Agra: Agra district police have arrested two security guards of Bhartiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member Ram Shankar Katheria for allegedly opening fire at a toll plaza on July 6, an officer said. Circle Officer Atul Sonkar and Etmadpur Inspector Vikas Tomar said the two accused, Vipin Choudhary and Pinku Upadhyaya, were arrested from near the […]
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Agra bus accident victim leaves behind pregnant wife
New Delhi: Huzoor Aalam (29) was returning from Lucknow after dropping his pregnant wife Shagufta at her parent’s home. A day later, an inconsolable Shagufta sat next to the body of her husband at their house in Azadpur in North West Delhi. Aalam was one of the 30 passengers who were killed on Monday when […]
Yamuna Expressway accident: Passengers were jolted out of sleep as bus fell into drain
Agra: “We were all in deep sleep when the bus toppled twice before falling in the nallah (drain). Screams were heard for about a minute after which there was silence. Some passengers climbed on top of bodies to make their way out of the bus,” said Rishi Yadav, a survivor of the bus accident on […]
Yamuna Expressway accident: Villagers risk lives, save 20 people
Agra: Two aspiring army men and a few brave villagers, out for morning ablutions, were among the daredevils who risked their lives to save around 20 people after their bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway early on Monday. The double-decker bus with 53 passengers on board was on its way to Delhi […]
Yogi sets up panel to probe into Yamuna Expressway accident
Agra: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set up a three-member committee to probe into the Yamuna Expressway accident on Monday that left 29 passengers dead. The committee comprising Transport Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner and Inspector General Agra range will submit its report within 24 hours. The Chief Minister also announced a compensation of Rs […]
29 passengers killed as bus falls into gorge off Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Agra: At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m. […]
UP BJP MP’s security men beat up toll plaza staff
Agra: Even before the controversy over its Madhya Pradesh MLA Akash Vijayvargiya could completely settle down, another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker has hit the headlines for misbehaving with toll plaza staff in Uttar Pradesh. The scene of BJP MP from Etawah, Ram Shankar Katheria, looking on as his security staff beat up a toll […]
Bodies of owner, principal found buried in Agra school, 4 held
Agra: In a shocking incident on Monday, bodies of a 50-year-old school owner and 45-year-old school principal were found buried inside a school premises in Kaulakha area in Agra’s Tajganj police circle. Surender Lavania, a resident of Om Vihar, owned Sainik Bharti Inter College and Dr B.R. Ambedkar School in the city limits. The other […]
FIR against 3 in UP Bar Council chief’s murder
Agra: Sunny Yadav, the nephew of slain Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darwesh Yadav has named Manish Sharma, his wife Vandana and another lawyer Vineet Gulecha as the accused in the murder of the first woman chief of the council, who was shot dead in a lawyers chamber. Manish Sharma, a lawyer, who fired three shots […]
UP Bar Council chief shot dead in Agra court
Agra: The first woman President of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Darwesh Yadav, was shot dead in Agra Civil courts on Wednesday allegedly by her own colleague Manish Sharma, police said. Sharma pumped three bullets, and later shot himself. The two were rushed to Pushpanjli hospital, where doctors declared her dead. The condition of Sharma […]