Although Vasundhara Enclave is a relatively safer colony due to only Societies there yet the following crime is very common:-
(i) Chain Snatching on the Vasundhara Enclave-Noida Road:
July 16, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: A comm on man took the lead in nabbing a snatcher when he was fleeing with an IT executive's purse near the Akshardham temple on Sunday evening. Police said a constable, Mohit, posted at the PCR, helped Bhupendra to catch the accused. Renu Sood, an executive at IBM Noida who lives in Vasun dhara Enclave, was returning home from Kashmere Gate. She had got off at Shakarpur Pusta and had taken a rickshaw to reach the Akshardham bus stop. As soon as she got off the rickshaw , two bikers came and snatched the purse from her, cops said.
DELHI
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CBSE paper leak: 13 students detained Vikas Verma and Rakesh Verma were arrested from New Ashok Nagar in Delhi on Saturday. They were caught with Physics and Chemistry papers in which the answers had already been marked. The papers apparently tallied entirely with the actual question papers. The police said two accused, who are yet to be arrested, were operating from somewhere in Delhi. "We have inputs that they were active in at least one more place in Delhi. It's likely that they were doing this in collusion with others outside Delhi," added Pathak.
DELHI
12 hurt as LPG cylinder bursts in east Delhi
November 30, 2012 | TNN
NEW DELHI: Twelve people, including four women , were severely burnt in east Delhi after a cooking gas cylinder exploded on Thursday. The incident was reported at 9am from E block in New Ashok Nagar. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot, fire officials said, and it took 10 minutes to douse the blaze. Some locals had informed police about the incident. Cops then took the injured to Lal Bahadur Shashtri Hospital from where they were shifted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, an officer stated.
DELHI
1 killed in house collapses in east Delhi
August 31, 2005 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A building collapse in New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi on Tuesday evening left one person dead and seven others injured. According to the police, the owners of the two-storeyed building were in the process of having a third floor added to it. On Tuesday, one of the pillars on the under-construction floor collapsed, and with it, the girders and part of the roof which were supported by the pillar also came down. The walls were reportedly only four inches in width and crumbled under the load of the building.
DELHI
Couple found hanging in Noida colony
July 28, 2009 | TNN
NOIDA: A 32-year-old man and his wife were found hanging from an electric pole and a tree respectively in sector 15 on Monday. An autopsy report later revealed that there was no foul play. The two identified as Pappu Katiyar and his wife Vandana alias Chatto (28) had been married for seven years. The autopsy confirmed that the couple died due to asphyxia, Noida district police chief Ashok Kumar told reporters. According to a police officer, a passerby noticed the bodies around 6.15am.
DELHI
Man jumps to death in east Delhi
September 5, 2003 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old man, Triloki Nath Adlakha, reportedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of his Vasundhara Enclave residence on Thursday morning. Adlakha was a deputy director with the Software Technology Park of India, an autonomous government body. According to the police, the victim had been suffering from depression for the past one year. Nath was a resident of Prayag Apartments in the New Ashok Nagar area. The victim's house is located on the first floor of the three-storey structure.
DELHI
Spurned suitor stabs 20-year-old
January 1, 2013 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old woman working for a Noida BPO was stabbed to death, allegedly by a spurned suitor, in New Ashok Nagar of east Delhi on Monday evening, police said. Neha Yadav lived in Rajveer Colony in east Delhi. Neha's friend, Gaurav, who was accompanying her and tried to save her life, was also injured by the accused, identified as Devender (24). He was arrested by the police from the spot after a short chase. Gaurav worked in the same company as Neha's team leader and lived with his family in Krishna Nagar.
DELHI
Flag-off today for Metro to Noida
November 12, 2009 | TNN
NEW DELHI: Residents of Noida have reason to cheer. The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) has certified Delhi Metro's Noida line as fit for use by commuters. The line will be opened for public use at 6 am on Friday. On Thursday, there will be a ceremonial flag-off by union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy and Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit at Akshardham Metro station. This will be followed by another inaugural function at Noida City Center Sector 32 station to be attended by UP chief minister Mayawati.
DELHI
Fire in New Ashok Nagar building
December 11, 2010 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A fire was reported from the basement of a six-storey building in New Ashok Nagar on Friday evening. The incident was reported from a godown storing computers in the basement of D-87 New Ashok Nagar around 7pm. Fire officials struggled to extinguish the fire for over three hours. The building is located on a 1000-sqft plot, said sources. " Twenty eight fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and we are facing some difficulty entering into the basement.
