SC asks CBI for status report on Aarushi murder probe

The Supreme Court today directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a status report giving details of the investigation carried out in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.

A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyrus Joseph issued the direction when Solicitor General of India, Gopala Subramaniam, appearing for the CBI, informed the court that the investigating agency will file a comprehensive status report in the case.

The apex court was hearing a PIL filed by Dr Surat Singh, an advocate, seeking directions to the government, to lay down some guidelines for media as well as for the police to ensure that the reputation of the victims and their families are not destroyed due to irresponsible reporting as well as disclosure of the details of investigation by the police to the media.

A student of ninth standard of Delhi Public School, Noida, Aarushi Talwar and the family servant Hemraj, were found brutally murdered at their Noida residence on May 15 last year.

The Noida police, as well as the CBI, have not been able to crack the case even after more than one year.

Dr Rajesh Talwar, father of Aarushi was arrested in the case, but was granted bail when CBI failed to collect evidence against him. The two servants, who were arrested, were also granted bail on the same grounds. Source UNI

NPCL Communique  

Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) has opend   collection centres : 1. NPCL 33/11 kV Substation   Builders’ Area   Sector Omega-I   Opposite Senior Citizens’ Housing Complex<br> 2. NPCL 11 kV/433 V Substation   Commercial Belt, Delta II Sector   Opposite Omaxe Connaught Place<br>These Collection Centres will be operational from 8 AM to 8 PM on all days of the week and hence will offer the convenience of making payment of monthly electricity bills even outside the usual working hours of NPCL and also on holidays, including Sundays.

** Please note that only payment of monthly electricity bills will accepted at the Centres mentioned above. Payment of invoices for New Connection, Disconnection/Reconnection Charge, etc. can only be made at our Customer Care Centre at Sector Alpha I  

Woman gangraped in Greater Noida by three persons

Three persons allegedly g angraped a woman and filmed the act on a mobile phone in the Gautam Budh Nagar Distric police said today.

According to the victim, two persons from her village Dadha convinced her that they would help her get a better job, along with a third man raped her yesterday, they said.

The victim, in her thirties had accompanied her colleagues after they told her that they have arranged for an interview with a prospective employer.

The woman alleged that instead of taking her for the interview, the duo took her to an isolated place where one more man joined them and the trio raped her.

She also alleged that they made an MMS of hers. A complaint has been registered and the victim has been sent for medical examination, Police\Said..One persons Deepak has been arrestted....another is absconding.

Noida Authority to develop prime land near bird sanctuary

Noida Authority is getting richer. With prime land in Noida being transferred to the New Okhla Development Authority by the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, the authority has become richer by 20 acres.

Another Feather in Greater Noida's Cap....Greater Noida Stadium and Sports Complex under construction

Facilities for Cricket, Vollyball, Basket Ball and Indoor Stadium are being developed.

Noida Greater Noida School Fee issue.... views and counter views

Few people link the government’s Sixth Pay Commission with the price of private school education. But on reading the fine print, both central board accreditation and the state government’s no-objection certificates for private schools require “pay parity” with government schoolteachers. As a result, many private schools have received government notices to implement this Sixth Pay Commission parity with retrospective effect from 1 January 2006. Many complied and raised fees by 25-60%.

Public interest litigation filed in the Allahabad high court said, “In Greater Noida there is only one government school. Parents do not have any option except to send their wards to unaided private schools. The petitioners’ grievance is that recognized private, unaided schools in Uttar Pradesh are indulging in the large-scale commercialization of education, which is against public interest. This commercialization has reached an alarming situation because of the failure of the government to perform its statutory function. The fee hike and arrears will break the backbone of parents, especially in the present recessionary period and this association has been formed to fight the arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional acts of unaided private schools.”

Courts have now begun to respond. In late March, the Delhi high court called the decision by private city schools to hike fees “highly objectionable”, and issued a notice to the government last month to examine whether the institutions were following the “mandatory provisions of law”.

Government pay parity for private schools must be removed. We must mercilessly measure and publicize outcomes. But, more fundamentally, we must acknowledge that price controls kill expansion. And India needs its school capacity to explode because, in the absence of this capacity, the most expensive school for a child is no school.

Greater Noida Badarpur 6 lane highway planned...

A new six-lane highway is being planned from Greater Noida to Badarpur across Yamuna. The proposed highway will not only reduce the commuting time from Greater Noida to Badarpur to 10 minutes, but will also make journey from Greater Noida to Faridabad very smooth.

The highway will relieve travelers of frequent traffic jams that they have to face en-route. Currently, Greater Noida is connected to Noida, Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr through direct highways, and to reach Delhi from Greater Noida, one has to go via Noida or Ghaziabad. But this highway will link Greater Noida with Delhi directly.

