Formula One care race which was scheduled in 2010 wil now be held in 2011. According to the President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Suresh Kalmadi, the F1 will now be held in 2011. He did not give any reason for the delay. Berni ( Ecclestone, Formula One supremo) and JP Group are working on the plan. The race track which is to be develope by JP Group will be near the proposed Greater Noida Airport, about 50 km from Delhi. This is a Rs 1500 crore project which will spread over 800 acres of land

Noida all set to see a new campus of AIIMS. A proposal has been approved by the governing body headed by Abumani Ramadoss, the Union Health Minister.

The Institute has proposed to open new campus in Noida or Gurgaon by the name of AIIMS 2. The campus will ease the traffic of patients coming to AIIMS.

Mr. Sailesh Yadav, Deputy Director, Administration said, “The existing infrastructure of the current AIIMS is not adequate to meet the requirements of patients. The existing land of 166 acres is falling short.”

He further said that in its proposal sent to the government, the AIIMS has demanded 300 acres of land either in Noida or NCR in Haryana, keeping in view the accessibility from the main campus.
Source: - Msn.com

The body of Ashok Sharma, a resident of Nithari, Noida was found in his car on Thursday along the National Highway in Ghaziabad.

Sharma, a cable operator, was shot in the head after he was returning from Wave Cinema in Noida. The Police recovered bottles of whisky from his car. The motive behind the murder is still unclear. However, the superintendent of police (city), Vijay Bhushan said that the matter is being investigated and a list of suspects is being formulated.

Incidentally, Sharma is said to have some criminal cases pending against him at various police stations.

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A group of miscreants attacked the sector 4 office of the Noida-based TV channnel Sudarshan Tv, just when Himani Savrakar of Abhinav Bharat was giving interview in the studio. The attack which took place at about 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday  caused massive damage to furniture and property although leaving Savarkar unhurt. Consequently, Himani Savarkar’s interview was immediately withheld after news of the attack spread in the office.

“A group of men entered the reception of the channel and as the guard was not present, they broke the windows and destroyed other property. Before anybody could stop them, the culprits had fled the office. We still do not know the reason behind the attack,” an employee said.

Senior Superintendent of Police R.K. Chaturvedi, rebuts the claim that the attack was targeted at Savarkar, He said: “The miscreants only wanted to target the channel’s office and not Savarkar, as perceived. If that had been their intention, they would have headed straight into the studio and attacked her. But instead, they just broke the glass windows and fled the spot within five minutes.” The police have collected fingerprints and sent them to forensic experts for examination.

Since Sudarshan Tv is believed to be a close ally of Sangh Parivar, the possibility of the involvement of those opposing the recent alliance of Hindu groups in the wake of the recent arrests in the Malegaon blasts case cannot be ruled out.

“Never has it happened before. This alliance is unacceptable to the Congress and it is because of that the attack has taken place. It is the outcome of a dirty game played by the Congress,” Savarkar said after the incident.

Greater Noida is already in short of power and to make the matters worse Uttaranchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam (UVVN) had only added to this pain.

Noida Power Company Limited official spokesperson Mr Samarjit Mohanty revealed that the Nigam has asked to pay a higher rate of Rs 2.70 as earlier decided by the state authority and now Nigam has warned that it will stop supply. Noida Power Company limited has now challenged the notice in court and their hearing date is on 8th January.

Greater Noida is already short of power supply. Its requirement is 110 mega watts but so far only 75 mega watts are generated for the area. 45mw are coming from NPCL and another 30 mw from private players.

The township will lost its half power supply following the standoff between the two parties. Meanwhile, Nigam general Manager Mr. K.G.Puri said, “The regulatory authority’s rate is for consumers, not profit-making power suppliers. The NPCL was expected to set up its own generation units by late 1990s, but, have still not done so. We have our own power supply problems.”

Anjani Kumar, a private firm accountant was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly swindling 1 lakh off customer Dheeraj Manchanda, an executive working for a BPO in Sector 59.