NOIDA
Noida City Centre metro station sinking, experts don’t know why
September 25, 2013 | Rumu Banerjee , TNN
NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro officials were carrying out routine inspections at the Noida City Centre station on September 16, when they found that a part of the platform had sagged and cracks had appeared in it. Similar cracks were seen on the other end of the platform. More than a week and rigorous investigations later, Delhi Metro says it is yet to identify the reason for the mysterious sagging. "Experts from Delhi Metro and construction company Gammon India are investigating the reason for the sagging.
DELHI
10th grader's body found in drain
April 9, 2008 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The body of a Class X student, kidnapped on April 4, was found dumped in a drain in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar on Tuesday. The victim was identified, as Rajdeep Singh (16). The police said that Rajdeep was a student of governement school, who was kidnapped while on his way to school. His parents had lodged a complaint, and a kidnapping case was registered. "His parents have alleged that they got a ransom call of Rs 2 lakh,"said the police. The body was found in a drain near Mayur Vihar-III.
Delhi Police Constable hangs self
November 13, 2008 | PTI
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police Constable allegedly committed suicide on Thursday at his residence in East Delhi. Sushil Kumar Chaudhury (36), posted with the PCR, was found hanging in his room at his New Ashok Nagar residence this morning by his family, police said. No suicide note was found, police said. Last night Chaudhury had spoken to his brother in Bulandshahr and he did not show any signs of depression, police said quoting family members. Chaudhury belongs to Bulandshahr (UP)
DELHI
Metro moves closer to Noida
July 26, 2009 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A month from now, you will reach Connaught Place from Noida in 25 minutes, or even go all the way up to Dwarka in one hour flat. With the trial runs having started on the 13.1-km long Delhi Metro line to Noida Sector 32 on Saturday, Metro is finally reaching other NCR areas. By the year-end, it will enter Gurgaon and reach the Ghaziabad border, followed by the Faridabad border in September 2010. For the trials, the trains were made to run between Yamuna Bank and New Ashok Nagar metro stations from 10 am to 2 pm at a speed of 15 kmph.
DELHI
Outages continue due to coal shortage
January 9, 2013 | TNN
NEW DELHI: For the second week, Delhites continued to face power cuts. Residents of south and east Delhi have been complaining of power cuts for two to three hours every day. Power department officials said the problem is caused by shortage in coal supply to many generating stations. The supply has been affected by cancellation and rescheduling of goods trains. The worst affected areas are Greater Kailash I, Kailash Colony , Amar Colony, Nehru Place, Laxmi Nagar, Shakkarpur, Sarita Vihar, Mayur Vihar phase I, New Ashok Nagar, Karkardooma and Shahdara.
DELHI
Metro work to start in Noida on Wednesday
August 1, 2006 | TNN
NEW DELHI: Work for the Metro will finally begin in Noida on Wednesday. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will start construction work near City Centre in Sector 32 with test piling work. The work would involve making holes in the ground and constructing concrete piles or pillars every 1 kilometre. DMRC has divided the 6.98 km stretch from New Ashok Nagar to Sector 32 in two parts. The first stretch ? about 3.28 km ? is from New Ashok Nagar to Sector 18. It will have stations at Sectors 15, 16 and 18. The 3.7-km second stretch will go from Botanical Garden, through Golf Course to reach City Centre at Sector 32. While the tender will be given by Tuesday, the contract has been awarded to Gammon India.
DELHI
A man arrested for murdering a 5-year old
January 24, 2009 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering a 5-year-old boy in New Ashok Nagar area of east Delhi. The accused, Awadesh Yadav (30), had kidnapped the boy on Thursday and demanded Rs 10,000 ransom from the family. The police said family of the victim, Harsh, knew Yadav well. Harsh was kidnapped from his house in New Kondli area where his father, Shambhu, is a vegetable vendor and taken to a village in Noida district. When Shambhu received the ransom call, he informed the police.
DELHI
Metro connectivity to 10 Games venues
January 5, 2009 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The Phase-II construction of the Delhi Metro, which is progressing at a fast pace, will provide easy Metro connectivity to 10 out of 11 venues of the Commonwealth Games 2010. The venues include: Games Village, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi University, Thyagaraj Complex, Siri Fort Sports Complex, National Stadium, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex and R K Khanna Tennis Complex. DMRC has already completed 25% to 57% work on all the Metro lines passing by Games venues and they will be opened by September 2010, a month before the Commonwealth Games are scheduled.
