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500 ‘unfit’ school buses operating on Agra roads

AGRA: As many as 517 school buses identified as “unfit to ply” are operating in Agra district in violation of road safety norms. These buses do not have the mandatory fitness certificate issued by the regional transport department. Most also do not have the necessary fire safety arrangements, according to…

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Krishna-Shahi Idgah row: Mathura court reserves order on maintainability of suit till May 19

AGRA: Mathura district court on Thursday reserved its order on the maintainability of the civil suit seeking the removal of the Shahi Idgah Masjid, a mosque situated near the Shri Krishna temple complex, within the 13.37-acre premises of the Katra Keshav Dev temple.

The Times of India

UP: Taj Mahal entry to be free for 2 hours on Tuesday

AGRA: Entry to the Taj Mahal will be free for all visitors for two hours on Tuesday as local Muslims will offer a special namaz on Eid-ul-Fitr at the mosque inside the monument.

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Uttar Pradesh: Speeding truck kills 2 AMU employees and one other; 4 injured

AGRA: At least three persons including two AMU employees were killed and four others were grievously injured when an allegedly drunk truck driver ran them over in Aligarh on Sunday morning.

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Right-wing activists oppose move to shift 250-year-old temple in Agra

AGRA: A section of Hindu activists on Thursday created a ruckus as the ten-day notice period of Indian Railways for shifting a 250-year-old Chamunda Devi temple from the platform of Raja Ki Mandi railway station in Agra is set to expire on Saturday.

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Six months on, 3 Kashmiri students released from Agra jail

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Aligarh: Five men sentenced to death, one to life imprisonment for 2015 double murder

AGRA: Five people were sentenced to death and one to life imprisonment by the additional district and sessions judge on Monday for murdering two persons over a land dispute in Aligarh in 2015.

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UP: AMU professor gets 1-year jail for sexually harassing research scholar in 2015

AGRA: Quashing the lower court's verdict of an acquittal, the Aligarh sessions court on Friday convicted an Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor for sexually harassing a foreign research scholar in 2015. The court sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment. Subsequently, he was granted interim bail.

The Times of India

FIR against over 150 for offering namaaz on road in Agra

AGRA: More than 150 people have been booked in Agra for offering namaaz on the road in front of a mosque without prior permission from the police.

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Coming soon: 4 heliports in Uttar Pradesh for tourists

The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is all set to go big on the tourism circuit as the state cabinet has given a nod to four new heliports. These new heliports were initially proposed by the state tourism board and would come up in the prominent tourist-famous cities of Lucknow,…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Man, 55, thrashed for 'chanting religious slogans’ in Aligarh

Agra: A 55-year-old man was allegedly thrashed by some men for purportedly chanting “religious slogans” outside his house in Aligarh’s Sarai Kale Khan under Sasni gate police limits on Wednesday. An FIR has been registered and a man arrested in the case, Aligarh SSP, Kalanidhi Naithani said, adding that "it…

The Times of India

UP: Statement of rescued woman — who had eloped with Muslim youth — yet to be recorded; cops say she is unwell

AGRA: Almost a week after a woman, who had eloped with a Muslim youth leading to violence in Agra, was rescued from Delhi, her statement is yet to be recorded before a magistrate. Police said that the woman is unwell and not in condition to record her statement.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: SP President Akhilesh Yadav to visit Agra tomorrow

Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav is going on a visit to Agra on Wednesday. Full report on Dynamite News

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Houses set ablaze over interfaith elopement: Headlines swing between kidnapping charge and man's faith

Houses belonging to a man and his Muslim relatives were set on fire in Agra by Hindutva footsoldiers, after he eloped with a Hindu girl, converted to Hinduism before tying the knot, and was accused by her family of abduction, as per media reports – with their own share of…

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Will install loudspeakers blaring mantras in Aligarh: ABVP

AGRA: BJP student organisation Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) announced on Wednesday that it will install loudspeakers at 21 crossings across Aligarh to “propagate Hinduism by playing the Hanuman Chalisa”. The organisation urged the district administration to give them permission for the same but added, “We will be forced to…

The Times of India

UP board exams made a ‘scheme’ to reduce age in certificate

AGRA: Cases of students aged above 20 years appearing in the UP Board exam have surfaced in Agra. As high school certificate is considered final proof of age, these candidates have been forging documents to show their age 10 years lower than the original.

The Times of India

UP: Class XI girl abducted by two bike-borne men outside school gate in Agra; police suspect elopement

AGRA: A girl student of Class XI was allegedly kidnapped by two bike-borne men from outside her school’s gate in Agra's Shaheed Nagar in UP on Wednesday.

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UP: ABVP to install loudspeakers at 21 crossings in Aligarh

AGRA: BJP student organisation Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) announced on Wednesday that it will install loudspeakers at 21 crossings across Aligarh to "propagate Hinduism by playing the Hanuman Chalisa".

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IRCTC’s ‘Swadesh Darshan’ package from A.P. to cover religious places of North

Two trains to cover Agra, Mathura Mata Vaishnodevi, Varanasi, Prayag Sangam, Gaya

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Uttar Pradesh: Sparks from cable ruin crops, 400 farmers hit in Aligarh

AGRA: More than 400 farmers were directly affected in eight different villages of UP as sparks from overhead electric cables resulted in burning of standing wheat crops.

The Times of India

Five held for taking nearly Rs 3 crore loans by mortgaging fake gold, 14 still at large

AGRA: A group of five people, including two women, who had allegedly defrauded four different branches of State Bank of India (SBI) and Canara Bank in Mathura by taking loans worth Rs 2.80 crore after mortgaging fake gold, were arrested on Thursday. However, 14 people are still at large.

The Times of India

AMU teachers threaten to hold massive protest if varsity polls not conducted

AGRA: The teaching fraternity of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has resented the inordinate delay in holding elections to various teachers and non-teaching bodies, and have threatened to hold a massive protest if a decision in this regard is not taken soon. They submitted an official request, signed by 195 members,…

The Times of India

Unity of India not made of bamboo reeds to bend on empty slogans: Allahabad HC

AGRA: Granting bail to three Kashmiri students booked and jailed on charges of sedition for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory in a T-20 cricket world cup match last year, the Allahabad HC said, “The unity of India is not made of bamboo reeds that will bend to the passing winds of…

The Times of India

Five held for taking nearly Rs 3-crore loans by mortgaging fake gold in Mathura

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Unity of India not made of bamboo reeds that would bend to empty slogans, says Allahabad HC while granting bail to three Kashmiri students charged for sedition

AGRA: In a significant observation while granting bail to three Kashmiri students from Agra booked on charges of sedation for their alleged "anti-India" messages on social media during last year’s India-Pak T-20 World Cup match, the Allahabad high court has said, "the unity of India is not made of bamboo…

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