Noida/Greater Noida, April 13 (IANS) Tensions flared in parts of Noida on Sunday after thousands of workers staged protests across the district to press for their demands. According to Laxmi Singh, Police Commissioner of Gautam Buddh Nagar, nearly 42,000 workers gathered at around 83 locations. While the majority of demonstrations remained peaceful, incidents of violence were reported at two locations, she said.Laxmi Singh told the media that minimal force was used to disperse the crowd, and ove…
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Noida, April 13 (IANS) A large-scale protest by factory workers over low wages and unmet demands for salary hikes turned violent in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida on Monday, as agitating employees vandalised vehicles, damaged property and allegedly pelted stones at police personnel in the Phase 2 industrial area.The protest, led by workers employed in private manufacturing units, caused massive traffic congestion intensified along the Noida Link Road, with long queues of vehicles reported for several h…
Noida, April 13 (IANS) Traffic movement between Delhi and Noida was severely disrupted on Monday after a workers’ protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district escalated into violence, prompting authorities to issue an advisory and divert commuters.According to the Delhi Traffic Police, traffic congestion intensified along the Noida Link Road due to an ongoing agitation by workers from private factories. Protesters reportedly blocked the route coming from the Chilla Border, severel…
Noida, April 13 (IANS) A protest by workers in Phase 2 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar escalated into violence on Monday, as demonstrators demanding a salary hike clashed with authorities and vandalised property outside a private company. The agitation, which had been ongoing for the past three days in the form of a sit-in protest, intensified as thousands of workers took to the streets across multiple industrial sectors. The situation turned volatile in Sector 1, Block 84, where…
Noida, April 10 (IANS) In a major development in the suspicious death of Amity University student Harshit Bhatt, the Noida Police have registered an FIR under murder charges, acting on a complaint filed by the victim’s family.The case falls under the jurisdiction of Noida’s Sector-126 police station, where three students, who were reportedly with Harshit at the time of the incident, have been named in the FIR.Police officials said a detailed investigation has been initiated to uncover the circum…
Noida, April 9 (IANS) Police in UP’s Gautam Buddha Nagar have achieved a major success in its crackdown on cybercrime with the Cyber Crime Police Station team on Thursday busting a fake call centre operating in Sector-16, Noida, and arresting 16 accused, officials said.The gang used to trap foreign nationals through paid online advertisements and defraud them by instilling fear of hacking and data theft.According to the police, the action was carried out based on local intelligence and technical…
Noida, April 7 (IANS) The Cyber Crime Police Station in Noida has busted a major cyber fraud syndicate and arrested four accused for allegedly duping foreign nationals of crores of rupees by posing as technical support agents, officials said on Tuesday.The accused were apprehended from Noida’s Sector-76 following a targeted operation based on technical intelligence and local inputs, police added.According to investigators, the gang ran paid advertisements on the internet and social media platf…
Lucknow, April 7 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up of ‘Metro University’ in Greater Noida, a move aimed at bolstering the higher education in the state and creating necessary frameworks for it. The ‘Metro University’ will have a sprawling campus spread over 26.1 acre, equipped with modern and advanced tools of education.The job-oriented courses at the institute is expected to prepare the students for future challenges and also enhance ’employability’.The proposal fo…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused booked under provisions of the IPC and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021, observing that the Allahabad High Court had overlooked crucial aspects while rejecting his plea.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan directed that the petitioner, Vishal Rana alias Tabish Asghar, be released on bail forthwith, subject to terms and conditions to be imposed by the trial court.T…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The weather in the National Capital Region (NCR) is once again set to change, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting strong winds, cloudy skies, rain, and isolated thunderstorms on April 7 (Tuesday) and 8 (Wednesday). Prior to this, weather conditions on April 6 will remain largely normal. In the morning hours, the minimum temperature was recorded at 21 degrees Celsius, while the maximum reached 33 degrees Celsius. According to the IMD, the minimum t…