Ghazipur

No Reduction, Significant Increase: AAP On Gautam Gambhir's Ghazipur Landfill Claim

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 25, 2020

A day after BJP MP Gautam Gambhir made a claim about reducing the height of Ghazipur landfill, the AAP said he was "lying" as there was a significant increase in the width of the landfill.

Cop's Speeding Car Runs Over Woman In Delhi

Delhi News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Aman Dwivedi | Sunday July 5, 2020

A woman was badly injured after she was run over by a speeding east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Friday, police said. The driver, Joginder, who is an official with Delhi police, was later arrested, police said.

Delhi Man Hits Woman With Car. Runs Her Over While Trying To Escape

Delhi News | Reported By Mukesh Singh Sengar | Saturday July 4, 2020

An elderly woman in east Delhi has been badly injured after she was run over by a speeding car on Friday. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, the police said.

Gautam Gambhir Urges Arvind Kejriwal To Visit Ghazipur Landfill Site

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 19, 2020

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to visit the Ghazipur landfill site for the sake of the people living near the garbage dump in a "very plightful situation".

BJP Made Delhi "Garbage Capital Of India": Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 9, 2020

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the BJP of making Delhi the "garbage capital of India" and claimed that the dump at Ghazipur landfill will soon cross the height of Taj Mahal.

Thousands Of UP Farmers Stopped On Way To Delhi, Hold Sit-In Protest

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 21, 2019

The farmers, who have been on a 'pad yatra' from Sahranpur on September 11under the banner of Rashtriya Kisan Sangh,started their march from Noida's Transport Nagar this morning after the talks between Bhartiya Kisan Sanghatan and the Agriculture Ministry failed to materialise. They were stopped by police near Ghazipur on National Highway 24.

2 Men Returning From Funeral Run Over By Pick-Up Van In UP

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 5, 2019

Two men returning from a funeral on a motorcycle died after they were run over by a pick-up van in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, police said on Wednesday.

1,000 Crores Loan Granted To Speed Up Purvanchal Expressway Construction

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 25, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Tuesday approved a loan of Rs 1,000 crore to the state's expressways development authority to speed up the construction of Purvanchal Expressway connecting Ghazipur to Lucknow.

India's Tallest Rubbish Mountain May Rise Higher Than Taj Mahal

India News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 3, 2019

The country'stallest rubbish mountain in Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in the next year, becoming a fetid symbol for what the UN considers the world's most polluted capital.

BJP's Manoj Sinha Loses Ghazipur Lok Sabha Seat To BSP's Afzal Ansari

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2019

Manoj Sinha, a dhoti-clad civil engineer from the prestigious Banaras Hindu University and three-time MP, seems to have fallen victim to caste equation as he lost from the Ghazipur constituency in eastern Uttar Pradesh by a margin of 1.19 lakh votes.

Questions Raised Over Movement Of EVMs In UP, Bihar After Videos Surface

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Amid concerns about voting machines just ahead of the counting of votes in the national election, allegations have surfaced of voting machines being moved out of their strongrooms in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Over Allegations Of EVM Swap, UP Alliance Candidate Sits On Protest

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Afzal Ansari, the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party joint candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, has sat on protest outside the strongroom where the electronic voting machines are kept.

Gautam Gambhir Promises Converting Ghazipur Landfill Into Green Space

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2019

Conversion of Ghazipur landfill into a green space, utilisation of waste to generate energy, clean Yamuna project and a Delhi University campus in East Delhi are on the agenda of cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir if he is elected in the Lok Sabha elections.

A Delhi Garbage Dump Is Getting Rave Reviews on Google

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 6, 2019

Most waste generated in east, central and Old Delhi find its way to the Ghazipur landfill.

"Who Needs Himalayas?": People Review Delhi's Infamous Ghazipur Garbage Dump

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Thursday May 2, 2019

The huge 'mountain of garbage' at the saturated Ghazipur landfill site still receives tonnes of garbage every day - but Delhi residents have found a unique way of letting their frustration be known. For about a year now, people have been flooding the Internet with five-star reviews for the Ghazipur garbage dump.