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Topic: Agra

Shahjahan Garden near Taj Mahal to be renamed after Ahilyabai Holkar, Yogi govt starts process

UP minister Baby Rani Maurya had written to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, proposing park be renamed after the 18th century Maratha queen.

Another Dalit wedding procession attacked in UP. Spat over honking spirals into ‘casteist slurs’ in Agra

Armed men threatened the Dalit groom and demanded he walk through the village on foot. Police have filed a case under the SC/ST Act.

How Agra turned kinnows into orange gold in 10 yrs. It started with one man’s trip to Punjab

Agra isn’t just about potatoes and petha anymore. It’s rising as a kinnow hub and slowly challenging the dominance of Punjab and Rajasthan. Until 2006, no one thought it could even grow here.

Over 5,000 buildings in Agra face risk of demolition after UP govt demarcates Yamuna floodplain

The UP govt notification declared a 5.09-kilometre stretch on the right bank of the Yamuna and a 2.55-km stretch on the left bank flood-prone.

Agra on alert after religious texts found burnt inside mosque

Worshippers found bits of the burnt texts early morning and alerted the imam. Police say gas cylinder reported stolen from mosque's kitchen but it's likely unconnected to the arson.

Alcohol, blades & a confession video, how father-son duo ‘planned & packaged’ murder of mother, sisters

Post-mortem report says 49-year-old mother & youngest daughter died due to strangulation, other 3 died of shock & excessive bleeding. The father is absconding.

‘Volatile house, violent men’. Agra villagers feared for mother & daughters, ‘killed’ by father & son

Agra: “Buri nazar wale tera mu kala (Shame on evil eyes)”, read the signage that Mohammed Arshad (24) brought back home from the market sometime last...

‘Wanted to protect them’—Agra man who allegedly killed mother, sisters in ‘confession’ clip before arrest

The accused claimed that neighbours & relatives wanted to harm his family & police paid no heed to his complaint. Neighbours, however, allege that he used to beat up his mother & sisters.

MEA apprised of Agra DM’s letter on 19-yr-old being ‘held captive by employer’ in Sierra Leone

Family approached Agra police, district administration claiming 19-yr-old Abhishek Sharma emigrated to Sierra Leone in July to work at building material shop in Freetown.

Agra man chargesheeted in a loan default case 2 years after death, 4 sub-inspectors suspended

Pratap Singh died in 2016, but 2018 chargesheet in case of unpaid loan had his signatures. Case of cheating & forgery has been filed against the 4 cops & manager of finance company.

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.