According to the police, Manchanda was alerted when he received two text messages informing him about the withdrawal from his account. Since he had not withdrawn the amount, he checked with the bank and was told that the amount withdrawn from his net account was in favour of Anjani Kumar.

The fraud took place in ABN Amro Bank branch in Sector 18. Though Kumar has been arrested, additional investigations are still on.

All of us enjoy drinking tea  or coffee in between our long working hours which are meant to refresh us ,but have you ever considered the fact that “what that single disposed cup of your drink would mean to the environment ?”.
There are more than 100 sectors in Noida which are loaded with several offices and call centers. On an average there are 200 tea and coffee stalls and every stall serves around 350 cups of beverage everyday which amounts to 70,000 cups per day. That brings us to the magnificent figure of the 15,50,000 cups per month(calculated as per 25 working days in a month).The matter is not how much we drink but how we dispose  these used and non-degradable cups. Most of these stalls have no dustbin arrangements and dumps the litter in open grounds or sewage system which in return chocks the sewage system and this dirty water gets stagnated.
The reason why most of people working in Noida ignore it is because even if they are bothered about it, the idea just flashes for a second and goes off with the same speed. Most of the time concerned authorities and organizations don’t make an effort to care about them. Aftermath of this pollution is faced not only by the residents of Noida but also the passerby. No doubt it may result in making it another dumping ground in the NCR. This problem is not only limited to tea stalls but lots of street food vendors also apply the same theory.
So next time when you have your drink in Noida don’t just bother about the taste but also think about the ways of dumping the cup.  It is necessary that we start behaving like a responsible citizen without feeling embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Submitted by -Priyanka Mittal and Swati Soni

Noida, Nov 23:  After conducting a raid in the office of Television 100, the Aligarh police seized hard disks and arrested two employees of the channel. The police raided the office after a case was registered against the channel for  allegedly showing a fabricated program about a company employing child labourers. The channel also flashed the programme on Internet.

Consequently, company lost a contract worth over Rs.50 million signed with a foreign firm. The foreign firm annulled the order on the ground of illegally employing children to produce brassware goods incurring heavy losses on the company. The police took away hard disks to examine the verity of complaint.

An explosion that took place in a garbage dump near Noida’ sector 12-22 intersection on Nov 14, left two small rag pickers injured.

Monu and Golu, aged 8 and 6 respectively, were searching through the garbage piled up below a power transformer opposite Chaura village in sector-22 when the blast took place. While Golu sustained minor injuries, Monu lost two fingers in his right hand.

The injured boys were rushed to the district hospital for treatment and the bomb disposal squad was called to identify the cause of the explosion.

According to the Superintendent of Police-City, A.K. Tripathi the blast seemed to be due to a powerful cracker left unused on Diwali festival, and has no terrorist link. However, the real reason will be revealed only after the bomb disposal squad submits its report.

As a precaution security has been tightened in Noida.

Photo courtesy - carf

It’s your first job interview. All stressed and confused you reach the office hoping to impress the boss only to be surprised later. The competition for the post is not between you and another graduate but between you and dog. Astonished to see the long queue of dogs you try to evaluate yourself and pray that it’s just another nightmare…booms it’s not.
Lemon Tree Hotel chain in India employees dogs in their management. Sparky Keswani (read as Dog Sparky Keswani) is senior food critic as well as mascot of the hotel. Wondering about the mathematics behind Keswani…Patu Keswani is the Managing Director of Lemon Tree Hotels.
Apart from Sparky it has six more dog as employees Bobby as junior food critic, Tommy as top dog in Guest Protection Service where as Lottery, Potty, Knotty and Snippy are on training. So far dogs are widely used in police investigations but this exceptional use of dog’s sniffing capabilities is new and surely commendable as well.
In the time when world is facing recession and jobs are being laid off all over this is a paradox that dogs are another species which needs job and moohal to raise itself. This may even turn into a phenomenon where certain percentage of jobs will be reserved for dogs. Do not be shocked to see if in future PETA which is currently fighting for the animal’s rights may start fighting for the equal job opportunities for dogs or other animals.

Submitted by -Swati Soni

Ideated by -Manish and Saurabh