According to additional chief executive officer of the Greater Noida Authority Sudhir Kumar, a proposal for this highway has been prepared on the basis of a survey conducted earlier. The proposal will soon be sent for government’s approval and the work will start immediately after the nod.

Starting from Safipur village and passing through two other villages in Greater Noida– Kondli and Qayampur– the proposed highway will connect Badarpur via Tingao in Haryana.

The road will cover nine km area in Greater Noida and about three km in Haryana. The bridge over Yamuna will be constructed by the Haryana government, GNIDA sources said.

Source: The Tribune

Greater Noida cultural centre project to be revived

IGL to invest Rs 1600 crore in expansion....Rs 800 cr would go towards expansion of the PNG network in Delhi and the national capital regions (NCR) of Noida and Greater Noida.

Greater Noida cultural centre project to be revived

Metro may have August ride to Noida....This Independence Day Delhi Metro may have a precious gift for people who commute regularly between the Capital and Noida. The much-awaited Metro line in Noida is likely to open  on August 15....More

CBSE Xth Result

Richa Sharma of Ursuline Sr Secondary School tops CBSE Xth in the school with 96.4% followed by Yogesh Kumari with 91.6%. The school has recorded 100% result. Ascent International School, Oxford Green Public School has also recorded 100% result. It is reported that Ankit of DPS Greater Noida has toped in Greater Noida.

Parnil Singh of KV No. 1, Visakhapatnam, who scored 494 out of 500 marks (98.8%) is the all-India topper. Dravyansh Sharma of DPS, Ghaziabad, Anusha Gupta of Apeejay School, Noida and Sachin Yadav of DPS Sohna Road with 98.6% are the NCR toppers while Sahil Jindal from DPS Dwarka is the Delhi topper with 98%.

Shri Surendra Singh Nagar, M.P., of Bhahujan Samaj party has been elected to Lok Sabha from the newly carved out constituency Gautam Budh Nagar…which consists of Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Khurja and Sikendarabad Assembly Constituency…..As a person he is very simple, humble and down to earth.  In a tête-à-tête with Ms Shashi Singh, Public Relations Officer of parichowk.com and attachowk.com spoke at length on the various issues of development of the Gautam Budh District Region.More

Face 2 Face with Voters...what they expect from would be MP

Profile of Shri Surendra Singh Nagar, M.P., Lok sabha.

Seven persons were killed and 13 others were injured

when a tractor trolley collided with truck on a road connecting Noida-Greater Noida Expressway - Noida Phase-II. The tractor trolley carrying wheat bags turned turtle on the way Wednesday late night. An area inspector was trying to clear the way with a homeguard and localites when a speeding truck crushed them. Superintendent of Police (City) Ashok Tripathi said the accident occurred when wheel of a tractor, loaded with wheat, gave way on Phase two of the Express Highway and a crane coming from behind collided with it.

Kasna Post Sub-Inspector P K Tyagi, Home Guard Sanjay, Police Driver Mukesh and locals Kapil, Pramod and Nekram died on the spot. The 12 injured, have been admitted to various hospitals.Condition of two was stated to be critical and they were on ventilator

'We have called a team of experts from Gurgaon to suggest ways make this expressway accident free. They will submit their report within a fortnight,' Inspector General of Police Gurvachan Lal said..PTI News....

Ragging incident? in Greater Noida

Greater Noida: In yet another case of brutal ragging, a first year BTech student was allegedly thrashed by senior students in his hostel room, said police sources.

According to the police, Md Wasim, a student of DIT College of Engineering , complained of being thrashed by almost 24 senior students. Wasim accused his seniors for beating him in his closed hostel room as a part of ragging.

Wasim belongs to Badayun (Uttar Pradesh) and resides in college hostel here. A case has been lodged against the accused involved in ragging and investigations are underway.

Aane Uske Aayegi Bahar.....

Noida Metro ...An Extension of Delhi Metro...to begin operations from 15th August 2009. Cheers Noidates! Cheers! ....More.

Greater Noida School Fee Hike Issue....

Greater Noida Students-Parents Association President...Shri C P Gautam..says they will press for their demands of fee reduction....Parents of the students studying in Greater Noida has joined their hands to oppose the proposed school fee hike by the Greater Noida Public Schools ...now they have formaed an association Greater Noida Abhibhavak Association....to take the school fee hike issue...and also other welfare activities for the benefit of school going children....Shri C P Gautam, has been elected as the president, While Shri Sher Singh has been elected as the General Secretary...

Soon the delegation proposes to meet the district administration officers and the Greater Noida Authority Officers to press for their charter of demands Said Shri C P Gautam..99995106158...Shri Sher Singh is the Genereal Secretary of the Fiorum...9899257390

Shri Sher Singh, General Secretary of the association said we would insistfor constitution of Parent-Teacher Associations in every school.

