wedding guests in the procession. This resulted in an altercation and the men on two-wheelers allegedly beat up the guests and fled after issuing threats

Police said the FIR was registered against Rozu, Islam, Naeem and Nadeem (all single names) and several other unidentified men (Representational image only)

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Updated on Jul 11, 2024 05:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Theft in Loni is first case to be filed under new law in Ghaziabad

A case of theft was registered under the BNS, under sections 62 (attempt to commit offence), 115 (2) (voluntarily causing harm) and 305 (theft) and also under Section 173 of BNSS.

Police said a suspect entered the house with an intention to commit theft, but was nabbed by the occupants of the house and later handed over to police. (Representative image)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Two held for shooting dead stray puppy

Police will also levy IPC section 307 (attempt to murder) against the suspects as they opened fire in a public place and the bullet could have proved fatal for residents

The three men were roaming around the locality in a drunken state as some locals asked them to leave, they tried to scare them and Manish opened fire, the bullet missed locals but hit a stray puppy and killed it, officers said. (Representative image)

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Updated on Jun 29, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Stray puppy killed as unidentified men open fire in Loni

Police probe found that the suspects were in an inebriated state and standing near a drain in Indirapuri just when they resorted to unprovoked firing

Police have registered an FIR under IPC sections 336 (rash and negligent acts, endangering life and safety of others), 429 (for mischief in order to kill animal) and also levied provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jun 28, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Ghaziabad: Fire at three industrial-units in Loni’s Tronica City

A total of 17 fire tenders were deployed to the scene, there were no casualties or injuries, meanwhile three people trapped in the packaging unit were rescued in time

Police officers said their teams evacuated people from eight nearby units and moved inflammable materials to safer locations as a precaution. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

Loni fire tragedy: Five who died were trapped on second floor of burning house

They all got trapped on the 2nd floor as they could not move downstairs because of the raging fire, and door leading to the terrace was locked, said officers

The fire department officials said four fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire, which is believed to have started from an electrical short circuit. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 14, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Loni fire: Narrow lanes, girders to stop heavy vehicles delayed fire tenders

The fire department officials said they received the call around 8.42pm and rushed two fire tenders to the spot from Loni fire station which is about 11km from the incident site

The department officials said they also broke the rear walls of the house and somehow reached the second floor, but, by then, the five trapped on that floor had died. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 14, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: 5, including 2 children, killed as house catches fire in Loni area

The police identified the deceased persons as 26-year-old Nazra and her daughter Ikra, 7, Shaiful Rehman, 35, Mohammad Faiz (seven months) and Parveen, 28.

A major fire broke out at a three-storey house in Loni’s Behta Hajipur locality in Ghaziabad on late Wednesday night.

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Updated on Jun 13, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: 22-yr-old beaten to death by employer on suspicion of stealing ₹2,000

The body was sent for autopsy and it is suspected that the deceased died due to severe injuries inflicted on him

Deceased mechanic Pankaj Kumar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2024 05:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Individual plans for Ghaziabad, Loni, Modinagar to become unified under Master Plan 2031

Ghaziabad Development Authority officials said the draft Master Plan 2031 is likely to be approved as a unified plan on Saturday

GDA has also proposed that Duhai Depot be given the status of a station. Areas near the depot will become a transit-oriented development (TOD) zone and these areas will have provision of mixed land use and higher floor area ratio. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2023 05:02 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Opposition parties decry proposal to merge Loni and Khoda nagar palikas with municipal corporation

Both local bodies of Khoda, comprising of 35 residential wards, and Loni, having 55 residential wards, have remained undeveloped and hence the proposal to merge them with the Ghaziabad municipal corporation was mooted

In the local body polls in May this year, the BJP won the mayor seat of the municipal corporation but its candidates lost the three chairperson seats of Loni, Khoda and Muradnagar. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Nov 09, 2023 05:14 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Six years after murdering friend in Delhi, man held in Meerut

