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In Agra, search underway for man swept away in flooded drain, but assault allegations cloud the hunt

Police & civic officials look for Ravi Kumar, who went missing 3 days ago when heavy rain lashed city. His family claims he was beaten up by his wife’s brothers & thrown into a drain.

NHAI asks Supreme Court to allow felling of over 800 trees in Taj Trapezium Zone for Agra-Gwalior highway

Court submission by highways authority says alternative routes not feasible, and the proposed highway will help save travel time, fuel and transportation costs.

After assault on 2 cops having ‘affair’ in Agra, probe points to internal strife at station

Case pertains to assault whose video was widely shared on social media. An ACP led team is looking into angle of factionalism as probe suggests feud in Rakabganj police station.

SC-appointed panel suggests felling 2,818 trees for road work in Taj zone, 1k fewer than UP proposed

In its report, panel has put conditions for state, including afforestation, before it can begin Agra-Etah stretch work. Court raps govt for ‘casual approach’ to environment.

One Agra lawyer, 5 cases, a fight for Hindu pride—Taj Mahal to Jama Masjid, Salim Chisti dargah

The lawyer devotes long hours to history and archaeology books to strengthen his cases—from Baburnama to Cunnigham and old annual reports of ASI.

Agra is No. 3 Smart City. Funds spent on potholes, parks, paintings, traffic jams, zardozi

Modi govt envisioned Smart Cities as grand urban digital utopias, but 10 yrs on, they are mostly doing what UPA-era Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission left unfinished.

Nine days on, Agra cops yet to make breakthrough in murder inside mosque near Taj

Victim's face was crushed beyond recognition while her dishevelled clothes suggested possibility of sexual assault. Murder came to light when people arrived for prayers.

Agra University gardener attempts ‘suicide’, cites harassment at UP minister’s residence as reason

The gardener, from OBC Kushwaha community, says he was sent by university' deputy registrar to minister Yogendra Upadhyaya's house 2 yrs ago, where he was 'overworked & physically abused'.

Agra man is on a mission, his target — 100 electoral defeats

Hasnuram Ambedkari is looking to contest this general election from two seats, Fatehpur Sikri and Agra. He garnered more than 2,000 votes in Agra in previous LS polls in 2019.

Hindu Mahasabha moves court against Shah Jahan’s annual ‘urs’ at Taj Mahal. ASI says no bar on event

Agra civil court accepted ring-wing outfit’s petition, to be heard on 4 March. Hindu Mahasabha claims no religious programmes are allowed inside ASI-protected monuments.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.