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.
Articles by Peeyush Khandelwal
Ghaziabad: 35-yr-old killed, body parts thrown in canal; 3 arrested
Police arrested the three suspects on Saturday and also fished out the body parts on their instance out of the canal in Bulandshahr
Updated on Aug 25, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Ghaziabad assembly by-poll: Adityanath asks party workers to secure 80% vote share
The chief minister, who was in the city on Friday to strategise for the upcoming bypoll, spoke to party leaders at Hindi Bhawan
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Adityanath in Ghaziabad on Friday, to meet party leaders ahead of assembly by-poll
The Ghaziabad assembly seat, which fell vacant after incumbent MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atul Garg got elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency this June
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: 5-year-old boy says he saw father kill his mother, cops to exhume body for autopsy
The child told his uncle that he saw his father beat his mother and then smother her with a pillow on the intervening night of August 19/20, police said
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: GDA to coordinate with Haryana on proposed orbital rail project
The orbital rail project envisages the creation of a railway network that runs on the outskirts of Delhi, near the alignment of Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) and the Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) to ferry passengers and goods through NCR, without entering Delhi
Updated on Aug 22, 2024 06:22 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Rain disrupts traffic at chokepoints, cops resort to diversions
The affected commuters were delayed due to the traffic on Lal Kuan, Chijarsi, Sector 62 crossing and near UP-Gate on NH-9, and traffic police’s diversions
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 07:02 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
RRTS project: Namo Bharat’s first station in Meerut to open today
NCRTC's Namo Bharat train services now extend to Meerut (south) with the opening of a new station, adding 8km to the operational 34km stretch, totaling 42km.
Updated on Aug 18, 2024 05:22 AM IST
Ghaziabad: Two arrested for beheading man for occult ritual
A man from Delhi “hired” two of his friends to murder a man and behead him so that he can use the head to perform tantric rituals
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 06:28 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
5 held in robbery link, shot by Ghaziabad cops, families claim ‘fake case’
Wife of two of the accused alleged that the police had taken their husbands from their homes on the night of August 10 and staged a fake arrest and shot them.
Updated on Aug 15, 2024 05:04 AM IST
Ghaziabad residential wards to get ₹1cr each: Mayor
Indirapuram, which has not yet been officially handed over to the municipal corporation, is also set to receive ₹1 crore per ward
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad administration proposes 10-20% hike in residential circle rates
The last hike in circle rates was announced in 2022 and officials aware of the development said that no hike was proposed in 2023 owing to assembly elections in the state
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Kanwar Marg: NGT tells panel to probe green aspects of road
The project, which was green-lit by the Uttar Pradesh forest department in January, will lead to the felling of around 112,000 trees and shrubs in the protected forest area of three forest divisions
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 05:12 AM IST
Ghaziabad: Muslim families targeted by Hindu outfit may not return to Guldhar, say neighbours
A group belonging to the saffron outfit allegedly attacked several Muslim families in the area alleging that they were nationals of Bangladesh
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 07:18 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
2 Ghaziabad cops shunted out over ₹3 crore theft at Indirapuram
The watches that the gang decamped with include those of expensive brands such as Rado, Versace, Tissot, Longines, Seiko, Movado and Titan, among others
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 07:12 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Thieves flee with luxury watches worth ₹3 cr from showroom
The incident came to light around 9am on Sunday when Gupta’s son checked the showroom through its CCTVs footage on his mobile phone
Updated on Aug 12, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Ghaziabad: Police may invoke NSA against Hindu Raksha Dal leader
Pinky Chaudhary, along with 15-20 of his supporters, allegedly singled out and attacked several shanties of Muslim workers and also beat them up before setting their belongings afire
Updated on Aug 12, 2024 06:34 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Hindu Raksha Dal attacks families of Muslim workers in Ghaziabad, 2 arrested
The attackers accused them of being nationals of Bangladesh, where members of the Hindu community were allegedly being targeted.
Updated on Aug 11, 2024 03:53 AM IST
GDA nod for inclusion of Loni, Kanawani under ‘Greater Ghaziabad civic body’
A proposal was sent last year for merging the two nagar palikas (municipal councils) of Loni and Khoda with the Ghaziabad municipal corporation
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 07:22 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad:
Ghaziabad police lodges FIR of theft after locals flee with 14,000 litres of milk from damaged tanker
The damaged truck was parked on the roadside, and people escaped with milk and some got spilt on the road as well. The tanker has a capacity of about 21,000 litres, and only about 7,000 litres of milk was left in it
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 06:04 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
‘Letter war’ over Ghaziabad mayor’s husband ‘accessing officials files’
A letter was allegedly sent by the municipal commissioner’s office to department heads on Wednesday, alleging that official files/documents of the corporation were getting produced before the mayor’s husband in an unauthorised manner.
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 05:54 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Five of gang held for kidnapping infants, selling them to childless couples
Police said teams are working on arresting the absconding suspects Lateef and Saivta and also couples who procured infants from the gang
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:50 PM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
GDA board clears proposal for 541 hectare residential township near Delhi-Meerut Road
The GDA board, headed by divisional commissioner (Meerut), on Monday approved the proposal and the state government will share 50% of the project cost
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 06:42 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
GDA board nod for transit oriented zones along Metro corridors
The city currently has two Metro corridors – a 2.1km Blue Line from Anand Vihar to Vaishali and another 9.34km Red Line from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 06:44 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
UP govt reduces tree felling area for Upper Ganga Canal road project
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is presently hearing a suo motu petition about felling, taken up alongside the Upper Ganga Canal
Updated on Aug 05, 2024 06:44 AM IST
Cremation ground nearby, GDA proposes converting group housing land to plotted in Indirapuram
Almost all individual plots in Indirapuram scheme have been sold and the new plan will give buyers a new opportunity to get hold of residential/commercial plots
Updated on Aug 04, 2024 06:10 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Spike in RRTS ridership during Kanwar diversions
Officials said there was a surge as the ridership rose to a daily average of about 20,000 between July 24 and August 2
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 06:54 AM IST
Gzb families anxiously await return of four friends missing in Kedar Valley landslides
The families said only Krishna Patel was married. Shukla’s family said he was pursuing BCA from a college in Indirapuram while Patel has a job in a private company
Updated on Aug 03, 2024 08:08 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Doctors of private hospital in Ghaziabad booked for negligence over death of 21-year-old woman
The FIR was registered on a complaint by the father of the deceased, identified as Priya Verma. The FIR states names of three doctors and their team, senior officers said
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad authority finds play area, book shop, blood banks in basements; takes action
The directions to conduct inspections came from Lucknow on July 29 after three civil services aspirants drowned in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: NGT notice to UP agencies over excessive concreting of roadsides, parks
According to guidelines, roadsides should be kept soiled and muddy, if possible, and provisions should be made for “brick-on-edge/ loose-stone pavement” so that recharge of groundwater becomes possible
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 08:20 AM IST
Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad