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TopicAgra

Topic: Agra

Monumental step: Rickety stairs to the Taj’s main mausoleum to be replaced with Sal wood & steel

Agra: The creaky and worn-out wooden stairs leading to the Taj Mahal's main mausoleum will soon be replaced with new steps made from Sal...

Hands & legs tied, elderly father left in locked car by Maharashtra family as they go off to see Taj Mahal

Parking staff noticed the man, in his seventies, lying unconscious, and broke the car windows to get him out.

No air conditioning, no marriage: Agra bride walks out on wedding, dowry case follows

Police say the bride told her parents that in a house where there is no respect for her and such a basic facility could not be arranged, her life would 'become hell', and she refused to marry.

Uprising in Pakistan, hope in Agra’s ‘mini Balochistan’ where families still dream of a freed homeland

Agra is home to Balochi families, many of whose elders arrived after 1947. Though they consider themselves lucky to escape persecution, yearning of freedom from Pakistan remains.

Agra cops nab serial burglar with help from ‘Pehchan app’, a database of 1.30 lakh criminals

Complete information from the name and address of criminals to their crime, bail details, partners and bailors is available on the Pehchan app.

Agra court orders FIR against 3 cops for negligence in minors’ kidnap case, police call abduction ‘fake’

Court directed that a case be registered against 5 persons for alleged kidnap & rape of 2 minor sisters. Police say the father's complaint was an attempt at falsely implicating some people.

3 Agra brothers embroiled in property dispute, 1 killed. Burnt remains recovered from dump site

According to police, Ranveer was attacked with sticks and sharp weapons, leading to his death on the spot, and family members burnt his body outside the village to destroy evidence.

Agra waiter’s murder: Police arrest all 3 accused, maintain killing wasn’t retribution for Pahalgam

Those arrested identified as Manoj Chaudhary, Priyansh Yadav and Shivan Baghel. Chaudhary had been caught earlier. Police say Yadav and Baghel were caught following an encounter.

Agra Muslim victim’s cousin recognised the killer in gau rakshak video, called police

The family is looking to the Yogi govt for justice. 'If they wanted to take revenge for the Pahalgam attack, they could have beaten him up. At least he’d still be alive,' said the victim's mother.

Agra cops make first arrest in connection with killing of Muslim restaurant worker

Two ‘gau rakshaks’ claimed on social media that the killing was ‘retribution’ for the terror attack in Kashmir. One has now been taken into custody.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.