25-year-old Mohammad Samir, who was accused of killing a friend in northeast Delhi in 2017, was working as a loader in Meerut, when he was arrested last week

The victim and the four accused were employed in private companies in Delhi at the time. A week after the crime was committed, they were all arrested. (Representational image)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2023 05:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Loni building collapse: One more succumbs to injury, death toll now six

According to police, the building was involved in the illegal manufacture of conventional firecrackers, and the collapse resulted from an explosion in an LPG cylinder and explosives stored there

Ghaziabad, India - Sept. 24, 2023: A view of a two-storeyed building’s wreckage after an explosion claimed the lives of three people as they were preparing firecrackers illegally at Rupnagar Loni in Ghaziabad, India, on Sunday, September 24, 2023. (Photo by Sakib Ali/ Hindustan Times) (Sakib ali/ HT)

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Updated on Oct 02, 2023 06:28 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Master Plan 2031: GDA board holds draft plans for Ghaziabad city, Loni

The plan for the Ghaziabad city was put on hold as authority wants to invite public objection for the non-conforming zones

One of the proposals, in which Duhai depot station is to be declared as one of the stations for Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) falls under the plan for Ghaziabad city. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 30, 2023 12:17 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Death toll in Ghaziabad building collapse rises to five

DCP Yadav said that the police are actively monitoring any similar factories potentially engaged in the illegal production of fireworks in the Loni, Muradnagar, and Modinagar areas

The police in connection with the incident arrested Mohammad Shariq who was operating the factory while his material supplier, Vikas Goel, was also arrested from nearby Farrukhnagar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 30, 2023 06:30 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

One arrested in Ghaziabad’s building collapse incident

According to investigators , an LPG cylinder exploded inside the building, which lead to an impactful explosion as it was stuffed with units of firecrackers

The incident took place on Saturday morning, when a two-storeyed building in Loni’s Roop Nagar came crashing down around 11am following an explosion which was heard by the locals. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 24, 2023 11:46 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Three children killed, four women injured as building collapses in Ghaziabad

Officials said along with the police teams, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team was also deployed at the site to rescue the trapped people

Police said all seven people were trapped under the debris and were rescued after a three-hour operation by police and disaster rescue personnel on Saturday afternoon. (Sakib Ali/ HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 23, 2023 11:40 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Groundwater level on decline in four Ghaziabad blocks

However, in the Muradnagar block the groundwater situation has seen an improvement during the post-monsoon period of 2022 when compared to previous years

Rajapur block stands as the worst hit with around 8mbgl drop. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 16, 2023 11:54 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: Loni’s Mewla Bhatti a hotbed for viral fever, dengue cases

According to officials, the village, at least 20km from Ghaziabad, has 426 houses and a population of as many as 1,500

The Sanjay Nagar Combined District Hospital’s dengue ward in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2023 11:30 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Industrial units in Loni’s Tronica City face massive losses after flood submerges area

A survey was carried out by four teams, focusing on evaluating damage to stocks, machinery, equipment, and buildings, officials said, adding that a report detailing the losses will be submitted to the state government within the next few days

The breachi in the Alipur embankment, which occurred approximately a fortnight ago, has left factory owners struggling to cope with the aftermath (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2023 11:40 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

1,000 evacuated in Ghaziabad after Hindon River swells by 10,000 cusecs

Gautam Budh Nagar also issued a flood warning on Saturday as the Hindon water level increased and began evacuations in low-lying areas

NDRF teams rescue residents from the flooded Atour village in Ghaziabad on Saturday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 22, 2023 11:44 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: City forest shut, water enters localities near floodplains of river Hindon

Last week, Ghaziabad’s Loni area experienced widespread flooding after the Alipur embankment near Yamuna floodplains suffered a breach on July 13

The flooding in the floodplain areas is expected to recede once the discharge level stabilizes. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 20, 2023 11:59 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

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The police action came after police took cognisance of recent videos put up on social media by the accused themselves

