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Peeyush Khandelwal

Peeyush Khandelwal writes on a range of issues in western Uttar Pradesh – from crime, to development authorities and from infrastructure to transport. Based in Ghaziabad, he has been a journalist for almost a decade.

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Camera in women’s changing room: After high court rap, Ghaziabad police readies charge-sheet

Giri was booked in an FIR lodged at Muradnagar police station under different Indian Penal Code sections on a complaint given by a woman who was allegedly filmed by Giri

The charge-sheet is yet to be submitted before the competent court owing to the ongoing strike by lawyers of the Ghaziabad district courts since October 28. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Dec 02, 2024 07:16 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Charge-sheet filed against Dasna temple priest Narsinghanand for ‘hate speech’

Police took cognisance of a viral video of Narsinghanand’s alleged remarks and booked him in an FIR registered on October 3, filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 302 (intentionally hurting religious feelings ) at Sihani Gate police station

Noida

Published on Nov 28, 2024 10:26 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Couple held for two chain-snatching incidents

Police said the couple resorted to crime due to mounting financial pressure. “They had defaulted on three loan instalments of ₹20,000 each

The police noted the couple’s efforts to evade detection, including bending their scooter’s registration plate to obscure the number on CCTV and removing a parking sticker from their highrise apartment (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 28, 2024 06:50 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Man extorted of ₹38K at Ghazibad cafe in online dating scam

Victim said that the woman suggested the cafe for their date, where he was asked to pay ₹38,035, as per the bill he received, according to the FIR

Police said that Javed called three friends for help, who managed to gather funds and come to his rescue. (File Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 28, 2024 06:38 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad civic body to make the city ‘rabies-free’ by 2030

The first centre near Hindon is operational since 2013 and the second is estimated to completed in another two months and cost about ₹1.4 crore

Corporation officials said that they completed sterilisation of about 34,572 community dogs till November 25 (since 2013) and believe that the city has a population of about 55,000-60,000 community dogs under the GMC’s jurisdiction. (HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad development authority survey finds unauthorised colonies on rise

The authority, wherever possible, has also identified the realtors/developers who were instrumental in developing these colonies in less than one year to about last 45 years.

The latest survey’s list has indicated that these unauthorised colonies span to a minimum area of less than one acre to up to about 135 acres. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 26, 2024 07:02 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

BJP retains Ghaziabad seat, trounces SP candidate by 69,351 votes

The Ghaziabad assembly seat fell vacant after sitting MLA Atul Garg was elected a Lok Sabha member in the elections held earlier this year

BJP candidate Sanjeev Sharma secured 96,946 votes while the runner up candidate secured 27,595 votes. Others lost their deposit. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 06:20 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad logs lowest turnout in all 15 bypoll seats: ECI data

Ghaziabad recorded the lowest voter turnout of 33.3% in UP bypolls, highlighting voter apathy and logistical issues amid low awareness and weekday voting.

A view of a deserted Kaila Bhatta voting station (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 09:21 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad assembly by-poll today, officials expect good turnout despite poor air quality

Ghaziabad assembly seat, along with 8 other seats in UP of Meerapura, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Shishamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan, will go to polls on Wednesday

The Ghaziabad assembly seat fell vacant after sitting MLA Atul Garg of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ghaziabad constituency this June. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 06:02 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad second most polluted city in country with ‘severe’ AQI

Officials of the UPPCB said the prevailing meteorological conditions have affected the dispersal of pollutants and made the air quality plummet

In Ghaziabad, the four monitoring stations of Indirapuram, Loni, Sanjay Nagar and Vasundhara averaged (past 24-hours) AQIs of 375, 476, 440 and 444, respectively, on Tuesday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 05:16 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad police: Two arrested for murder of man confesses to killing his wife as well

Two suspects arrested on charges of murdering a 26-year-old man allegedly told police during interrogation that they also murdered the man;s wife four days after killing him, senior officers said on Monday

Police said they recovered the unidentified body of a man who was run over by train on intervening night of October 15/16 from near Hind Nagar under jurisdiction of Kotwali police station. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad by-poll: Vocal campaigning ends, all parties confident of victory

The administration officials said they are all geared up for the conduct of polling and teams will proceed to the polling stations on Tuesday

The Ghaziabad assembly constituency has 641,644 voters and 14 candidates are in the fray and according to district officials about 2,200-2,300 personnel will be deployed on polling duty. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 05:42 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: CM holds road show without public address, opposition raises questions

The CM planned to address a gathering, but changed the plan due to huge noise and music systems installed along the route, party members said

Localities beyond the Ghaziabad railway station are collectively referred to as ‘Linepaar’, where there is a heavy presence of unplanned residential colonies, slum clusters and some high-rises. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 17, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Five Gzb cops accused of extorting ₹32 lakh from MNC director’s kin to ‘settle bogus rape case’

Nimish Patil, depty commissioner of police, trans-Hindon, on Friday said five officers are presently facing departmental inquiry to ascertain their involvement in the matter

