Tag: Agra

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered demolition of a parking lot, which is being built within a kilometre of the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra. The apex court’s order came two days before the scheduled visit of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to the historic monument on October 26. Adityanath had recently said […]

Agra: A young woman took on a Samajwadi party leader here when his motorcade brushed past her two-wheeler and one of the guards, she claimed, winked at her. The woman was on her way to see a doctor on Sunday when local Samajwadi party leader Abhinav Sharma’s car grazed past her vehicle, knocking her down. […]

A middle-aged woman was allegedly stabbed to death at her house by unknown assailants, who also took away cash and valuables, police said on Friday

Agra: Six suspected cases of swine flu were detected in this Uttar Pradesh city Thursday, an official said Friday. More than 60 cases have come to light in the state during the past few winter months, while four people have died. In the latest, a junior doctor at the SN Medical College was admitted with […]

Agra: The controversial Taj Heritage Corridor, which brought down the Mayawati government in 2003, has now been resurrected in a new “green” avatar along the Yamuna river bank. A year ago, the then local MP and Chairman of the SC/ST Commission, Ram Shankar Katheria, laid the foundation stone of the new Taj View Garden, sandwiched […]

New Delhi: The glimmering Taj Mahal, said to be at its aesthetic best in moonlight, could now be thrown open after sunset for all tourists. So far, night access to the globally renowned monument was allowed at a premium only for five nights in a month. Union Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel told […]

Lucknow: After changing the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to change the name of Agra to Agravan. The state government has asked the Ambedkar University in Agra to look into the historical aspect of the name. The history department […]

New Delhi: With some of the 100 selected Smart Cities lagging behind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi will guide Amritsar and Ahmedabad will help Chandigarh in implementing projects under the mission. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will […]

Agra: After a long gap of closure for 188 days due to the pandemic, the 17th-century monument of love, the Taj Mahal, reopened to visitors on Monday, even as a spurt of 144 new Covid-19 cases raised the alarm level of the district administration. The ASI officials along with the CISF security personnel ensured strict […]