School Fee Circular of Govt of NCT Delhi

Gautam Budh Nagar: BSP gain is BJP pain

Max Healthcare will use Rs 150 crore from IFC construct to two greenfield hospitals in NCR - one in Shalimar Bagh and the other in Greater Noida

I wish Aarushi had slept by our side: Mother

One year on , Arushi case no where.......

Over 47 percent voter turnout in Gautam Budh Nagar

The urban areas of the district recorded a turnout of 43.9 percent while rural areas registered 49.1 percent voting.

Sector-15 (A) registered nearly 60 percent voter turnout, which was five times more than the 12 percent voter turnout that was recorded during the last Lok Sabha elections in 2004.

Rural Noida sees huge turnout

Glimpses of Voting in Greater Noida.

Face 2 Face with Voters...what they expect from would be MP

To win urban votes, Maya makes fee hike a poll plank

Greater Noida charts own Metro route

NOIDA’S FIRST MOTHER CNG STATION INAUGURATED 

Noida, April 22, 2009: Dr. U.D. Choubey, Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL (India) Ltd., today inaugurated the first mother CNG station of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) in Sector 53, Noida. IGL is the sole supplier of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in the national capital. This is the second online CNG station in Noida and the first one to cater to all types of private vehicles.

   Also present on the occasion were Mr. B.C. Tripathi, Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Ltd., Mr. Rajesh Vedvyas, Managing Director, IGL and Mr. Manmohan Singh, Director (Commercial), IGL. A large number of officials, media persons and staff members were present on the occasion.

The two online CNG Stations of IGL in Noida have the capacity to sell upto 50000 kgs per day and can fuel together fuel more than 800 buses in a day. IGL’s CNG station in Sector 53 can also fuel over 3500 smaller vehicles including autos, taxis, cars etc. in a day. Fourteen dispensing points have been installed, where two buses and twelve other vehicles can get CNG fuelling simultaneously. This would provide much needed relief to CNG users of Noida who have to go all the way to Delhi for CNG refueling.

In addition, the project work is in full swing at IGL’s online CNG station located in UPSRTC Depot premises in Sector 35 and is expected to be completed in a couple of weeks. Two online CNG dispensing facilities at OMC outlets are awaiting CCOE clearance and are expected to be operational by beginning of next month.

IGL is maintaining the same basic price of CNG in Noida as in Delhi. However, due to variation in local taxation structure, the selling price of CNG in Noida is Rs. 22.10 per kg. The selling price of CNG being charged by IGL in Delhi at Rs 18.90 per kg is lowest in the country.

In the first phase of the project, the pipelines of IGL has already been completed and charged with gas. Gas to the city of Noida is being brought from HBJ pipeline of GAIL to City Gate Station located in Nandan Kanan Park.

IGL is the only company authorized by Central Government to undertake City Gas Distribution in Noida having a firm allocation of gas from Central Government. In August 2007, Noida Authority had issued NOC to IGL for setting up CGD Project in Noida. Central Government (Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas) made allocation of 0.2 MMSCMD gas to IGL in September 2007 for implementing City Gas Distribution (CGD) for Distt. Gautambudh Nagar (Noida and Greater Noida).

Permissions to lay pipelines was issued by Noida Authority in October 2007 and Pipeline laying work was commenced immediately thereafter by IGL. In less than a year’s time of getting NOC from UP Government, IGL had completed the works of laying of Mains pipelines, City Gate Station and connectivity with GAIL’s gas grid.

The role of IGL in checking the vehicular pollution in Delhi is well acknowledged both at national as well as international forums. IGL has well laid out its city gas distribution infrastructure in Delhi, Noida and Greater Noida. 181 CNG stations have been created and the network has connected over 1,40,000 households.

Noida grows, but poor infrastructure, closure of industries haunt

Friday 17th April, 2009 (IANS)

Despite being a virtual extension of India's national capital, this industrial hub, software centre and leisure destination still laments over poor power supply and roads, making the hunger for such essentials as well as the closure of industries major election planks.

Close to 10,000 industrial units dot this city, technically in Uttar Pradesh but bordering New Delhi. Just a fourth of them function. Rising crime and poor infrastructure have only fanned the angst of the 250,000-strong electorate.

'The government in power has only traded stones and erected statues,' said Samajwadi Party contestant Narendra Bhati, seeking to blame both the central and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of Chief Minister Mayawati for the lack of development.

'Little has been done to look after the development of the state as a whole and this city in general,' Bhati told IANS, promising to bring change if elected.

For Noida Entrepreneurs Association president Rakesh Katyal, jobs, or the lack of them, was a major issue, as only 2,700 industrial units were functioning out of 9,700 that had set up shop here.

'The financial slowdown has eaten up small and medium industries and the rest are hit by high value-added tax. But the government does not appear to be concerned.'

Then there is mafia - and crime.

