Three arrested in Noida for stealing credit card

August 20th, 2009 Summary Box: Accused card hacker lived largeA HACKER'S TALE: Albert Gonzalez, 28, is charged with taking part in the biggest credit card hacks of the decade, totaling 170 million accounts. He allegedly continued to pilfer card data from retailers even after getting caught and becoming an informant for federal agents.

August 12th, 2009 Amex, Discover to end fees going over credit limitNEW YORK — American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said separately Tuesday they will soon end the charges that have generated widespread criticism from consumers.

June 7th, 2009 NOIDA - Uttar Pradesh Police seized heroin worth millions in Noida on Saturday. Four persons identified as Manoj, Santosh, Raju and Sanjay were arrested with half-a- kilogram of heroin in their possession.

May 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a legislation that makes it more difficult for credit card providers to raise fees and interest rates. The credit card reform bill received overwhelming support in Congress this week before landing on Obama's desk for his signature.

May 12th, 2009 NOIDA - The Noida Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a major auto-lifting gang with the arrest of 10 people and the recovery of three cars. A joint team of different police stations here arrested the 10 from various areas.

May 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A court sent Ashish Ravindranathan, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) student, to a 14-day police remand here Saturday after he was nabbed for allegedly duping 50 credit card holders. Ashish, a second semester student at IIT-Bombay's extension centre in Gandhinagar, was arrested by the city crime branch officials Friday night for allegedly duping credit card holders of Rs.650,000.

April 29th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A man was arrested here for posing as an additional director general (ADG) of the Haryana Police and attempting to secure the release of a person who was booked for power theft, police said Wednesday. Mukesh Kaushik, 35, manager with a private packaging company, was arrested late Tuesday for impersonating as the ADG of Haryana Police and attempting to secure the release of Pramod Tiwari, who was arrested Monday for stealing power, police said.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Thursday met leaders of the credit-card industry, urging them to end unfair practices that are raising costs on indebted consumers, while US lawmakers are considering a wider crackdown on the sector. Obama said he hoped to create a new system that 'eliminates some of the abuses' including sudden interest-rate hikes and late-payment fees, which have added to unmanageable debts for some US consumers.

March 18th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - The police in Greater Noida Tuesday arrested eight persons and busted a gang adulterating kerosene and diesel and selling the spurious stuff in the market. However, the gang's kingpin is yet to be arrested.

March 2nd, 2009 NOIDA - An extortionist who was demanding Rs.100,000 from a businessman was arrested here Sunday, the police said. The accused, Om Bharti, a mechanic by profession, was arrested for demanding Rs.100,000 from Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Shatabdi Vihar in sector-52, the police said.

February 7th, 2009 NOIDA - The Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) Sunday commenced supply of piped natural has (PNG) to Noida. U.D. Choubey, chief managing director of GAIL (India), inaugurated the PNG supply at the PMO Cooperative Housing Society at Sector 62 by switching on the first burner.

February 7th, 2009 NOIDA - Two suspected members of an inter-state robbers' gang were arrested from this satellite town of the national Capital city, and the police Sunday said they were allegedly involved in a case of waylaying last month. The police Saturday evening arrested three the Sector-18 area.

January 13th, 2009 NOIDA - Eight people were arrested here Wednesday for allegedly abducting and raping a Delhi University student earlier this month, police said. They were arrested from an under-construction building in Sector 63 after a tip-off, Superintendent of Police Ashok Tripathi said.

January 10th, 2009 NOIDA - One more suspect was arrested Sunday for the gang rape of a management student in Noida that stunned residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas earlier this week, the police said. Pushpendra alias Tunia was arrested from his hideout in Garhi Chaukhandi village, the police said.

January 9th, 2009 NOIDA - Two more suspects have been arrested for the gang rape of an MBA student in Noida by 10 men that shocked residents of the Indian capital and surrounding areas earlier this week, police said Saturday. The two teenagers were arrested Friday night during searches conducted on their houses, according to the police.