New Delhi: It was a perfect groovy winter evening as Romanian artist and international star Edward Maya performed in Delhi on Saturday. Performing for the second time in India, Edward set the stage on fire on a windy rainy evening at the finale of Amity University's first Youth Festival in Noida. With a crowd of almost 25,000, the national capital region did manage to see an international music star's concert...
12:57 AM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry has reacted to a CNN-IBN report about how the UP government had violated environment rules and diverted wetlands in Greater Noida's Dadri to the Ansal group. The ministry has ordered that the work on the project should be stopped. It has also issued a show cause notice. The Uttar Pradesh government sold 2400 acre of wetlands, home to over 5,000 migratory birds. As the area...
07:31 PM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Ghaziabad court hearing the Aarushi murder case on Saturday adjourned the hearing till February 29. Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the prime accused in the murder of their 14-year-old daughter's murder, did not attend the hearing. Their counsel, Mr Tamta, said that his clients feared a threat to their lives. However, the CBI argued that they should have been present during the hearing as the apex court...
10:48 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad will take up the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case on Saturday. The Supreme Court had earlier granted bail to Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar till February 4 and asked him and his wife Nupur Talwar to stand trial once the bail period expires. The Talwars on Friday again moved the apex court seeking transfer of the case from the...
08:22 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Parents of murdered Noida teenager Aarushi, Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the case from the Ghaziabad court, where the matter was scheduled to come up for hearing on Saturday, to Delhi, citing security concerns. The Supreme Court issued a notice to the CBI and said that the Ghaziabad court will consider transferring the case to Delhi if the Talwars rake...
12:43 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Ghaziabad: A police officer on Wednesday gave his testimony before a special CBI court in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings of 2006. Dinesh Yadav, the then Noida police circle officer, appeared in a special CBI court and recorded his statement in connection with the murder and rape of a 14-year-old girl. Surender Koli, the main accused in the case, was present in the court. The court...
09:33 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Noida: The income tax department on Wednesday raided a liquor baron considered close of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the midst of the election heat in the state. Liquor baron Ponty Chadda was the central target for the Income Tax investigations. The raids carried out at 17 locations across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi including a prime shopping mall and farmhouses owned by Chadda has sparked off allegations of political...
08:29 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another blot on artistic freedom of expression in the country, five unknown men, miffed with kitsch paintings put on show at a gallery, assaulted artist Pranava Prakash on Monday. Prakash was attacked while he was showcasing his paintings of Bollywood celebs in the nude at Espace Alternative gallery in Noida. The miscreants were heard saying that Prakash's paintings were "against Indian culture", before they stormed in...
01:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Greater Noida: Uncertainty continued to loom large over Noida Extension home projects with the NCR Planning Board yet to clear the Greater Noida Master Plan 2021. "There is no chance of resuming construction of Noida Extension projects in the next four months as it will take at least 3-4 months for getting approval of the Greater Noida Master Plan," NCR Planning Board member secretary Naini Jayaseelam told Noida Extension Flat...
10:41 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered a probe and a site inspection of the wetlands in Greater Noida which have been sold to a private builder. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered an investigate into the sale of wetlands in Greater Noida's Dadri by the Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government sold 2400 acre of wetlands, home to over 5,000 migratory birds to a private builder. "We are extremely concerned about the project on wetland in Greater Noida. A fact-finding team has been sent to Greater Noida this morning. If...
11:39 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Greater Noida: In a fresh controversy surrounding the Mayawati government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, it has allowed the sale of wetlands near Noida to a private builder. Hundreds of acres of wetlands visited by migratory birds from as far as Siberia and Spain were sold to Ansals for a mega housing project in Greater Noida. Angered by the move, the Union Environment Ministry has asked the state government...
06:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh government and Noida Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) on a petition filed by a group of farmers from Sadopur village in Gautambudh Nagar district challenging the acquisition of their lands by the state. A bench of justices RM Lodha and HL Gokhale sought responses of the authorities on the special leave petition filed by the farmers through counsel...
10:00 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Bhatta-Parsaul firing case till the elections. The court is likely to pronounce its order in the second week of March after the counting is over and the new Assembly constituted. While announcing that the order has been reserved the High Court said it does not want the judgement to become an election issue. The case relates to ...
11:44 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: Less than a month to go before the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission (EC) issued an order to bring down curtains on Chief Minister Mayawati's biggest public promotion campaign yet, that includes the statues of herself and the BSP's election symbol, the elephant. Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi on Saturday at a Press Conference said the statues will be covered as they were built on...
05:13 PM, Jan 07, 2012
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