The Latest Breaking News from Agra

LUCKNOW: At least 1,000 members of Samajwadi Party have been booked for allegedly stopping and searching vehicles of officials, ahead of counting of votes on March 9. FIRs have been registered in districts like Varanasi, Ballia, Basti, Agra, Saharanpur and Hapur.

AGRA: Following a TOI report on the restructuring of the eco-sensitive Yamuna ravines around 800 metres away from the iconic Taj Mahal, the Agra district magistrate (DM) directed the forest department to stop the work and sought a report from the district forest officer (DFO).

KOLKATA: A joint team from the detective department of Kolkata Police, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UPATS) and Agra Police arrested three persons from Agra in UP in connection with the robbery and murder of a 61-year-old jeweller who was found dead at his office on Shibtala Street at Posta.

Foreign delegates taken on outstation tour to Bodhgaya, Agra

LUCKNOW: “Air raid sirens still ring in my ears,” said 21-year-old Shreya Singh of Agra after landing in Delhi from Romania on Monday. As many as 298 students were also evacuated from Bucharest along with her.

AGRA: To enhance the security of Taj Mahal from its rear side facing Yamuna river, Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to replace the existing barbed wire fencing with a wire mesh and concertina coils on the top, in nearly 300 meters of area around the monument.

Good news for all those planning to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra in the coming days. As per the reports, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to allow free entry to the monument for three days, starting February 27, 2022.

JAIPUR: To connect two important highways — Ajmer and Agra road with metro rail network — the state government has allotted Rs 1,185 crore to extend the Mansarovar to Badi Chaupar metro corridor at both ends for construction of approximately 4.85km.

AGRA: A 25-year-old field officer of a private bank, Shivam Sharma, was shot at by unidentified assailants late on Monday evening when he was returning home to Gazipur village under Basai Mohammadpur police station in Firozabad district. He died later, on the way to SN Medical hospital in Agra.