DELHI
SHO roughed up by lawyers in Tis Hazari
April 6, 2004 | TNN
NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, the station house officer (SHO) of the New Ashok Nagar police station was beaten up by lawyers in the Tis Hazari court complex on Monday. The SHO, Ashok Tyagi, is currently undergoing treatment in the Hindu Rao Hospital. The incident occurred after 12.30 pm. Tyagi had gone to the court complex to appear as a witness in a murder case, in the court of additional sessions judge Khanna, when he was reportedly attacked by over 20 persons including many lawyers.
DELHI
IP student commits suicide
February 22, 2009 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A second year BA student of Indraprastha College committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her friend's New Ashok Nagar residence in east Delhi. According to the police, the father of the deceased is a businessman and she was living with her family in Paschim Vihar. "On Friday afternoon, we received a call from one of the deceased's male friend. He said that when he had come to his residence in New Ashok Nagar, he found the girl in an unconscious state.
DELHI
HC comes to rescue of rape victim
August 12, 2004 | Bhadra Sinha , TNN
NEW DELHI: Thanks to Delhi Police's inaction, a married woman was forced to live in illegal custody of a man, who allegedly raped her for 15 days. The alleged rapist had purchased the woman for Rs 15,000. However, it was a Delhi High Court order which came to the woman's rescue. Within a week of receiving a court notice, the New Ashok Nagar police of east district -- where the woman's brother had lodged the complaint -- rescued the woman. The same police had earlier refused to register a case, saying the woman was major and, therefore, no cognizable offence was made out. Justice T S Thakur and Justice J P Singh said the police's decision to turn a blind eye to an offence like the sale of a woman, was a disturbing issue.
DELHI
Another wedding called off over dowry
June 3, 2003 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A wedding scheduled for June 6 in New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi was called off after the groom's family demanded a car in dowry. The bride, Lata's, brother Satish Baghel reported the matter to the police. "Baghel said his sister was due to be married to an Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) resident, Yogender Baghel, on June 6. But on May 25, the boy's family demanded a Maruti car," said deputy commissioner of police (east) Nuzhat Hassan. The family tried to negotiate with the groom's family.
ELHI
22-year-old shoots self to death
February 22, 2008 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a country-made pistol in New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi late on Wednesday night. A day earlier, he had a heated argument with his father who had objected to his consumption of alcohol, the police said. The police said Sandeep Agarwal had an altercation with his father on February 19. On February 20, when his father had gone to Rajasthan in connection with their business, Sandeep reportedly shot himself.
DELHI
PCR staff foil suicide attempt
June 11, 2003 | TNN
NEW DELHI: Vigilant staff of the police control room rescued a 19-year-old man who attempted suicide in New Ashok Nagar area. The PCR van was patrolling the area when they heard the pleadings of the man's wife and mother. Later the police learnt that the man attempted suicide because his father refused to refrain from drinking. DCP (PCR) A K Singh said: "At 6:30 pm, the van heard two women seeking help. They immediately went inside the house and found that the man had bolted the door from inside.
DELHI
Auditor's body found
July 20, 2011 | TNN
NEW DELHI: An auditor associated with the Commonwealth Games 2010 was found dead in mysterious circumstances inside a car near his home in east Delhi . Police found the deceased, SS Viju (37), slumped in the car late on Tuesday. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead. "There were no injuries on his body. He was found inside a car outside Nagarjuna Apartments near Mayur Vihar. Liquor bottles were found inside the vehicle. The cause of death is not known yet. We are investigating the case and foul play cannot be ruled out," said a senior police officer.
DELHI
New Metro station to house a depot as well
July 26, 2006 | NIDHI SHARMA , TNN
NEW DELHI: It may be the city's lifeline, but Yamuna has been long flowing in neglect. Now, the Delhi Metro has come up with a unique tribute for the river ? an interchange station to be built on its bank and named after it. As DMRC chief public relations officer Anuj Dayal puts it: "The station will be an interchange point. It will not be a station where passengers will terminate their journey. It will be a point where they will change over to other lines. " The station will provide the most important link for east Delhi.
