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

  India | January 19, 2016 15:06 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

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

  India | December 24, 2015 23:39 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

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

  India | December 13, 2015 12:30 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

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  Muslims bridge communal divide by acting in prestigious Agra Ramlila

  India | October 20, 2015 14:35 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

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  River activists, environmentalists walk to save Yamuna

  India | October 12, 2015 12:49 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

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  Japanese tourist dead after falling from stairs at Taj Mahal

  India | September 18, 2015 11:15 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

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  Social media post leads to violence in Agra

  India | September 04, 2015 11:47 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

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  Dhoni begins para-training in Agra

  Cricket | August 08, 2015 12:10 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

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  Yamuna pollution threatens Taj: parliamentary panel

  India | July 26, 2015 17:12 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

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  Police constable shot at in Agra

  India | July 21, 2015 16:27 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

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  Major upgrade for tourism facilities in Agra-Mathura

  India | July 15, 2015 16:32 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

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  Lucknow to get metro rail before 2017 polls: Akhilesh Yadav

  National | July 11, 2015 16:28 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

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  In a first 109 people held for urinating in public

  India | June 27, 2015 19:52 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

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

  India | June 24, 2015 11:30 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

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  Six kg of gold looted in Agra

  India | June 22, 2015 11:09 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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  Detergent in Mother Dairy milk? Company refutes allegation

  India | June 17, 2015 8:45 IST

  Agra:  Two samples of milk produced by Mother Dairy have been found to be substandard, and one of them contained detergent, a food watchdog official said on Tuesday. A Mother Dairy official denied the charges,

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  Ravi Prasad launches Wi-Fi facility at Tajmahal;free for 1st 30 minutes

  National | June 16, 2015 22:05 IST

  Agra: Tourists visiting the Tajmahal can now access Wi-Fi service for free for the first 30 minutes as the facility was formally launched by Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today.After free usage limit

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  Yamuna restoration: NGT asks committee to determine flow

  India | June 14, 2015 12:26 IST

  New Delhi:  The National Green Tribunal has directed a principal committee, constituted by it, to hold a meeting to determine the environmental flow of Yamuna from Hatnikhund barrage in Haryana up to Agra in Uttar

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  National Green Tribunal Issues Notices to Builders for Construction on Yamuna Flood Plains

  India | June 09, 2015 8:09 IST

  Agra:  National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 15 builders and sought their response on alleged construction of multi-storeyed buildings on Yamuna flood plains.The builders have been asked to file affidavits by July 28 with

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  Affordable travel destinations: 5 places you can visit in just Rs. 3000

  Lifestyle | June 04, 2015 14:35 IST

  Life in metro cities is becoming really hectic with every passing day. At some point our mind and body do ask for a break. Break from the fast running city life, from the scorching heat