DCP Patil also said that a confidential inquiry, conducted by two assistant commissioners of police, revealed that the rape case itself was a false one, allegedly foisted on the firm director with the intention of extorting money from him. The woman complainant and three of her family members have been arrested on charges of extortion, he said. (HT Archive)

Noida

Updated on Nov 16, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad bypoll: Adityanath to hold roadshow in ‘linepaar’ areas today

The frequent visits by Adityanath and senior BJP leaders are being viewed as a sign that the BJP is worried about its prospects in Ghaziabad by the party’s opponents

Police put up barricades in Vijay Nagar and Pratap Vihar areas ahead of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s visit to the city on Saturday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 16, 2024 05:06 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad by-poll: All parties focus on caste-based equations in last leg of campaigning

Parties have also intensified door-to-door campaigning, their leaders said. Ghaziabad assembly segment will go to polls on November 20

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brijesh Pathak (left) in Ghaziabad on Thursday to campaign for BJP candidate Sanjeev Sharma (right). (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:22 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad bypoll: Parties look to other side of the tracks to secure a win

The assembly seat will go to polls on November 20 and, this time, it has 461,644 voters, according to the latest electoral rolls (till October end)

Office bearers of major parties said their focus is concentrated on the ”linepaar” areas as these are densely-populated pockets with a sizeable number of votes. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 07:04 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

NGT panel seeks time for Upper Ganga Road report

On the basis of the HT report, NGT on March 13 registered a suo motu petition and impleaded officials from UP and Uttarakhand as respondents.

The 111km project — also known as the Kanwar Marg project —was greenlit by the UP forest department in January, and the proposal stated that 112,000 trees and shrubs will be felled in the protected forest area of three forest divisions — Ghaziabad, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, 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

Experts say that if Loni’s AQI is excluded from Ghaziabad’s overall AQI, then Ghaziabad city would not figure among the highly polluted cities in the country (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad bypoll: CM Adityanath attacks Samajwadi Party, reminds of Ram temple and development

Adityanath said the change of dates happened on account of the festivals of Kartik Purnima and Gurupurab on November 15

During his recent visit to Ghaziabad, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had lashed out at the BJP and said that it was on that party’s insistence that the by-poll date was changed and pushed further ahead. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:20 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

NGT seeks progress report on charting Hindon floodplain zones in GB Nagar, Ghaziabad

The petition in NGT has contended that the floodplains are not marked out and have no defined physical boundaries at present, which made encroachments rampant

The NCR districts that have floodplains of river Hindon are severely affected by encroachments in the form of residential settlements. These not only prove risky for residents but also affects the river’s recharge system besides narrowing its floodplain zones, said environmentalists. (HT Archive)

Noida

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 06:04 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Stubble and garbage fires spike in Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar

The data showed that GB Nagar logged 38 farm fires between September 15 and November 5 — the highest in at least the last five years. Similarly, IARI satellite data revealed that 14 stubble burning incidents were recorded in Ghaziabad till November 5. Last year, the district recorded 16 such instances

In cases of stubble burning, 14 instances were picked up by satellite so far. Two cases of stubble burning were confirmed while in eight cases farmers had set afire garbage on the boundary of their farmlands, said Ghaziabad officials. (HT Archive)

Noida

Updated on Nov 08, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad: Traffic curbs in place for Chhath Puja on Nov 7,8

The traffic police said the diversions will be in place from the afternoon of November 7 till the end of puja around 8pm and again from around 3am on November 8 to about 9am the same day

The Hindon ghats have been beautified by the Ghaziabad municipal corporation to welcome Chhath Puja devotees on November 7 and 8. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Published on Nov 06, 2024 10:45 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Noida record better AQI due to ‘insufficient data’

Environmentalists said that the cities in the NCR require more monitoring stations at different locations to get comprehensive picture of pollution levels

The CPCB classifies AQI between 0-50 as “good”, between 51 and 100 as “satisfactory”, between 101 and 200 as “moderate”, between 201 and 300 as “poor”, between 301 and 400 as “very poor”, and over 400 as “severe”. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 06, 2024 07:02 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over change in bypoll date

On revised poll dates, Akhilesh said the migrant workers have come back home for Diwali, Bhai Dooj and Chhath Puja festivities and had planned that they will vote before they return

On Monday, the Election Commission of India (EC) revised the polling day to November 20 from November 13. The counting date, however, remains November 23. Overall, polling day for 14 assembly seats for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Kerala were revised. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 06, 2024 09:26 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: City continues reeling in ‘very poor’ post-Diwali pollution

The daily AQI bulletin of the CPCB stated that Ghaziabad stood in the list of eight most polluted cities on Saturday with AQI of 330, higher than that of Delhi with 316.

