Violent clashes erupt between villagers and Satsangis in AgraAgra, Dec. 22 (ANI): An altercation between villagers and members of a religious sect took a violent turn on Tuesday, as the latter burnt vehicles and went on a rampage in Agra. Community marriages are the flavour of the seasonAGRA - Hindu marriages are becoming costlier each year, causing a great deal of stress and anxiety in middle class families. The only way to alleviate the financial burden is to promote community mass marriages, according to leaders at the 14th Agrawal Maha Sabha-sponsored mass marriage programme here. Abolish casteism to integrate Hindus: RSS chiefAGRA - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has called for the demolition of caste barriers which he said have obstructed the growth of Hinduism and shackled Hindu society for hundreds of years. One dead, two injured in Agra market shootoutAGRA - Armed men opened fire in a jeweller’s shop in Agra’s Shah Ganj area, killing one person and injuring two others, police said Monday. One dead in Agra market shootoutAGRA - One person was killed and two injured when gunmen stormed into a jeweller’s shop in Agra’s crowded Shah Ganj market, police said Monday. Fiji student accuses Hindi professor of harassmentAGRA - A case has been lodged against a professor at the Central Hindi Institute here after a girl student from Fiji accused him of harassing her and warning her of bad results if she complained to anyone, police said Sunday. River police keep watch at TajAGRA - River police in motorboats have started patrolling the Yamuna behind the world famous Taj Mahal to keep an eye on polluters and look out for suspicious elements. ATM machine looted in AgraAGRA - Robbers attacked an ATM of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and decamped with the money, police said Sunday. Agra schoolkids cycle for a clean cityAGRA - Hundreds of school children cycled through streets of this Taj city Sunday morning to spread environmental consciousness and demand drastic reduction in carbon emission to make the city clean. Gun toting personnel inside Taj dampens tourist spiritAGRA - The sight of gun toting uniformed personnel roaming within and around the Taj Mahal in Agra is inadvertently taking a toll on tourism. Students go on a rampage in AgraAGRA - Irate students of Raja Balwant Singh College of Agra went on rampage on Thursday over the suspension of classes due to differences between the teachers and college management. Ben Kingsley wants financial support from Indian producers for his film on Taj MahalAGRA - British actor Ben Kingsley on Wednesday sought financial help from Indian producers to make a film on Taj Mahal, the monument of love. Families engaged in Agra footwear industry brave several oddsAGRA - The footwear industry and trade in and around Agra continues to thrive, despite several hurdles. Cylinder blast in Uttar Pradesh temple injures 40AGRA - More than three dozen pilgrims and priests were injured when an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinder blew up in a temple in Bateshwar, 70 km from Agra, police said Tuesday. Agra guides come up with their problems ahead of Commonwealth GamesAGRA - Ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games, the tourist guides’ association in Agra has come up with its problems. Police lift body from funeral pyre after murder complaintAGRA - The body of a 24-year-old woman was lifted by police from the funeral pyre in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district Sunday after her parents filed a complaint that she was set on fire for not mdeeting the dowry demands of her in-laws. Taj Mahal security beefed up following terror threatAGRA - Security at the Taj Mahal here has been tightened following threats of an eminent terrorist attack. Protest against price rise turns violent in AgraAGRA - Police baton-charged protestors as a demonstration against rising prices turned violent here on Monday. Three murdered in AgraAGRA - The city of the Taj Mahal witnessed three murders over love, officials said Monday. Agra varsity students forcibly close collegesAGRA - Hundreds of students of the Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University took to the streets Saturday afternoon forcibly closing down all colleges, to protest the assault on students, including on girls, Friday by varsity employees. Two killed in Agra accidentAGRA - Two men were killed and another critically injured when a speeding milk tanker hit their scooter here Saturday, police said. Agra police detain protesting studentsAGRA - Agra police detained physiotherapy students of the Ambedkar University after they blocked a road, demanding appointment of faculty and a separate academic department. US, other leading armies want to train, learn from Indian Special ForcesAGRA - The Red Devils, the elite Special Forces of the Indian Army, are most sought after by the leading armies of the world who want to learn and train with them for their courage, professionalism, adventurism and spirit of soldiering. Special Forces modernisation keeping in view Taliban menace: Army ChiefAGRA - To guard the territorial integrity and national security from any quarter, the Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor, has assured that security forces are ready to face any challenge from the Taliban, and added that Special Forces modernisation is being done keeping in view asymmetric and fourth generation warfare. Counterfeit money racket busted in AgraAGRA - Police Thursday busted a fake currency racket, seizing notes amounting to hundreds of thousands of rupees, along with printers, water mark papers, scanners and computers from a house in the city. Two brothers, who fell into bore-well, found deadAGRA - Two brothers, who fell into a 50-foot deep bore-well in a village in Agra district Monday evening, were found dead Tuesday after an over-27 hours long rescue operation, first by the police and later by army personnel. Army takes over operations to rescue brothers from bore-wellAGRA - Army personnel were Tuesday called in to rescue two brothers who fell into a 50-foot deep bore-well in a village in Agra district Monday evening. However, officials at the spot said they were uncertain the two are still alive. Thousands of forged mark-sheets found in AgraAGRA - A raid on a printing press in the Sanjay Place commercial complex in the heart of Agra has brought to light a forged mark-sheet scam which is sure to rock Agra University in the coming days, officials said Tuesday. Indo-US air force exercise comes to a successful endAGRA - Indo-US air force bilateral exercise, Cope India 2009, today came to a successful completion, with both the air forces working together, enhancing and understanding the employment philosophies of each other in joint venture operations. Three officials transferred following Mathura train collisionAGRA - A divisional railway manager of the North Central Zone, along with two other senior officials were transferred following Wednesday’s train collision near Mathura, in which 23 passengers died, officials said Friday. |
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