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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Agra

Rs 3,000 crore and 4 lakh jobs, the price Agra tourism is paying for coronavirus

Apart from hotels, businesses like handicraft emporiums, as well as those engaged in leather, zardozi and marble inlay work, also rely heavily on tourism.

Far from home, migrant workers in Agra look for food, shelter and the road ahead

With the government imposing strict restrictions on crossing borders, most migrant workers are now stuck in between, with no food or shelter.

Overcrowded Agra jail releases 71 inmates accused of theft, robbery amid coronavirus scare

The prisoners have been released on short-term bail for 56 days, after which they will have to return to the jail. Over 300 others may be released in coming days.

6 suspected coronavirus cases detected in Agra, govt confirms contact with Delhi patient

The govt has also issued revised travel advisories, suspending visas issued before 3 March to nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan.

UP examines if Agra had an ‘ancient’ name, sparks talk of possible name change

Agra's Bhimrao Ambedkar University has formed a committee comprising of local research scholars, research students, etc to see if Agra ever had an ancient name.

TV show Crime Patrol possibly inspired Agra man to burn his Dalit teen cousin dead

Police say Sanjali Chanakya’s cousin Yogesh, who committed suicide hours after her murder, had planned the crime down to the last detail.

Hundreds march for ‘justice for Sanjali’, the 15-yr-old Dalit girl burnt alive in Agra

Students said the protest wasn’t about caste or community, but about women’s safety and getting justice for the murdered girl, Sanjali Chanakya

15-year-old Dalit girl burnt alive in Agra had big dreams of becoming an IPS officer

The girl, Sanjali, was set aflame by 2 motorcycle-borne men, who are yet to be caught. Meanwhile, her cousin, whom the police suspected, has committed suicide.

India’s fastest Train 18 running at 180 kmph pelted with stones during trial run

Train 18 became India's fastest by hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during a trial run.

Photo of police beating RSS workers in Kerala is actually from Agra in 2012

The image being circulated online has been used as earlier well, even resulting in a Congress leader being booked in 2015.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.