Officials said that bursting of crackers post-Diwali continued on Friday night and it was also one of the major contributing factors to city’s pollution levels. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 03, 2024 06:24 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Post-Diwali air ‘very poor’ in Ghaziabad, winds come to aid of Noida, Greater Noida

The Ghaziabad city, according to Central Pollution Control Board’s daily 4pm bulletin on Friday, stood among the 12 cities which registered “very poor” AQI after Diwali

According to CPCB, Ghaziabad city’s PM2.5 and PM10 levels spiked to “severe” category between 10pm Thursday and 2am Friday, but started to decline at monitoring stations in Indirapuram, Loni and Sanjay Nagar. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Nov 02, 2024 05:26 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad assembly by-poll: No withdrawals, 14 candidates in final fray

A total of 19 candidates filed their nomination for the by-polls and five of them were rejected during the scrutiny process owing to discrepancies in their nomination forms, said election officials

The district administration officials inspect the Govindpuram rice market where EVMs will be stored after polling on November 13. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Oct 31, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad lawyers torch police post after clash with police

Lawyers clashed with police in Ghaziabad court, protesting a denied bail hearing transfer. Police used force; 20 lawyers injured, property vandalized.

Torched furniture near the police post on the Ghaziabad court complex premises. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

Noida

Updated on Oct 30, 2024 03:00 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal

Ghaziabad: AIMIM candidate denied nod to open election office

The AIMIM office bearers said they had applied for permission for opening a temporary election office at PAC Chowk, Kaila Bhata, but the permission was denied by the returning officer

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi (Fil Photo/HT)

Noida

Updated on Oct 29, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

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Peeyush Khandelwal writes on a range of issues in western Uttar Pradesh – from crime, to development authorities and from infrastructure to transport. Based in Ghaziabad, he has been a journalist for almost a decade.

Giri was booked in an FIR lodged at Muradnagar police station under different Indian Penal Code sections on a complaint given by a woman who was allegedly filmed by Giri

Police took cognisance of a viral video of Narsinghanand’s alleged remarks and booked him in an FIR registered on October 3, filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 302 (intentionally hurting religious feelings ) at Sihani Gate police station

Police said the couple resorted to crime due to mounting financial pressure. “They had defaulted on three loan instalments of ₹20,000 each

Victim said that the woman suggested the cafe for their date, where he was asked to pay ₹38,035, as per the bill he received, according to the FIR

The first centre near Hindon is operational since 2013 and the second is estimated to completed in another two months and cost about ₹1.4 crore

The authority, wherever possible, has also identified the realtors/developers who were instrumental in developing these colonies in less than one year to about last 45 years.

The Ghaziabad assembly seat fell vacant after sitting MLA Atul Garg was elected a Lok Sabha member in the elections held earlier this year

Ghaziabad recorded the lowest voter turnout of 33.3% in UP bypolls, highlighting voter apathy and logistical issues amid low awareness and weekday voting.

Ghaziabad assembly seat, along with 8 other seats in UP of Meerapura, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Shishamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan, will go to polls on Wednesday

Officials of the UPPCB said the prevailing meteorological conditions have affected the dispersal of pollutants and made the air quality plummet

Two suspects arrested on charges of murdering a 26-year-old man allegedly told police during interrogation that they also murdered the man;s wife four days after killing him, senior officers said on Monday

The administration officials said they are all geared up for the conduct of polling and teams will proceed to the polling stations on Tuesday

The CM planned to address a gathering, but changed the plan due to huge noise and music systems installed along the route, party members said

Nimish Patil, depty commissioner of police, trans-Hindon, on Friday said five officers are presently facing departmental inquiry to ascertain their involvement in the matter

The frequent visits by Adityanath and senior BJP leaders are being viewed as a sign that the BJP is worried about its prospects in Ghaziabad by the party’s opponents

Parties have also intensified door-to-door campaigning, their leaders said. Ghaziabad assembly segment will go to polls on November 20

The assembly seat will go to polls on November 20 and, this time, it has 461,644 voters, according to the latest electoral rolls (till October end)

On the basis of the HT report, NGT on March 13 registered a suo motu petition and impleaded officials from UP and Uttarakhand as respondents.

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

Adityanath said the change of dates happened on account of the festivals of Kartik Purnima and Gurupurab on November 15

The petition in NGT has contended that the floodplains are not marked out and have no defined physical boundaries at present, which made encroachments rampant

The traffic police said the diversions will be in place from the afternoon of November 7 till the end of puja around 8pm and again from around 3am on November 8 to about 9am the same day

Environmentalists said that the cities in the NCR require more monitoring stations at different locations to get comprehensive picture of pollution levels

On revised poll dates, Akhilesh said the migrant workers have come back home for Diwali, Bhai Dooj and Chhath Puja festivities and had planned that they will vote before they return

The daily AQI bulletin of the CPCB stated that Ghaziabad stood in the list of eight most polluted cities on Saturday with AQI of 330, higher than that of Delhi with 316.

The Ghaziabad city, according to Central Pollution Control Board’s daily 4pm bulletin on Friday, stood among the 12 cities which registered “very poor” AQI after Diwali

A total of 19 candidates filed their nomination for the by-polls and five of them were rejected during the scrutiny process owing to discrepancies in their nomination forms, said election officials

Lawyers clashed with police in Ghaziabad court, protesting a denied bail hearing transfer. Police used force; 20 lawyers injured, property vandalized.

The AIMIM office bearers said they had applied for permission for opening a temporary election office at PAC Chowk, Kaila Bhata, but the permission was denied by the returning officer

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