Noida Apr 25 PTI The police on Monday launched a probe into the fire incident at Gautam Buddh Nagar chief medical officers office here on April 22 in which several documents including birth and death registration certificates were destroyed officials saidThe first information report FIR into the incident was lodged at the Sector 39 police station three days after the fire broke out at the CMOs office on the complaint of Fire Station Officer Noida Phase I Sanjeev Kumar Singh they saidAccording to the FIR the blaze had started from the office of the registrar birth and death certificates around 226 PM and the first fire tender was rushed to the spot around 227 PM after which the flames were brought under control in some timeOfficials of the CMO office and related branches were present at the site but some documents computers furniture was destroyed in the fire A large portion of the premises was saved by the firefighters it statedSince the fire broke out in a government office which had several important documents and records which got destroyed the involvement of any individual or ill-intention cannot be ruled out the FIR statedA police official who confirmed the registration of the FIR told PTI that an investigation in the case is underway PTI KIS TDS TDS

Noida Apr 21 PTI A man involved in over a dozen cases of loot in Uttar Pradeshs Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad was arrested in Noida on Thursday after a gunfight with the police in which he suffered injuries officials saidThe accused has been identified as Gaurav who had around 15 cases lodged in the districts against him The police had also announced a reward of Rs 25000 on his arrest Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Central Noida Elamaran G saidToday the police had set up a check near Garhi Chaukhandi village on the Pusta road when a motorcycle reached there but did not stop for checking The person riding the motorcycle fled the spot prompting the local police party to chase him and a gunfight broke out between them Elamaran saidThe accused was injured in retaliatory police firing and was apprehended His motorcycle has been impounded and a country-made pistol along with some ammunition was seized from his possession the officer saidThe accused was taken to a hospital for treatment he saidThe gunfight took place under the Phase 3 police station area and further legal proceedings are being carried out the police said PTI KIS TDS TDS

Noida Apr 19 PTI Three suspects belonging to a gang which stole diesel from vehicles especially trucks parked along highways were arrested in Uttar Pradeshs Greater Noida on Tuesday police said The police have also impounded a canter truck which had a separate storage space of around 1000 litres in which the gang would store the stolen fuel they said The accused were held near the Faleda cut on Yamuna Expressway by the Rabupura police station officials The gang would target vehicles especially transport trucks parked along roads with drivers and their helpers restingThe gang would steal fuel from the vehicles and in case the driver or helper woke up the accused brandished firearms to intimidate them a police spokesperson said Those held have been identified as Hadan and Nadeem both Greater Noida locals and Afzal a native of Dholana in Hapur district the police said An FIR has been lodged in the case at the Rabupura police station and further legal proceedings are being carried out the police added PTI KIS TDS TDS

Noida Mar 21 PTI The police have arrested a woman in Uttar Pradeshs Noida and recovered two kgs cannabis from her possession officials said on MondayThe married woman who hails from Bihars Nalanda district was arrested on Sunday by officials of the Phase 2 police station they saidAccused Manisha was held near the Sector 81 metro station road close to Shiv Shakti Enclave Two kilogrammes of cannabis was seized from her possession a police spokesperson saidAn FIR has been lodged against her at the Phase 2 police station under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act the police added PTI KIS TDS TDS

Noida Mar 21 PTI The Gautam Buddh Nagar traffic police issued over 3600 e-challans to vehicle owners post Holi over various violations of road traffic rules like wrong lane driving red light jumping not using helmet or seat belt officials saidThe e-challans were issued on instructions of Police Commissioner Alok Singh during a special campaign on Sunday to check violation of traffic rules on Noida and Greater Noida roads they saidAction was taken against 3677 vehicles and e-challans issued in all these cases where traffic rules were flouted During the campaign police officials were deployed at all intersections and other important locations where they checked the offenders a police spokesperson saidAmong those issued challans were two-wheeler riders not wearing helmet or riding triple on motorcycle or scooters and those on four-wheelers not wearing seat belt Action was also taken in cases of wrong lane driving or riding parking vehicles in no-parking zones faulty number plates use of mobile phones while driving red light jumping among others the spokesperson saidMeanwhile the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police appealed to people to follow the traffic rules so that they can save themselves and their families from being victims of road accidentsAccording to official figures over 2000 lives have been lost in 4600 road crashes across Noida and Greater Noida in the last five years PTI KIS SRY

