Agra | One person was killed and three more injured in a brawl over a ‘rasgulla’ at a wedding in the Etmadpur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Agra. The incident happened on Wednesday night. According to reports, the wedding of Javed and Rashid, both brothers, was scheduled to take place in Vinayak Bhawan with the daughters of […]
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Woman, 3 lawyers arrested for lodging false rape complaint in Agra
Agra | An alleged ‘rape victim’ and three lawyers have been arrested for lodging a false complaint against a youth here. The accused also attempted to blackmail the youth into paying them Rs 5 lakhs to settle the matter. Station house officer of Hari Parvat police station, Arvind Kumar, said on Thursday that the woman and […]
Straight from wedding hall, just married couple casts vote
Agra | Setting an example for others, a just married couple reached polling station at Jaipur house here straight from the wedding hall to exercise their right to vote, driving home the message of the significance of voting. After casting their votes, Agra resident Divyanshi Jain and her husband Aman Jain said: “It is important to […]
UP: Angry with son, man wills his property worth Rs 2.5 crore to state
Agra | After a woman in Odisha bequeathed her property to a rickshaw puller, an 83-year-old man in Agra has given his immovable property worth around Rs 2.5 crore to the state. The man, Ganesh Shankar Pandey, claimed that his eldest son has been troubling him and he did want him to inherit his property. Pandey, […]
Shocking! Man dies after acid attack by girlfriend
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) | In a shocking incident, a young woman attacked her boyfriend with acid after she learnt that he was getting married to another woman. The incident took place on Thursday evening in the Khandari area under Hari Parwat police station in Agra. The man, Devendra Rajput, 28, died of severe burn injuries in […]
Agra police arrests man who made hoax bomb call for Taj Mahal
Agra: The Agra police have arrested the man who made a hoax call on Thursday morning claiming that there was a bomb in the Taj Mahal. The man identified as Vimal Kumar Singh, is a resident of Nakhi in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. Inspector General (IG) Satish Ganesh said that Singh was being interrogated. “It seems he […]
Shut briefly over hoax bomb call, Taj reopens
Agra: The Taj Mahal was briefly shut and tourists evacuated on Thursday morning after the Uttar Pradesh Police received a call about a bomb at the monument. It turned out to be a hoax, police said. The call was made to the police helpline following which the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel got the the […]
Elephant fed alcohol forcefully; rescued, brought to Agra
Agra: Jharkhand Forest Department and Wildlife SOS rescued a 40-year-old elephant ‘Emma’, who was forcefully fed alcohol by her abusive owners to keep her under control and use it for begging. The Jharkhand Forest Department has charged the owners of violation of wildlife laws and sever neglect. The Jharkhand government has decided to dispatch the animal […]
Cobra found in drawer of an almirah in Agra house
Agra: A slithering serpent triggered a state of panic amongst members of a family as soon as they spotted the uninvited guest comfortably perched in a drawer of the almirah in their bedroom, perhaps waiting for dinner time to move out. The local police man contacted the NGO Wildlife SOS which sent its team to […]
Taj Mahal to reopen from July 6, tourism industry upbeat
Agra: The Tourism industry captains in Agra have welcomed the decision of the Union Culture Ministry to reopen the Taj Mahal and other ASI protected monuments for visitors from July 6. While the industry has started making preparations, a few doubting Thomases and some health activists here wondered if “it was a little early and premature […]