Ghaziabad

GHAZIABAD - A leopard which strayed out of a forest near Bahadurgarh area here was beaten to death by villagers with lathis and spears, officials said.

GHAZIABAD - A family in Ghaziabad had a surprise visitor Tuesday night - a four-feet long monitor lizard that became the house guest while the scared hosts had to spend the night out in the street.

GHAZIABAD - The only forest area in Ghaziabad, which serves as the city's green lungs, are dying a slow death due to mismanagement by the civic agencies that let it decay into a garbage dump, leading to the destruction of thousands of trees, says a report by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

GHAZIABAD - Many colonies in Ghaziabad are losing whatever green cover they had and turning into concrete jungles - all in the name of development, residents of the city say.

GHAZIABAD - Police in Ghaziabad rescued over 700 endangered species of parrots from a smuggler, who was taking them to Delhi to sell.