Arun Singh works as a senior correspondent with Hindustan Times. He covers crime, traffic, fire, and transport. Earlier, he was working with TOI and covered Bhopal crime and traffic. He started his career in Journalism in 2018.
Articles by Arun Singh
Man held for duping 16 women he met through matrimonial sites
He used to modulate his voice over phone calls to pose as his the “prospective groom’s father” to make the women believe that the proposal was a genuine one
Updated on Sep 25, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Arun Singh, Greater Noida
Residents dread nightmarish commute through congested Greater Noida West
To be sure, there are multiple reasons behind the congestion, such as encroachments, wrong-side driving, lack of pick-up and drop-off facility area, absence of e-rickshaw parking stand, lack of underpasses and pedestrian crossing
Updated on Sep 24, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Arun Singh, Greater Noida
Man fires in air at Gardens Galleria mall after pub brawl
Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with the firing and booked them on charges of attempt to murde
Updated on Sep 24, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Greater Noida cops arrest 2 for extorting ₹1L from man over his private video
The suspects stole ₹7,000 in cash and forced the victim to transfer ₹1 lakh by threatening to send his family the obscene video shot by them
Updated on Sep 23, 2024 05:52 AM IST
Arun Singh, Greater Noida
Police constable shoots self from service revolver in Greater Noida
By the time the police searched for him, he had parked the vehicle in an isolated place and shot himself on the right side of the temple with his service revolver
Updated on Sep 23, 2024 05:48 AM IST
Arun Singh, Greater Noida
Noida: Three suspects held over property dealer killing
Last week, police had also arrested two others, including the brother of the prime suspect, for hatching the entire plot for ₹2 crore
Updated on Sep 23, 2024 05:46 AM IST
Speeding truck kills 8-year-old boy playing outside home in Noida
The truck driver fled the spot immediately after the accident. Scanning multiple CCTV camera footage and after hours-long investigation, the truck was seized from an isolated place in Noida
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 08:42 AM IST
Two arrested for killing property dealer for not paying ₹2 crore
Officials said suspect Neeraj Gupta, a resident of Khoda in Ghaziabad, called Jha to the meeting near the Sector 137 Metro station
Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:44 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Engineer fakes abduction with help of four friends to extort ₹50 lakh from parents; held
Gaur, along with his neighbourhood friend, had made a plan to fake his abduction and extort money from his parents, who run a cable business in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:43 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
50-year-old shot dead over property dispute in Noida
Jha, who suffered a bullet injury to his head, above the right ear, was rushed to a nearby private hospital by his accompanying acquaintances, where doctors declared him dead
Updated on Sep 17, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Gatuam Budh Nagar DM’s X account ‘hack’: Contractual staffer arrested
By the time Singh realised that he had posted his comment from the DM’s official account rather than from his personal account, the post had gone viral on social media
Updated on Sep 16, 2024 06:48 AM IST
Gautam Budh Nagar DM says his account on ‘X’ hacked, case registered
Police said that the suspect used the DM’s account to comment on a post by the Congress national spokesperson
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Two arrested in Noida for extorting money from same sex people
The complaint in this case was registered by a 20-year-old man at the Phase 2 police station on Thursday, police said
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 06:56 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
UP-STF arrests Tibetan refugee for providing Indian bank accounts to cyber criminals
Investigation revealed that Therchin was in contact with cybercriminals operating from Nepal and Sri Lanka to dupe Indian citizens. He provided them Indian bank accounts for ₹4.5 lakh per account, said investigators
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 05:50 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Noida gridlocked as PM makes his way to Greater Noida for Semicon opening
Noida traffic police halted vehicles on the expressway around 10am when Modi’s convoy entered Noida. This caused significant congestion and all roads leading to the expressway was gridlocked for most of the morning hours
Published on Sep 11, 2024 10:28 PM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Body of 21-year-old man with throat slit found on Greater Noida service road
With the help of the tattoos, the deceased was identified as Santosh Kumar, aka Kalu, 21, a resident of Surajpur locality. He worked at a factory around two to three kilometre away from the spot where the body was found, said police
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 06:46 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Headmistress, teacher held for hushing up sexual harassment of nursery student
Police said the main suspect, the 25-year-old man, is yet to be arrested, as school authorities helped him escape from the spot.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 12:19 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Two suspects arrested for armed robbery at Noida’s Sector 143 home
A police team tried to stop the two suspects in Pushta Road, Noida, but they opened fire, and were shot at their legs in retaliatory firing by police
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 05:56 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
A month on, police are yet to trace the killers of rtd defence officer
A month after the murder of 67-year-old defense officer Hari Prasad in Greater Noida, his family lives in fear as police lack leads or motive.
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 05:54 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Gautam Budh Nagar: Driving licence issuance sees decline
Many applicants complained about the changes in the test format, which they said made clearing the test an “impossible” feat
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:12 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Armed men flee with ₹8 lakh worth of jewellery, cash from Noida home
Two to three suspects were captured by the CCTV cameras. They were not wearing masks and police are trying to identify them
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 07:00 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Retired major general put under ‘digital arrest’ for five days, duped of ₹2 crore by fraudsters
The retired officer was assured by the fraudster that the money would return to him within half an hour but when that did not happen, he realised that he had been duped, police said
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 07:14 AM IST
5 arrested after quarrel erupts over damaged car mirror in Noida
On Monday evening, police were alerted by a resident about the fight between the two families and one group vandalised a parked car
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 06:38 AM IST
UPSRTC okays ₹200 cr to launch 120 e-buses for NCR cities
The initiative follows directives of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to phase out diesel buses from the National Capital Region (NCR)
Updated on Aug 27, 2024 06:18 AM IST
70 rescued from 3 PG facilities after building catches fire in Noida
Five fire tenders from surrounding stations were rushed to the spot, due to narrow street they were unable to reach the building and hence hose pipes were used to douse the flames
Updated on Aug 27, 2024 06:10 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
Man defrauds UP residents with e-FIRs, held from MP
He purportedly revealed that he started carrying out this crime for last one year after learning how to download others’ e-FIRS from a neighbour
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Heavy rain triggers waterlogging, traffic congestion in Greater Noida
Commuters were forced to navigate through knee-deep water, and congestion was reported as several bikers halted in the middle of the road to avoid waterlogged areas
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 06:26 AM IST
Arun Singh, Greater Noida
Noida: Old video of brandishing guns, lands 2 men in jail
Someone saved that video from their social media accounts’ status around nine months back, and uploaded it on Thursday and it soon it went viral
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 06:20 AM IST
14-year-old boy bathing in pond at Waste to Wealth Park in Noida’s Sector 54 drowns
Following the incident, the Noida authority said it will not allow children to enter the park, unless accompanied by parents or adults
Updated on Aug 22, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Arun Singh, Noida
3 arrested over ₹1.4cr gold theft from Noida factory
Dev hid the gold in his clothes and slipped out of the factory. With the help of his friends Vinay and Harish, they sold the gold in Delhi, the SHO shared
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 07:00 AM IST