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AMU clerk extorting money posing as Lawrence Bishnoi held

Agra, June 8 -- A lower division clerk at Aligarh Muslim University was arrested for issuing extortion threats in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi. He posted eight letters through speed post to those link... Read More


Firozabad child murder accused sent to judicial custody, hospitalised after encounter

Agra, June 1 -- The accused in the brutal murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old child in Firozabad was presented before the court on Sunday and ordered to be sent to judicial custody. However, due to in... Read More


AMU mourns the demise of Bashir Badr, its illustrious alumnus

Agra, May 31 -- Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) mourned the demise of its illustrious alumnus, legendary Urdu poet, academician and Padma Shri awardee Dr Bashir Badr, who breathed his last in Bhopal o... Read More


Wooden stairs to main platform of Taj replaced

Agra, May 16 -- The wooden stairs used to access the main marble platform of the Taj Mahal are being replaced with new wooden stairs. However, this time, the wooden frame has been replaced by a steel ... Read More


Banke Behari temple gets rRs.r4.90 cr in offerings in 3 months: Panel

Agra, May 14 -- The high-powered committee appointed by the Supreme Court for managing the affairs of Banke Behari Temple in Vrindavan held its 15th monthly meeting. It stressed on the removal of encr... Read More


Licences distributed for boating at Kesi Ghat in UP's Vrindavan

Agra, May 4 -- Boating services which came to a halt after the tragic death of 16 devotees last month at Kesi Ghat of Yamuna in Vrindavan, resumed with more than 100 boatmen being registered. The regi... Read More


19-yr-old student raped at Fatehpur Sikri; accused held after encounter: Police

Agra, May 3 -- A 19-year-old undergraduate student was allegedly raped on the premises of the world heritage Fatehpur Sikri complex in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district on Saturday after which the main ac... Read More


9-yr-old killed for refusing to bring water for liquor in UP; accused held: Cop

Agra, May 3 -- A man on Friday allegedly shot a nine-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district after the boy refused to bring him water while he was drinking liquor. The incident took place in... Read More


UP's Braj region erupts in protest against smart meters

Agra, May 2 -- Hundreds of villagers in the Akola area of rural Agra dismantled the smart meters and dumped them at an electricity department sub station, as a mark of protest, on Friday. Similar prot... Read More


Outsourced worker shares video from Taj minaret, fired

Agra, April 28 -- An outsourced staff member engaged in cleaning work at the Taj Mahal climbed one of the four minarets of the monument and shot a video of the Taj Mahal and posted it on social media.... Read More