India is casual about dumping toxic and hazardous waste. Nov 9, 2008
"The blast took place in a colony in the outskirts of the city, to which some slum dwellers had been recently rehabilitated," said an officer of the Lisari Gate police station on Hapur Road in Meerut. "The blast took place when the victims were trying to extract copper from a live mortar shell. However, it exploded killing five people," Meerut's inspector general of police Guru Darshan Singh told reporters. (India Times, India)
Hapur investors make hay in market mayhem Oct 12, 2008
HAPUR: Naren Kumar Garg is a spirited 75-year-old and market player for three decades ... It is the story of Hapur, a small town in western UP, about 65 km from Delhi, dominated by traders of stainless steel, potatoes, rubber and gur ... Hapur also has its own commodity exchange, one of the first in India. (India Times, India -- Community News)
What the parties said Jul 23, 2008
Gandhi also came to the rescue of Surendra Goyal, Congress MP from Hapur, when he felt unwell just minutes before the crucial vote was to take place. . (Sify.com, India)
Court praises witness Ajay Katara May 29, 2008
"His conscience pricked him on finding their involvement in a crime of this nature." On the night they abducted Nitish from a Ghaziabad wedding, the accused had run into Ajay near Hapur chungi on the outskirts of Ghaziabad while he was repairing his scooter. He testified in court that he saw a scared Nitish being held captive inside the car even as Vikas and Vishal hurled abuses at Ajay, asking him to move his scooter out of their way. (India Times, India)
Katara case verdict likely on Wednesday May 27, 2008
The prosecution had produced last-seen evidence by claiming Ajay Katara had seen the accused taking the victim in their car on the fateful night near Hapur Chungi in Ghaziabad. The accused contended that the chain of events in the case remained incomplete as none of the prosecution witness had either supported the abduction or identified the main accused. (Sify.com, India)
NCR trains ignored in Railway Budget Feb 27, 2008
Whether from Ghaziabad, Hapur, Khurja or Shamli, daily passengers face the same ordeal everywhere - few suburban trains, overflowing compartments, unscheduled halts and inordinate delays. Add to this dirty platforms, stinking toilets, betel stains inside trains and an utter disregard for rules. (India Times, India)
11 die as trucks collide in Ghaziabad Jan 28, 2008
GHAZIABAD: Eleven people were killed and four others seriously injured when two trucks collided near the Hapur Chungi area here in the wee hours of Sunday. Of the 11 victims, five persons died on the spot while six others succumbed to their injuries in hospital. (Times of India)
Kidney racket busted in Gurgaon Jan 25, 2008
He said the kidneys of three patients from Agra, Hapur and Ghaziabad districts were allegedly removed without their knowledge and they had been running the illegal organ transplant racket for 6-7 years. Prakash however refused to disclose the names of the victims, who are believed to hail from poor families. (India Times, India)
Small investors prefer to play it safe Jan 24, 2008
HAPUR: Arun Kumar Sharma, 32, sells electrical goods. He also takes an active interest in the share market and calls himself "a long-term investor". (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
NCR is a dead concept, admits Sheila Oct 31, 2007
In another road accident an elderly man was crushed under a truck on Hapur road near CBI Academy. Yudhvir Singh, a resident of D-39 Shastri Nagar, was going to Central Governments ESI hospital in Kamla Nagar when he was knocked down by a truck. (The Tribune)
Special trains for women in Delhi Sep 27, 2007
"Though women are coming from all routes connecting Delhi including Meerut, Modinagar, Moradabad, Hapur, Rewari, Rohtas,and Shamli the routes identified for running ladies special trains are witnessing heavy rush from women commuters. "So we will run the ladies special trains in these routes first and later on the service may extend to other routes as well," said Prakash. All the three destinations identified for running ladies specials are within 150km from Delhi and the train journey is... (India Times, India)
Mayor Arti favours trifurcation of MCD Apr 24, 2007
Ghaziabad, April 23 In a shocking incident, two women allegedly killed their own mother with the complicity of their husbands for usurping her land in Hapur ... Ghaziabad, April 23 In a shocking incident, two women allegedly killed their own mother with the complicity of their husbands for usurping her land in Hapur ... Seventy-year-old Satpal Kaur, a resident of Malkpur village under Hapur Dehat police station and a widow of Ram Charan, was strangled to death two days ago. (The Tribune)
Delhi biggest polluter of Yamuna Apr 19, 2007
Ghaziabad, April 18 In a sensational incident, a six-year-old girl was raped by a 25-year-old youth who later killed the victim in a Hapur village of Ghaziabad ... Ghaziabad, April 18 In a sensational incident, a six-year-old girl was raped by a 25-year-old youth who later killed the victim in a Hapur village of Ghaziabad ... According to information, Reema, six-year-old daughter of Kalu Singh in Tatarpur village under Hapur police station, had gone to get 'prasad' at Sita Devi Bhandara in the... (The Tribune)
Act of omission: Criminal cases Apr 13, 2007
Dharampal, BSP's candidate from Hapur, has one case which he has not mentioned in his affidavit. Similarly, Rajpal Singh Saini, contesting from Morna on a BSP ticket, has failed to mention 26 cases filed against him. (India Times, India)
ISI cells in UP? Mar 3, 2007
NEW DELHI: Interrogation of two persons, arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday in a fake currency smuggling case, has yielded important leads on a number of ISI-operated sleeper cells based primarily in Hapur and Bulandshahar in western UP.. Officials of the DRI and other security agencies jointly interrogated a 22-year-old Hapur resident, Mohammad Shame, at the DRI headquarters here till late on Thursday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Environment Ministry to have new set of rules Feb 25, 2007
In its analysis on Ghaziabad and adjoining areas, ASSOCHAM has revealed that between Shivaji Stadium and Vaishali, Vasundhara, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur and Meerut, each day the DTCs services of about 40 buses would ply on these routes, fetching the corporation a revenue of over Rs 1 ... Noida, Ghaziabad, Mohan Nagar, Hapur and Meerut residents are currently depending on private buses and commercial vehicles to reach their workplace. (The Tribune)