Police said Shaukeen loaned ₹20,000 to his friend Farukh about a year ago. when he asked Farukh to return the money, he allegedly hit Shaukeen on the head, killing him

The police recently announced a plan to decongest roads by relocating weekly markets to nearby open spaces. The action is being taken up in all three zones of the Ghaziabad police commissionerate

He promised her that he will perform tantrik rituals and that will bring back her husband. Later, on the pretext of performing the rituals, he raped her several times and also video recorded the act

On Saturday morning, the woman had gone to a local shop to fetch milk when he pulled her into a vacant plot midway and attacked with a knife

It took eight fire tenders about one-and-a-half hours to control the blaze and the cylinder blasts could be heard several kilometres away, officials said

The men had a fight with Nitin several days ago when they were drinking near his house and he raised an objection.

Loni’s AQI was way above Ghaziabad’s overall air quality index (AQI) over past eight days since Diwali on October 31

The suspects were on motorcycles and scooters. Their two-wheelers brushed past the wedding guests in the procession. This resulted in an altercation and the men on two-wheelers allegedly beat up the guests and fled after issuing threats

A case of theft was registered under the BNS, under sections 62 (attempt to commit offence), 115 (2) (voluntarily causing harm) and 305 (theft) and also under Section 173 of BNSS.

Police will also levy IPC section 307 (attempt to murder) against the suspects as they opened fire in a public place and the bullet could have proved fatal for residents

Police probe found that the suspects were in an inebriated state and standing near a drain in Indirapuri just when they resorted to unprovoked firing

A total of 17 fire tenders were deployed to the scene, there were no casualties or injuries, meanwhile three people trapped in the packaging unit were rescued in time

They all got trapped on the 2nd floor as they could not move downstairs because of the raging fire, and door leading to the terrace was locked, said officers

The fire department officials said they received the call around 8.42pm and rushed two fire tenders to the spot from Loni fire station which is about 11km from the incident site

The police identified the deceased persons as 26-year-old Nazra and her daughter Ikra, 7, Shaiful Rehman, 35, Mohammad Faiz (seven months) and Parveen, 28.

The body was sent for autopsy and it is suspected that the deceased died due to severe injuries inflicted on him

Ghaziabad Development Authority officials said the draft Master Plan 2031 is likely to be approved as a unified plan on Saturday

Both local bodies of Khoda, comprising of 35 residential wards, and Loni, having 55 residential wards, have remained undeveloped and hence the proposal to merge them with the Ghaziabad municipal corporation was mooted

25-year-old Mohammad Samir, who was accused of killing a friend in northeast Delhi in 2017, was working as a loader in Meerut, when he was arrested last week

According to police, the building was involved in the illegal manufacture of conventional firecrackers, and the collapse resulted from an explosion in an LPG cylinder and explosives stored there

The plan for the Ghaziabad city was put on hold as authority wants to invite public objection for the non-conforming zones

DCP Yadav said that the police are actively monitoring any similar factories potentially engaged in the illegal production of fireworks in the Loni, Muradnagar, and Modinagar areas

According to investigators , an LPG cylinder exploded inside the building, which lead to an impactful explosion as it was stuffed with units of firecrackers

Officials said along with the police teams, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team was also deployed at the site to rescue the trapped people

However, in the Muradnagar block the groundwater situation has seen an improvement during the post-monsoon period of 2022 when compared to previous years

According to officials, the village, at least 20km from Ghaziabad, has 426 houses and a population of as many as 1,500

A survey was carried out by four teams, focusing on evaluating damage to stocks, machinery, equipment, and buildings, officials said, adding that a report detailing the losses will be submitted to the state government within the next few days

Gautam Budh Nagar also issued a flood warning on Saturday as the Hindon water level increased and began evacuations in low-lying areas

Last week, Ghaziabad’s Loni area experienced widespread flooding after the Alipur embankment near Yamuna floodplains suffered a breach on July 13

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