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  • Indian Railways

    Suresh Prabhu to flag off India's fastest train 'Gatiman Express' on April 5

    India | Apr 02, 2016, 04:49 PM IST

    New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will flag off the much-awaited Gatiman Express for Agra from Nizamuddin station here on April 5. Targeting tourists, Nizamuddin-Agra Gatiman Express, the first semi-high speed service in railways, will

  • expressway

    NGT notice to MoEF on construction of Agra-Lucknow Expressway

    India | Mar 29, 2016, 07:32 PM IST

    New Delhi: A plea challenging the forest clearance granted to the project to construct the 302 km Agra -Lucknow Expressway today led the National Green Tribunal to seek a response from the Environment Ministry.

  • Taj Mahal

    Pinnacle of Taj Mahal falls during repair work?

    India | Mar 28, 2016, 11:51 PM IST

    Taj Mahal

  • protests in agra

    Protests in Agra after photos of beef party at institute surfaces on internet

    India | Mar 19, 2016, 05:02 PM IST

    Agra: Photos of a purported 'beef party' at the Central Hindi Institute surfaced on social media, triggering protests by right-wing groups and prompting authorities to launch an inquiry into the matter. Institute officials said that

  • missing final year girl student marries 25 year old woman

    'Missing' final year girl student marries 25-year-old woman in Faridabad

    India | Jan 28, 2016, 10:56 PM IST

    Faridabad: A final year female student of computer science in the Government Polytechnic College, who had been reported missing by her father, has allegedly 'married' a 25-year-old woman from Agra.       The girl was believed to

  • semi high speed gatiman express gets nod to run for one year

    Semi-high speed Gatiman Express gets nod to run for one year

    India | Jan 19, 2016, 03:06 PM IST

    New Delhi: Semi-high speed train between Delhi and Agra, Gatiman Express, which will run at a maximum speed of 160 kmph and cover a 200-km distance in about 105 minutes, will be operated by Railways

  • train to vajpayee s village flagged off 16 years after he

    Train to Vajpayee's village flagged off 16 years after he laid foundation

    India | Dec 24, 2015, 11:39 PM IST

    Agra: A train connecting Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ancestral village Bateshwar with Etawah was today flagged off, 16 years after the former prime minister had laid the foundation stone for this project. The train was flagged off

  • 12 800 appear while 20 000 pass b.ed exam in agra

    12,800 appear while 20,000 pass B.Ed exam in Agra

    India | Dec 13, 2015, 12:30 PM IST

    Agra: In a shocking case of forgery, over 20,000 were reported to have cleared the B.ED exams from Agra's B.R Ambedkar University while only 12,800 were enrolled as regular students.According to a Times of India

  • muslims bridge communal divide by acting in prestigious

    Muslims bridge communal divide by acting in prestigious Agra Ramlila

    India | Oct 20, 2015, 02:35 PM IST

    Agra: Ramlila performances are in full swing across the country ahead of Dussehra this week. It would be natural to assume that the performers are all Hindus but that is not the case. In Agra's oldest

  • river activists environmentalists walk to save yamuna

    River activists, environmentalists walk to save Yamuna

    India | Oct 12, 2015, 12:49 PM IST

    Agra: Hundreds of river activists and environmentalists organized a walk demanding release of water in Yamuna and speed up cleaning programmes to save the river from further degradation.The march, a part of the River Connect

  • japanese tourist dead after falling from stairs at taj mahal

    Japanese tourist dead after falling from stairs at Taj Mahal

    India | Sep 18, 2015, 11:15 AM IST

    Agra:  A 66-year-old Japanese tourist today succumbed to serious head injuries after he allegedly slipped from the staircase inside the Taj Mahal here.Taj Ganj police station officials rushed him to the nearby private nursing home where doctors declared

  • social media post leads to violence in agra

    Social media post leads to violence in Agra

    India | Sep 04, 2015, 11:47 AM IST

    Agra: Tension prevailed in Agra on Friday after some religious comments on social media led to violence between two communities the previous day.Additional security forces have been called in to control the situation in the

  • dhoni begins para training in agra

    Dhoni begins para-training in Agra

    Cricket | Aug 08, 2015, 12:10 PM IST

    Agra: Indian ODI skipper and honorary Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Singh Dhoni has formally begun a fortnight-long session at the Para Training School (PTS) in Agra.Defence ministry spokesman Group Captain Basant B. Pandey, who shared this

  • yamuna pollution threatens taj parliamentary panel

    Yamuna pollution threatens Taj: parliamentary panel

    India | Jul 26, 2015, 05:12 PM IST

    New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over pollution affecting the Taj Mahal and linked it to the polluted Yamuna river that flows along the monument in Agra.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and

  • police constable shot at in agra

    Police constable shot at in Agra

    India | Jul 21, 2015, 04:27 PM IST

    Agra: An Uttar Pradesh police constable was critically injured after being shot at by unidentified assailants in Agra, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred late Monday night when constable Himanshu Chauhan was on patrol in

  • major upgrade for tourism facilities in agra mathura

    Major upgrade for tourism facilities in Agra-Mathura

    India | Jul 15, 2015, 04:32 PM IST

    Agra/Mathura:  The Uttar Pradesh tourism department has approved a major plan to streamline infrastructural projects in the Braj region in the light of the World Bank earmarking Rs.700 crore for promoting pro-poor tourism in the

  • lucknow to get metro rail before 2017 polls akhilesh yadav

    Lucknow to get metro rail before 2017 polls: Akhilesh Yadav

    Politics | Jul 11, 2015, 04:28 PM IST

    Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday announced that the Lucknow Metro will begin running before the 2017 state assembly elections.Addressing reporters after the launch of the uniform for the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation

  • in a first 109 people held for urinating in public

    In a first 109 people held for urinating in public

    India | Jun 27, 2015, 07:52 PM IST

    Agra: In an unprecedented cleanliness drive, Government Railway Police (GRP) of Agra division arrested 109 persons for urinating on railway platform, tracks parking lot and other place.The offenders were charged under Section 34 of the

  • agra lawyers strike over advocate s wife s murder

    Agra lawyers' strike over advocate's wife's murder

    India | Jun 24, 2015, 11:30 AM IST

    Agra : Lawyers in this Uttar Pradesh city went on strike on Wednesday to protest the loot and murder of a colleague's wife and daughter, police said.Advocate Praveen Gulati returned to his home in Khandari

  • six kg of gold looted in agra

    Six kg of gold looted in Agra

    India | Jun 22, 2015, 11:09 AM IST

    Agra : Six kg of gold was looted from a jeweller and his brother while they were returning home here late Sunday, police said.A gang of five armed men on motorcycles accosted Rinku Bansal and

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