'The city is transforming from an industrial hub to a crime hub,' Aditya Ghildyal, general secretary of the Association of Greater Noida Industries, told IANS.

It was here that the infamous serial killings of children took place and gory tales of cannibalism hit global headlines. And it was again here that the chief executive of a multinational firm was lynched in broad daylight.

'Industrialists and we residents are scared to step out of our houses in the night. Why talk about night, there are incidents taking place in broad daylight,' said Ghildyal.

The suburban city which was earlier part of a reserved constituency, Khurja, has become Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency after delimitation. Home to nearly 400,000 people, this booming city has seen for almost four decades migration of people from all parts of the country, both for job and for a home of their own.

Noida has become a major residential hub as people took up apartments in the suburb's high rises, strewn across the city, at most competitive prices, little knowing that they would have to later regret their decision.

Little wonder then that Satya Verma, an employee of information technology major Hindustan Computers Ltd, who was once elated getting a job in Noida, now regrets his decision.

'Development is restricted to some areas. Water is dirty. Electricity supply is poor. There are potholes everywhere. Theft and burglaries are routine,' he said.

'It is hard to believe that there are so many software companies here - many of them catering to Fortune 500 companies,' he added, a view shared by Sunit Rai, a public relations executive who lives in Sector 62.

'Why blame politicians alone? It seems people are also comfortable with big shopping malls mushrooming in the city. They do not really seem to care about basic needs like infrastructure,' Rai said.

The suburban city boasts of international-style shopping malls highlighting the glaring differences in the two parallel ecosystems that runs in the city. The Great India Noida Place - a one kilometre long mall - and other shopping marts like Centre Stage Mall, Spice and many more are some of the examples of its glamorous side.

Then there is the Atta market, a shoppers paradise for the middle-class, which houses almost everything a household would need at very competitive prices.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ashok Kumar Pradhan won the 2004 polls from Khurja with an impressive margin of 41,350 votes. He is contesting this time from Bulandshahr and Mahesh Sharma, owner of the well-known Kailash Hospitals and a doctor himself, is the BJP candidate from Noida.

'We want maximum number of people to come out and vote no matter whoever they vote for,' BJP vice-president Chiranjeev Mahajan said.

'What this city needs is an educated leader who would understand policies and not any someone who would only grow richer with the nation's money.'

The Congress got only 18.16 percent of the votes in 2004. This time, it has fielded Ramesh Chand Tomar, who was in the BJP for years and switched to the Congress recently.

The BSP too has a new candidate this year - Surendra Nagar, who has huge resources at his disposal being the owner of Paras Milk, a Rs. 600-crore dairy business.

Judgment in second Nithari case to be delivered on April 25

Ghaziabad, April 15: The judgment in second Nithari rape and murder case of 8-year-old Aarti will be delivered by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge on April 25.

Aarti was the last known victim in the Nithari killings, having disappeared just about two months before the case was busted.

In the previous judgment in the Nithari killings, the special CBI court on February 12 awarded the death sentence to Moninder Singh Pandher and Surinder Koli for their respective roles in the Rampa Haldar murder case.

Just like in Halder murder case, the CBI has given a clean chit to Pandher primarily on the basis of his cellphone records, while holding only Koli guilty of the crime.

Unlike Rampa’s father, Aarti’s parents Durga and Neelam Prasad have never challenged CBI”s contention that Koli alone was the culprit.

Aarti had reportedly returned home from school on the afternoon of October 25, 2006 after which she went out to buy herself some toffees.

However, she never came back. A report about Aarti going missing was then taken down at the Sector 20 police station in Noida.

On December 29, 2006, Aarti’s remains were found buried behind Pandher’s home in Nithari. oth Pandher and Koli are accused of killing and disposing off the bodies of 19 children and a young woman between 2005 and 2006.

The investigation of the case was handed over to the CBI on January 11, 2007. The CBI has filed chargesheets in 16 cases. Chargesheets in the remaining three cases are still awaited. (ANI)

Another Feather in Greater Noida's Cap

Sachin Tendulkar makes Greater Noida his another home. After being named the Brand Ambassador for Jaypee Cements. Tendulkar was handed the key of a penthouse at Jaypee Greens. Jaypee founder chairman Jayprakash Gaur also gifted a golden bat to Tendulkar reading 'M-100'. Gaur said the words stood for 'Mission 100', urging Tendulkar to score 100 international centuries before he quits the game.

Bird watchers and Naturlist unhappy with with Ongoing Ambedkar Park Project....

Murder of an Indian CEO FT Report

Noida prepares for Commonwealth Games cycling event

Noida Authority Website Provides information about city, its various schemes, public notices and tenders....More

Noida Maps..Noida city map shows the areas, roads, railways,Hotels, places of interest, landmarks etc.....More

Greater Noida Authority Website Provides information about its various development ..more.

Now, another Noida MMS sex scandal