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Topic: Agra

‘Dengue Vihar, Gandgi Puram’ — how neighbourhood poster protest is creating a buzz in Agra

Inspired by protest in neighbouring locality, Kalwari residents put up posters 'renaming' their colonies to draw govt's attention towards poor infra & mounds of garbage in the area. 

Owner and his two children killed as fire breaks out in Agra hospital

The patients were evacuated, but the owner and his children, who lived within the premises of the hospital were trapped inside.

Though high on tourists, Agra still 6th among cities with least Airbnbs in world, says study

Research by the website Inkifi also found that Bengaluru is the second cheapest city to live in an Airbnb, with an average daily rate of Rs 1,864.91.

Event to honour Booker winner Geetanjali Shree cancelled after complaint over ‘offensive’ book

A complaint was registered by Hathras resident Sandeep Kumar Pathak against Shree alleging that her book 'Ret Samadhi' contains objectionable depictions of deities Shiva & Parvati.

‘Don’t want to go home, family might kill me,’ says Hindu woman who eloped with a Muslim man

The Agra Police have arrested nine persons after a group of men from two Hindutva outfits burnt down the house of a Muslim man who eloped with a Hindu girl

Agra Taj Car Rally: An unconventional way to put fun back in your weekend

ATCR is back with a bang and is scheduled to take place from the 29th of April till the 1st of May.

Agra’s parchinkari — How ODOP is taking Mughal-era marble handicrafts to modern markets

Parchinkari art form continues to be practised using technology that has remained unchanged for the last 400 years. It now supplement Agra’s original ODOP, leather goods.

‘This is Kalyug’: MSMEs, workers in shoe hub Agra say GST hike a kick in the gut after Covid

Covid lockdowns and ongoing Omicron wave have hit hard, but GST hike to 12% from 5% on footwear below Rs 1,000 has knocked down many businesses & left labourers without work.

From Agra to Prayagraj, spike in suicides is the untold story of pandemic business distress

Each morning, the small towns of UP awoke with anxiety about suicides as incidents increased in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-induced lockdowns.

‘Suspicious death’ of Hindu woman in interfaith marriage stokes tension in Agra

The 26-year-old woman, identified as Varsha, had married a Muslim man, Fahim, a year and a half ago. Her family has alleged that she had been facing harassment.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.