A juice vendor in Ghaziabad was arrested for allegedly serving drinks laced with urine. The incident came to light after customers noticed a yellowish liquid being mixed with the fruit juice. Police recovered a container of urine from the stall and detained the vendor and a teenage worker. This incident follows similar disturbing cases of food contamination in India and the US.
To ensure the safety of children and facilitate the annual Kanwar Yatra, all schools in Ghaziabad will be closed from July 29 to August 2. This closure is due to the heavy influx of devotees carrying ‘holy water’ from Haridwar, causing road closures and traffic restrictions.
The annual Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage is impacting traffic flow in Delhi-NCR. Authorities have implemented traffic restrictions and diversions to accommodate the influx of pilgrims, leading to significant changes in regular traffic routes. This article provides a detailed overview of the traffic advisories, including road closures and alternate routes, for commuters in Delhi, Noida, and Ghaziabad.
Eight Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh went to polls in the first phase, with another eight set to vote in the second phase on April 26. The 2019 elections were largely bipolar, with the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) contesting together. However, this year’s election is expected to be a three-cornered contest after Mayawati decided to go alone. A total of 91 candidates are in the fray for the second phase, covering Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, and Bulandshahr seats. Key seats to watch out for in the second phase include Amroha, Meerut, Mathura, and Ghaziabad. In Amroha, BSP’s winning candidate from 2019, Danish Ali, is now contesting on a Congress ticket against BJP’s Kanwar Singh Tanwar and BSP’s Mujahid Hussain. In Meerut, the BJP has replaced three-time MP Rajendra Agarwal with actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in the popular TV serial ‘Ramayan’. The BJP had a narrow victory in 2019, winning by a margin of 5,000 votes against the SP-BSP-RLD alliance. This time, both Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati have fielded Hindu candidates in a seat where Muslims constitute 36% of the population. In Mathura, the BJP has fielded two-time sitting MP Hema Malini. The actor-turned-politician faces challenge from OBC leader Mukesh Dhangar of the Congress and Chaudhary Suresh Singh of the BSP. In Ghaziabad, Mayawati has fielded Nandkishore Pundhir to capitalize on the resentment among the Rajput community against the BJP. The Congress has fielded Dolly Sharma from the seat.
