Thousands of members of the Tyagi community held a mahapanchayat here on Sunday in support of jailed politician Shrikant Tyagi, alleging that he is a victim of conspiracy by BJP leader and Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma. Shrikant was arrested on August 9 from Meerut after he remained absconding for four days following an FIR against him for allegedly assaulting and abusing a woman co-resident of his Grand Omaxe society in Sector 93B. He had claimed to be a BJP functionary but the party denied any links with him. At the mahapanchayat held in Gejha village, leaders of the community demanded that an FIR should be lodged against the BJP MP for making a personal argument a political issue. According to police estimates, nearly 10,000 community members from Gautam Buddh Nagar and other western Uttar Pradesh districts like Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr, Baghpat, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Agra and Hapur participated in the mahapanchayat. Around 1,500-2,000 personnel from police and
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended his support to the mahapanchayat called in support of Shrikant Tyagi in Noida
As the twin tower's demolition date nears, here is a recap of what transpired and the latest developments in the case
Edifice Engineering, the Mumbai-based demolition agency tasked with the job, said work is going on at full speed to pack some 7,000 drilled holes with explosives.
Shrikant had gone into hiding after he was booked earlier this month but was arrested in Meerut on August 9 after a five-day chase
FIR has been lodged against three former chief fire officers (CFOs) of Gautam Buddh Nagar over alleged irregularities in providing no objection certificate to Supertech's illegal twin towers in Noida.
The district court has granted bail to two of Tyagi's aides who were accused of harbouring him during the period he went absconding from Noida, a lawyer said.
Deb was shocked to see final bill as he reached home from airport on Aug 5, as it showed Rs 2,935 on meter for a 147.39 km ride, while distance from T2 to his home in Noida Sector 143 is around 45 km
Maurya, who is also a member of the UP Legislative Council, has sought Rs 11.50 cr as general and special compensation for loss of reputation and family honour, mental torture and physical agony
The Court has also fixed August 16 as the date on which it would hear another matter registered under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) on August 16.
Anu, who has been twice detained by the police for questioning since last Friday, alleged she was mentally tortured and her family harassed during the whole episode.
Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested self-proclaimed politician Shrikant Tyagi from Meerut for allegedly abusing and assaulting a woman
Tyagi had hurled expletives at the woman resident of Grand Omaxe, who had objected to his planting of trees in the common area of society. He had claimed that he was well within his rights to do so.
He had also purchased special series numbers, all having at least two zeroes and the Lucknow registration, for his vehicles for which he paid Rs 1.10 lakh each.
According to sources, an intense operation to nab the absconding accused is currently underway and multiple teams of the Noida Police are currently working in coordination to zero in on his location.
The Noida police Monday announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on the arrest of politician Shrikant Tyagi, accused of assaulting and abusing a woman inside a housing society here.
The Noida administration demolished an illegal construction using a bulldozer at the residence of politician Shrikant Tyagi, who was seen abusing and pushing a woman in a viral video
Gagan Kumar Paswan's sporting achievement gave the country another reason to cheer amid the Indian athletes' remarkable performance at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
According to information, the explosives did not reach Noida as the NOC could not be obtained from the Regional Office of the Explosive Controller located in Agra on Tuesday.
A suspected case of monkeypox was reported in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, adjoining Delhi, but the patient's laboratory results turned out to be negative, health department officials said on Wednesday. According to officials, the patient is a 47-year-old woman who approached the health department on Tuesday, after which her samples were taken. "The samples have been sent for a test to Lucknow, and the patient is in home isolation at the moment. Monkeypox can be confirmed only after the test results are out," a local health official had said. The woman, who lives in Greater Noida and is a school teacher, had fever, body ache along with rashes for the past few days, symptoms similar to those exhibited by monkeypox patients, according to officials. On Wednesday evening, Noida Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma said, "the lab report of the suspected case reported yesterday is available now. It is negative for monkeypox." Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to human