Ashni Dhaor is a correspondent with Hindustan Times. She covers crime, education, health, politics, civic issues and environment in Ghaziabad city. She graduated from Delhi University in 2015 and has since been working with Hindustan Times since.
Articles by Ashni Dhaor
Coconut seller arrested in Noida for sprinkling drain water on coconuts
In the video, taken outside Shree Radha Sky Garden high-rise complex, the vendor, identified as Sameer, fills a jar with roadside drain water and sprinkles it on the tender coconuts in his cart
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 10:24 PM IST
After clashes at GBU hostel, GIMS students head back home
Clashes broke out on Sunday night at the Munshi Premchand hostel of GBU where MBBS students of GIMS have been given accommodation as GIMS hostel is still under construction
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 10:22 PM IST
Over 15,000 residents affected due to erratic water supply at Noida high-rise
Apart from water woes, residents said other operations of the society too are affected since the transfer of maintenance, including elevators, garbage disposal and security system
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 12:13 AM IST
Medical students, security guards clash over smoking; 15 arrested, 36 injured
MBBS students from GIMS have been given accommodation in GBU hostel where the clash took place.
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 04:31 AM IST
22 hurt, 33 detained after clashes between MBBS students, guards at Noida hostel
A clash broke out between the students at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences and the security guards of the Munshi Prem Chand Hostel on Sunday night.
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 05:31 PM IST
22 half-burnt Nepal, Bangladesh, India passports found at Noida high rise
14 of the 22 passports discovered belonged to Nepal, four to Bangladesh, and four to India.
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 05:21 AM IST
Noida police bust 800 more illegal shell companies
Police said that when a chargesheet is filed in this case, provisions of the Gangster Act will be invoked because it is a matter of national security and a significant financial loss to the government
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 11:58 PM IST
Woman, who abducted newborn from Noida hospital, had lost her baby: Cops
The woman, Rani, who goes by a single name, was under pressure from her in-laws following two previous miscarriages
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Noida gang used PAN card data of 635,000 people in multi-crore racket, busted
An official from the state GST department said that it could be estimated at more than ₹10,000 crore
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 04:48 AM IST
Meth lab bust in Greater Noida: Over 30 cops to face department inquiry
The police flagged the negligence of the two police stations under who jurisdiction these houses are located, where the meth labs were busted.
Updated on May 31, 2023 11:03 PM IST
Meth made in Greater Noida was smuggled outside India via coastal ports, say police
The probe has also brought to light the existence of two shell companies operated by the foreign nationals, further deepening the complexity of the case
Updated on May 31, 2023 11:00 PM IST
Another meth lab busted in Greater Noida, two foreigners detained
On May 16, police had busted a meth lab run from a three-storey residential building in Theta-2, Greater Noida.
Updated on May 31, 2023 12:16 AM IST
Shiv Nadar student had weapon on campus for 28 days before incident, say police
DCP SM Khan, said that transaction details of ₹35,000 from the deceased student’s digital wallet account led them to the source of the firearm
Updated on May 27, 2023 11:47 PM IST
11-year-old killed, 27 others injured after bus rams into truck on Eastern Peripheral Expressway
According to hospital authorities, all the injured individuals are in stable condition and out of danger
Updated on May 27, 2023 12:22 AM IST
FIR against Shiv Nadar University, parent statement fail to match
The FIR states that the woman told her parents about the alleged harassment she faced from the male student, who shot her dead. But the father, while speaking to HT on Thursday, had maintained that he was never aware of the situation
Updated on May 27, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Shiv Nadar University case: FIR after male student allegedly shot woman, self
Shiv Nadar University shooting incident: Male student allegedly shot dead a woman - and then himself - after she refused a gift.
Updated on May 26, 2023 10:53 AM IST
2 dead as Haryana police’s vehicle overturns on Yamuna Expressway
The police team was returning after rescuing a kidnapped child and arresting her alleged kidnapper from Chhattisgarh, said Noida police.
Updated on May 26, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Ashni Dhaor, Greater Noida
UPSC results: Proud GB Nagar brings home four ranks this year
According to Deepanshu Singh, who has been mentoring UPSC students for the past nine years, four rankers, of a total of 933 selected candidates, from a single district is unprecedented
Updated on May 24, 2023 11:52 PM IST
Greater Noida woman tops UPSC: ‘I’m still soaking in the result’
Women secure top ranks for the second year in a row in the Union Public Service Commission?s Civil Services Examination, with three out of four women graduates from the University of Delhi. Ishita Kishore, a resident of Greater Noida?s Jal Vayu Vihar, secured the all-India rank one.
Updated on May 24, 2023 12:07 AM IST
Fire at Noida’s vacant plot completely doused after six days
Gautam Budh Nagar chief fire officer Pradeep Kumar Chuabey said the flames were fully doused on Monday night but got reignited on Tuesday morning
Updated on May 23, 2023 11:27 PM IST
How safe are students at Noida’s Shiv Nadar? Higher edu director wants answers
The varsity has been given three days to respond, said officials in the know of the matter. A show cause notice will be served to the varsity by the government in case the answers are not satisfactor
Updated on May 23, 2023 11:24 PM IST
Police gets remand custody of four foreigners in meth lab bust case, to use translators for interrogation
On May 17, the police uncovered a meth lab that had been established and run by foreign nationals in a three-story residential building in Greater Noida
Updated on May 23, 2023 12:10 AM IST
Footsore and dehydrated, firefighters battled both sun and flames for 5 days
Surviving on ORS (oral rehydration solution), glucose drinks, lemonade and buttermilk, these first responders battled the flames tirelessly, working in shifts to control the flames and contain them to the vacant plot
Updated on May 23, 2023 12:06 AM IST
Five days on, fire at Noida plot under control, but still simmering
Chief fire officer Pradeep Kumar Chaubey said 30 vehicles of the fire department and at least 20 excavators were used to extinguish the fire
Updated on May 23, 2023 12:05 AM IST
Lack of clarity on serving hookah, district administration says no license being issued
After an Allahabad high court order in February of this year instructed authorities in Uttar Pradesh to handle applications for granting or renewing licences for hookah bars, restaurateurs in Gautam Budh Nagar approached the FSA for clarification on whether hookah licences were being issued in the district, officials said
Updated on May 20, 2023 11:49 PM IST
FIR registered against the deceased male student in Greater Noida murder-suicide case
Assistant district government counsel, Dharmendra Jaint said that an FIR has to be registered by the police when an illegal weapon is recovered, even if it is against a deceased person
Updated on May 20, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Suspected student accused of calling Shiv Nadar University shooting as dog bite
The university, however, refuted this claim and said the whole situation was explained clearly to the police
Updated on May 20, 2023 09:45 AM IST
Greater Noida university student kills classmate on campus. Then, shoots self
After shooting dead his classmate, the male student went to the boys’ hostel and shot himself in the head, the DCP said.
Updated on May 19, 2023 08:08 AM IST
Police seek remand custody of nine foreigners arrested after drug bust in Greater Noida
Officials suspect that the foreigners entered India on student visas, although this has yet to be confirmed
Updated on May 18, 2023 11:19 PM IST
Greater Noida: University student allegedly shoots dead girl, dies by suicide
The university had gone on summer break from May 17, but both the students had stayed back in their hostels as their convocation was due
Updated on May 18, 2023 06:58 PM IST