DELHI
Bus ferrying students catches fire in Delhi
November 26, 2009 | PTI
NEW DELHI: A DTC bus ferrying students to a city school caught fire in east Delhi this morning, injuring the driver and conductor of the vehicle. The incident was reported from New Ashok Nagar at around 8 am, fire brigade officials said. None of the children in the bus, ferrying students of Evergreen School, were injured. The driver and the conductor of the bus suspected some leakage and got down from the bus to inspect it. There was some kind of a little blast, following which the bus caught fire, Principal of the school Priyanka Gulati said.
DELHI
Hoax call on explosives
July 31, 2003 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The recent spate of hoax calls in the city continued with a caller claiming that some people were travelling with arms and explosives in a car near New Ashok Nagar in east Delhi. According to the police, the caller said that three persons were travelling in the speeding car which was also involved in an accident. "An enquiry, however, revealed that the car mentioned by the caller was registered in the name of one Dhawan, a resident of Ashok Nagar near Tilak Nagar police station in the west district," said additional deputy commissioner of police (east)
INDIA
Delhi court frees rape accused, terms woman, IO 'unreliable'
July 12, 2007 | PTI
NEW DELHI: A local court has acquitted two youths of charges of raping a woman five years ago, after holding the alleged victim and investigating officer (IO) as "unworthy of credence". "The perusal of records show that neither the prosecutrix nor the investigating officer is worth lending credence and no reliance can be placed on their testimonies," Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma said. The woman's father had in April, 2002, lodged an FIR with New Ashok Nagar Police Station casting suspicion on accused Matru Lal Gupta and Anil for abducting his daughter, following which the duo was apprehended and slapped with charges of raping the alleged victim.
MUMBAI
Two killed in hit-and-run accidents
September 29, 2011 | TNN
MUMBAI: Two people were killed in hit-and-run accidents in Bandra and Goregaon on Tuesday. In the first mishap, a 30-year-old worker, Bikram Masih, was hit by a red car near the Bandra bridge on the sea link's south-bound lane. The incident took place around 8.30 pm, when Masih, along with another worker, Ramesh Bhagwansingh (46), got off a company bus. They were crossing the road when the speeding car hit Masih. In the second mishap, a 23-year-old biker, Azhar Khan, was killed in Goregaon after a lorry rammed into him on the Western Express Highway.
LUDHIANA
32 cases of snatching, loot cracked
August 21, 2012 | TNN
LUDHIANA: The police claimed to have cracked 32 cases of snatching and loot with the arrest of members belonging to two gangs on Monday. Assistant commissioner of police, north, Swapan Sharma, "Six people were arrested. In the first case, a gang active in the city for two years and responsible for more than three dozen incidents of snatching and looting was busted. On questioning, the gang members admitted to 14 cases of snatching and 10 of loot. " Those arrested were identified as Mankush Kumar alias Mickey of Santokh Nagar, Rajneesh Kumar alias Rohit of Street Peeru Banda in Salem Tabri, Nabi Kumar alias Nabi Kala of New Kartar Nagar and Pawan Kumar alias Mota of New Ashok Nagar.
DELHI
Returning from puja, man run over in SE Delhi
October 7, 2011 | TNN
New Delhi: A 28-year-old man returning from Durga Puja celebrations at C R Park was run over by an unidentified vehicle in the Lajpat Nagar area in southeast Delhi. He was identified as Sanjeev Bhattacharya, a resident of New Ashok Nagar. Sanjeev's motorcycle hit a car and skidded on the bridge, police said. The accident took place around 11:30 pm on Wednesday, the police added. They said he was on his way home from a pandal at C R Park. "A taxi had broken down but the driver had not kept the backlights blinking.
ELHI
Neighbour held for Kondli minor's rape
April 21, 2008 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The police have arrested one person, accused of raping a 12-year-old mentally challenged girl in Kondli, in New Ashok Nagar on April 12. The accused had been on a run since the day of the incident. He raped the girl in front of her grandmother in her house on the fateful night. He reportedly stayed at the second floor of the same house where the victim's family stayed on rent. On the night of the incident, the victim was sleeping with her grandmother while her parents and two brothers were asleep in the adjoining room.
INDIA
Anant back, Rs 50-lakh ransom recovered
November 18, 2006 | Sachin Parashar & Lalit Kumar , TNN
NEW DELHI: Little Anant is back home, safe and happy on the eve of his mother's birthday. He arrived on Friday morning in an autorickshaw to the unbounded joy of the Gupta family that went through five harrowing days, uncertain whether the 3-year-old son of Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta would be returned. There were clear signs of the tense atmosphere in the household easing up on Thursday as the children came out to play on the lawns of Gupta's sprawling villa in Noida's upscale 15A sector.