Noida Feb 22 PTI Rashtriya Lok Dal RLD chief Jayant Chuadhary on Tuesday slammed the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident alleging the BJP is anti-farmer He also questioned why the UP government did not file a review petition in the Supreme Court after the decision of the Allahabad High Court which granted bail to Ashish Mishra a key accused in the case and son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra His remarks come a day after families of victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence moved Supreme Court and a day ahead of assembly elections in the districtYogi ji should tell why was he so happy with Ashish Mishra Teni getting bail Why the UP government did not submit a review petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Allahabad High Court The point is clear BJP government is anti-farmer Chaudhary tweeted in Hindi A single judge bench of the high court on February 10 had granted the relief of bail to Mishra who had spent four months in custody On October 3 last year eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Mauryas visit to the area Four farmers were moved down by the SUV A driver and two BJP workers were then allegedly lynched by angry farmers A journalist had also died in the violence that triggered outrage among opposition parties and farmer groups agitating over the Centres now-repealed agri laws PTI KIS RCJ RCJ

Noida Feb 18 PTI Over 580 people have been penalised for creating nuisance after consuming liquor at public places across Noida and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh the police said on FridayThe action was taken on Thursday evening on the instructions of Police Commissioner Alok Singh they saidAction was taken against 589 people who were found creating nuisance after drinking in public places across all police station areas in the commissionerate a police spokesperson saidThe offenders have been booked under Indian Penal Code section 290 public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for and issued challans for penalty the police added PTI KIS TDS TDS

Noida Jan 28 PTI The police in Gautam Buddh Nagar have impounded a Mercedes car after Rs 250 lakh unaccounted cash was recovered from it officials said on Friday The seizure was made in Greater Noidas Bisrakh area on Thursday a day after the police in adjoining Noida impounded a Porsche car in a similar case the officials said In view of the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh the police has stepped up vigilance across Noida and Greater Noida to keep a check on malpractices A Mercedes car was intercepted near the Tigri roundabout on Thursday by a joint team of personnel from the Bisrakh police station and the static surveillance team SST On inspection Rs 250 lakh cash was recovered from the vehicle a police spokesperson said When questioned about the money the car occupant identified as Amandeep Singh could not present any document or satisfactory response Hence the cash was seized the spokesperson said According to officials while the occupant was released after questioning the Mercedes car was impounded No one approached the local police till Friday evening for its release Further legal proceedings in the case were underway the officials said PTI KIS VN VN

Noida Jan 19 PTI The first dose of anti-coronavirus vaccines have been administered to over 95 per cent of the targeted population in Uttar Pradesh while the second dose administered to around 62 per cent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday In the 15-17 years age group 6283 lakh vaccine doses have been provided out of the target 140 crore doses Adityanath told a press conference in poll-bound Gautam Buddh Nagar district He said the vaccination programme was launched on January 16 2021 and 157 crore vaccine doses were made available across the countryToday I am happy to inform that 2375 crore doses have been provided to the people in Uttar Pradesh and the state fairs better than the national average at present he said at the press conference held at Government Institute of Medical Sciences GIMS Greater Noida The first dose has been administered to over 95 per cent people and second dose to 62 per cent people In the 15-17 years age group 6283 lakh doses have been made available out of the target 140 crore doses Separately 529 lakh precaution dose booster dose have also been made available to people including senior citizens and frontline workers Adityanath added He said Gautam Buddh Nagar has also carried out the vaccination drive well even as he cautioned people over the third wave of the pandemic and its Omicron variant but stressed that there was no need to panicThe first dose has achieved 100 per cent target A total of 116 lakh doses given to children in the 15-17 age group the second dose of vaccine given to 92 per cent people and 46 per cent precaution doses made available in Gautam Buddh Nagar the chief minister said PTI KIS CK

New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary and Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday paid homage to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary at his memorial Kisan Ghat here Both Jayant and Tikait then participated in a havan to pay tributes to Singh a stalwart farmer leader from western Uttar Pradesh Jayant the grandson of Singh shared a video of his visit to the Kisan Ghat on Twitter The way to countrys development goes through villages We are firmly resolved in making an India that was dreamt by Chudhary Charan Singh ji The fight for farmers rights will continue relentlessly This would be the real tribute to him Tikait tweeted in Hindi The ties between the two families goes back decades with Tikaits father Mahendra Singh Tikait and Jayants grandfather Charan Singh both from western Uttar Pradesh leading farmers movements in the country Charan Singh who served as Indias prime minister from July 1979 to January 1980 was born on December 23 1902 in Meeruts Noorpur in a middle-class peasant family PTI KIS VN VN