Noida Polls

Among the lakhs of voters in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Abhik Arya, who works in Germany, made it to Noida in time to cast his vote for the Lok Sabha election on Friday.

Schools and colleges in Gautam Buddh Nagar will stay closed on account of Lok Sabha election in the constituency on Friday but will remain open on Saturday, officials said.

About 10,000 litres of illicit liquor has been seized across Noida and Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency since the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections came into effect, officials said on Wednesday.

A sum of Rs 7 lakh in cash was seized from a man near Noida on Tuesday under the rules of the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections as the total unaccounted funds seized crossed Rs 90 lakh, officials said.

Four members of an arms-manufacturing gang have been arrested here and firearms along with equipment used for making pistols seized ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Noida Police said on Monday.

Nominations of 60 percent candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Ghaziabad and almost 56 percent in Gautam Buddh Nagar were rejected after their scrutiny on Friday, according to local officials.

Noida Police on Tuesday said it has busted a fake currency racket here with the arrest of five people and seized counterfeit notes of the face value of around Rs 6.50 lakh ahead of local body polls in Uttar Pradesh.

One of the groups accused the other side of misbehaving with women, said reports, quoting police as saying that some of those involved were drunk

Pankhuri Pathak, one of the star campaigners of the Congress for ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, on Tuesday claimed online harassment and extortion bid, prompting the Noida police to launch a probe.

As the first phase of polling for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh got underway on Thursday, a man dressed himself up as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and turned up at a booth in Noida to cast his vote.

As the Uttar Pradesh election's first phase of campaigning comes to an end, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor campaigned for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak in Noida. Ms Pathak is the vice-chairperson of the All-India Congress Committee's social media cell.

The liquor shops on Delhi border located within 100 metres to neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida will be closed for next two days beginning this evening, due to first phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

His eyes shining with tears and his hands folded, a Samajwadi Party candidate for the Uttar Pradesh election tells his audience, "I can't bear to lose this time."

The police in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Noida have seized Rs 2.50 lakh "unaccounted cash" and impounded the vehicle in which the money was being carried, officials said on Thursday.

Nearly 250 model polling booths are being prepared across Noida and Greater Noida for the February 10 assembly polls, Gautam Buddh Nagar officials said on Tuesday as they geared up to make voting a "memorable experience" for voters.

Among the lakhs of voters in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Abhik Arya, who works in Germany, made it to Noida in time to cast his vote for the Lok Sabha election on Friday.

Schools and colleges in Gautam Buddh Nagar will stay closed on account of Lok Sabha election in the constituency on Friday but will remain open on Saturday, officials said.

About 10,000 litres of illicit liquor has been seized across Noida and Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency since the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections came into effect, officials said on Wednesday.

A sum of Rs 7 lakh in cash was seized from a man near Noida on Tuesday under the rules of the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha elections as the total unaccounted funds seized crossed Rs 90 lakh, officials said.

Four members of an arms-manufacturing gang have been arrested here and firearms along with equipment used for making pistols seized ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Noida Police said on Monday.

Nominations of 60 percent candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Ghaziabad and almost 56 percent in Gautam Buddh Nagar were rejected after their scrutiny on Friday, according to local officials.

Noida Police on Tuesday said it has busted a fake currency racket here with the arrest of five people and seized counterfeit notes of the face value of around Rs 6.50 lakh ahead of local body polls in Uttar Pradesh.

One of the groups accused the other side of misbehaving with women, said reports, quoting police as saying that some of those involved were drunk

Pankhuri Pathak, one of the star campaigners of the Congress for ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, on Tuesday claimed online harassment and extortion bid, prompting the Noida police to launch a probe.

As the first phase of polling for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh got underway on Thursday, a man dressed himself up as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and turned up at a booth in Noida to cast his vote.

As the Uttar Pradesh election's first phase of campaigning comes to an end, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor campaigned for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak in Noida. Ms Pathak is the vice-chairperson of the All-India Congress Committee's social media cell.

The liquor shops on Delhi border located within 100 metres to neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida will be closed for next two days beginning this evening, due to first phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

His eyes shining with tears and his hands folded, a Samajwadi Party candidate for the Uttar Pradesh election tells his audience, "I can't bear to lose this time."

The police in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Noida have seized Rs 2.50 lakh "unaccounted cash" and impounded the vehicle in which the money was being carried, officials said on Thursday.

Nearly 250 model polling booths are being prepared across Noida and Greater Noida for the February 10 assembly polls, Gautam Buddh Nagar officials said on Tuesday as they geared up to make voting a "memorable experience" for voters.