DELHI
DTC bus kills again, mows down boy in east Delhi
August 22, 2011 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding Delhi Transport Corporation bus in New Ashok Nagar area in east Delhi on Saturday afternoon. Police have registered a case against the bus driver and arrested him. After the accident, family members and relatives of the victim protested outside New Ashok Nagar police station asking for strict action to be taken against the bus driver. The incident took place at around 12.30pm on Saturday when the victim, Rahul, was going to school to attend the afternoon shift.
DELHI
Four-day-old kidnapped in east Delhi
November 14, 2008 | TNN
NEW DELHI: The parents of a four-day-old boy, residing in New Ashok Nagar, have alleged that their son had been kidnapped on Wednesday evening by another local resident, whom they knew only by face. However, hours into the incident, the family is yet to receive any ransom calls from anybody. The police have registered a case of kidnapping at the New Ashok Nagar police station in east Delhi. According to family sources, the boy was born five days ago at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital.
HYDERABAD
Thieves thrashed in city, one dies
June 11, 2010 | TNN
HYDERABAD: Residents of Parsigutta caught two thieves on Thursday and thrashed them. Both suffered severe injuries and a few hours later, one of them, Tara Singh, succumbed to injuries at Gandhi Hospital, while the other is battling for life. Tara Singh, 40 and Bachan Singh, 30, of Vambay Nagar in Ramachandrapuram went to Ambernagar locality in Parsigutta during the wee hours of Thursday to commit burglaries at locked houses. The thieves broke open locks of the houses of Venkatachary and Lakshmi.
DELHI
Poor ridership fear makes Metro revise routes
July 30, 2004 | NIDHI SHARMA , TNN
NEW DELHI: Metro Rail has given the revised routes to the steering committee headed by Delhi chief secretary. Rao said: "These routes have been modified because in many cases there has not been enough development. For instance, in the south beyond Qutab Minar, we do not expect a good ridership for some time. So we have suggested that this not be taken up in the second phase. " The top priority for the second phase would be connecting the Commonwealth Games village.
DELHI
Neighbour held for abduction, rape of minor girl
October 3, 2013 | PTI
NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped for two days by a youth from her neighbourhood, police said on Thursday. The girl was rescued last night and the youth, identified as Vikas (22), was arrested on Thursday after the victim's medical report confirmed rape, police said. The teenage girl, who lives in New Ashok Nagar, Block B, had gone missing last Tuesday after stepping outside her house, following which an FIR was lodged. "Vikas, who lives in the girl's neighbourhood, too, was missing since Tuesday.
DELHI
Rioting in east Delhi: 13 arrested
September 3, 2012 | PTI
NEW DELHI: Thirteen people were today arrested in connection with rioting in east Delhi in which one person was killed following rumours that a youth died after an accident at a vehicle checking picket. Thirty-nine people, including 35 police personnel, were injured in last night's arsoning and rioting in Mayur Vihar Phase-III area after enraged locals attacked police posts and damaged public property. A large number of police personnel have been deployed in the area following the rioting after spreading of rumours that the man, who fell from his scooter at a police picket, died.
DELHI
Country liquor found in milk van, driver arrested
October 24, 2013 | TNN
NEW DELHI: A man was arrested for carrying over 100 cartons of country-made liquor in a tempo bearing the logo of Mother Dairy in Ashok Nagar, east Delhi on Thursday. The liquor was meant to be distributed during the forthcoming assembly polls and Diwali. The driver of the vehicle, Sunil Kumar, was trying to go past a police picket near the New Ashok Nagar Metro station, but was stopped. He was asked to open the back door of the tempo where 101 cartons of quarters of liquor were found inside it. He was arrested on the spot.
DELHI
Day after, kids recount beating by MCD
March 20, 2009 | Dwaipayan Ghosh , TNN
new delhi : Bandaged and wearing blood-stained clothes, the 11 students of Class III trooped into the Nagar Nigam Prathamik Bal Valika Vidyalaya at New Ashok Nagar on Thursday to appear for their exams. As nine-year-old Mahesh tried hard to concentrate on his books, his agitated father Rajkumar Sharma demanded an explanation from the school authorities. His son and 10 others were beaten by their teacher for allegedly "misbehaving in class" on Wednesday. The teacher has since been arrested.
