Articles by Abhishek Anand
Court asks developer’s former employee to surrender, rejects bail plea
The Allahabad high court has asked Suninder Sandha, accused of siphoning off R 6 crore of homebuyers’ money while working as marketing director of Horizon Concept group, to surrender in a local court within 15 days.

Published on Sep 13, 2016 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Greater Noida: 38-yr-old school teacher found murdered at Bisada
A 38-year-old primary school teacher Manoj Sisodiya was found murdered near his residence Thursday morning at Bisada village.

Published on Sep 07, 2016 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Noida: In a first, taxmen do a search of paying guest facilities, hostels
In a first in the city, the income tax department searched five paying guest (PG) accommodations and hostels in Noida’s sector 126-127.

Updated on Sep 06, 2016 01:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Noida girl, boyfriend held for murder of her parents, 3 others
Her family didn’t want Preeti to keep seeing her much-married boyfriend, a father of two. So the couple hatched a plan -- to murder and elope.

Updated on Sep 04, 2016 07:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Trade union strike in Noida, Gzb peaceful, has little effect on services
The trade union’s strike received a lukewarm response from workers in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad. The strike on Friday remained peaceful albeit under heavy police presence.

Updated on Sep 02, 2016 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida/ghaziabad
Greater Noida builder sends notice to protesting buyers, seeks Rs10 crore relief
The weekend activism of the homebuyers is in a soup as the builders are now sending legal notices to buyers for ‘damaging their reputation’.

Updated on Sep 02, 2016 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Skirt comment: Ex-BJP members want Mahesh Sharma out of Cabinet
Former local BJP members of Greater Noida, Kapil Gurjar and Atul Sharma, wrote to the PM seeking Sharma’s immediate ouster from the Union cabinet

Updated on Aug 31, 2016 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Three of family die, girl missing as car falls in canal
A protest by a group of people at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida on Saturday brought to the fore a mysterious “accident” involving a Maruti Eecco in Badaun on Friday in which three of a family were killed, three others found unconscious and three more reported missing.

Published on Aug 28, 2016 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Greater Noida: Kin of murdered youth protest police inaction
Members of the Dalit community staged a protest in front of the Greater Noida authority’s office on Friday, demanding the arrest of persons involved in murdering a youth.

Updated on Aug 27, 2016 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Idol of BR Ambedkar in Noida park broken, protests follow
A statue of Dr BR Ambedkar in a park in Sector 37 was vandalised by unidentified people on Wednesday afternoon, the police said

Published on Aug 25, 2016 01:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
70% Noida RWAs haven’t filed income tax returns, says IT department
Many RWAs that are earning money through contracts from different vendors, scrap dealers, shop and gym owners are under the ambit of income tax.

Published on Aug 23, 2016 04:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Greater Noida residents complain against illegal hostels running in colonies
Residents of colonies in Greater Noida have approached senior police officials asking them to ensure that those living in hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodations in their areas do not create nuisance at night.

Updated on Aug 23, 2016 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Noida kid cycles 450km in 4 days to meet father after mom scolds him
After getting a scolding from mom, 12-year-old pedalled away on his cycle towards his residence, but then decided to take a turn towards Lucknow.

Updated on Aug 19, 2016 07:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Noida: Residents of Amrapali Zodiac face severe water shortage
Residents of Amrapali Zodiac society are facing severe water shortage for the past three days as the pumpset installed in the housing complex has not been working.

Published on Aug 17, 2016 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Tantrik arrested for murdering couple, cops probing daughter’s role
Police have arrested a tantrik for his alleged involvement in the murder of a couple as he wanted to marry their teenage daughter.

Published on Aug 16, 2016 04:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Three men held within minutes of robbery in Greater Noida
Greater Noida police arrested three men for robbing a man of his phone and cash within five minutes of the incident.

Updated on Aug 13, 2016 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Two held in Greater Noida for selling SIM cards to suspicious persons
The anti-extortion cell of the city police arrested two persons for allegedly selling SIM cards on fake documents to suspicious persons.

Published on Aug 13, 2016 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Five days man’s murder, wife’s body also found, kids still missing
Police said Prakash’s body was retrieved from a canal on August 6, while his wife and two children were missing. Following relatives’ allegations, police had detained Salman, who worked at Pramod’s shop. He was later arrested and sent to jail.

Updated on Aug 11, 2016 09:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Over one lakh Noida residents on income tax department radar
The department issues notices to the defaulters; most of them hostel and paying guest owners.

Published on Aug 11, 2016 01:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
FIR against saffron leaders for vandalising Ravana’s idol in Bisrakh
A day after demon king Ravana’s idol was vandalised in Bisrakh village, police registered an FIR against five identified and 25 unidentified people.

Updated on Aug 11, 2016 01:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Noida: Man held for raping, robbing wife in Sector 120
A resident of a highrise society in Sector 120 has been arrested for allegedly raping his wife and stealing her gold chain.

Published on Aug 11, 2016 12:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Expelled BJP leaders protest against MP Sharma in Delhi
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and members of the Gurjar community staged a protest against Gautam Budh Nagar MP and Union minister Mahesh Sharma at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Updated on Aug 10, 2016 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Man booked in Noida after being filmed beating wife on the road
A 33-year-old woman was beaten up by her husband on the road in front of her rented accommodation

Published on Aug 09, 2016 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Noida
Abhishek AnandNoida: Man held for robbing elderly couple of cash, jewellery at gunpoint
Noida Police on Sunday arrested a man for his alleged involvement in robbing an elderly couple in Sector 50 in November 2015.

Updated on Aug 09, 2016 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Only 68 cops for 75,000 people, Greater Noida West residents ask for more hands
Despite police claims that they have increased patrol of residential areas in Greater Noida (west), the area remains vulnerable as there is only one police officer for approximately 1,000 residents.

Updated on Aug 06, 2016 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Greater Noida woman held at gunpoint, house robbed in broad daylight
Unidentified men barged into a house, held a woman on gunpoint and fled with valuables in broad day light.

Published on Aug 05, 2016 03:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Greater Noida
Five arrested for murder of software engineer in Noida
The city police arrested five persons for allegedly murdering a software engineer on June 23. The victim, Shailendra Rohilla, was a resident of Pandav Nagar in Delhi and was employed with a software firm in Sector 62

Updated on Aug 05, 2016 05:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Noida
Politicians, media flock to Bulandshahr rape victims’ home
The home of the mother and daughter duo in Ghaziabad’s Khoda area was flooded with politicians and mediapersons on Wednesday

Published on Aug 04, 2016 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Anand, Ghaziabad
I want to punish attackers with my own hands: Bulandshahr rape victim
Police did nothing, will do nothing; politicians offer just lip service, cried the traumatized woman gang-raped along with her teen daughter by highway robbers near Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.

Updated on Aug 03, 2016 08:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Khoda/meerut
Abhishek Anand and S Raju