To combat rising pollution in western Uttar Pradesh, PVVNL is urging wedding venues to replace diesel generators with permanent electricity connections. The region, including Meerut and Ghaziabad, is experiencing poor to severe air quality, prompting school closures up to Class 12 in line with GRAP Stage IV and Supreme Court directives.

Dense fog caused a major accident on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway near Dadupur village on Tuesday morning, leaving over a dozen people injured. Around 5:15 am, three vehicles, including a bus, collided due to poor visibility. The injured were immediately transported to the hospital for treatment.

A 28-year-old man allegedly murdered his sister-in-law and her three-month-old infant in Ghaziabad. The suspect, identified as Mohamad Zeeshan, had a dispute with the victim, Shaheen Parveen, before allegedly strangling her and the infant. Zeeshan, who was scheduled to fly to Dubai for work, is currently missing, and police are conducting a search operation to apprehend him.

A 30-year-old woman, Angela Joseph, tragically died in a car crash in Noida after her vehicle collided with a divider. Her passenger sustained serious injuries. In separate incidents within Noida, two other individuals, Chetan Sharma and a woman named Pooja, also lost their lives in road accidents.

Noida police have apprehended a 38-year-old man for allegedly forging documents to fraudulently obtain a luxury vehicle from a showroom. The accused, Raj Deb, used a fake cheque and fabricated a payment message to acquire a Tata Safari.