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The CM, who reached Agra on Friday night cutting short his Karnataka poll campaign after the opposition targeted him for his absence from the state, met people injured in the dust storm. (Photo: PTI)

Yogi Adityanath meets dust storm-affected families, promises relief

After visiting villages, the CM said that relief material and cheques for financial compensation had been promptly...

5 May 2018 3:13 PM GMT

According to reports, Agra registered 36 deaths, Bijnor three and Saharanpur two, while one death each was reported from Bareilly, Moradabad, Chitrakoot and Rampur. (Photo: AFP)

45 dead, 38 injured after heavy rain, storm lash Uttar Pradesh

CM Yogi Adityanath announced a compensation of up to Rs 4 lakh to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for each of...

3 May 2018 7:20 AM GMT

The pillar located on the southern entry gate of the monument fell due to rain on Thursday past midnight, according to sources. (Photo: ANI)

Minaret of Taj Mahal's entry gate collapses in heavy rain

In another rain-related incident near Agra, 3 children died in Mathura dist on Wed after a tin roof of their 1-room...

12 April 2018 3:27 AM GMT

Trudeau is accompanied by his wife Sophie Gregoire and three children - Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien. (Photo: PTI)

Trudeau, family begin India tour with Taj Mahal visit, to meet PM on...

Approximately 1.4 million Canadians are of Indian heritage and India is Canada's second largest source of immigrants.

18 Feb 2018 7:27 AM GMT

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wields a broom as he takes part in a cleanliness drive at the Taj Mahal in Agra on Thursday (Photo: PTI )

Yogi Adityanath seeks to shed communal' tag?

UP CM picks up broom to clean Taj. Says monument is India's gem, belongs to no religion

26 Oct 2017 10:26 PM GMT

Adityanath, the first BJP chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to visit the Taj Mahal, entered from the western gate where he swept the road along with senior leaders. (Photo: Twitter/Yogi Adityanath)

Amid Taj row, Yogi, 500 BJP leaders don masks, sweep road outside...

The last time a UP chief minister visited the Taj was Akhilesh Yadav, more than two years ago.

26 Oct 2017 7:39 AM GMT

Two youth were killed on Sunday after a bomb exploded in a two-wheeler in Agras Nai Ki Mandi area. (Photo: ANI/representational)

Agra: 2 killed in bomb explosion in two-wheeler near police station

The bomb exploded in an Activa scooter parked at Dhakran intersection in Nai Ki Mandi Police Station.

8 Oct 2017 2:46 PM GMT

They were herding nearly 500 cattle without giving them any food and water. When we asked why they were being so inhuman, they started beating us. They also molested three of our women companions , one of the injured K.V. Kanna said. (Representational image)

Villagers lynch mentally-challenged woman suspecting her to be a...

The incident occurred when Maan Devi went outside her house to relieve herself. She lost her way in darkness and reached...

3 Aug 2017 5:52 AM GMT

The population, which stood between 25,000 and 30,000 ten years ago, is dwindling and barely 5,000 animals are surviving in the state now, said Ganapathi, one of the research professors at Bargur cattle research station.

Cattle slaughter crackdown ripples through India's leather industry

In Agra, small-scale manufacturers are firing workers and families cutting back on spending.

15 Jun 2017 4:22 AM GMT

Right-wing organisations including Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM) and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) asserted that the religious sentiments of Hindus were hurt with the incident and have launched a protest in Agra. (Photo: ANI)

CISF asks models visiting Taj Mahal to remove saffron scraves

Models covering their heads with saffron scarves to keep heat at bay were prohibited from entering Taj Mahal by the...

21 April 2017 1:14 PM GMT

With efforts on for a rapprochement between Mulayam and Akhilesh, the CMs loyalist Ramgopal Yadav adopted a wait-and-watch policy by deciding against going to the Election Commission with a list of supporters despite announcing he would do so.

Akhilesh should hand over Samajwadi throne back to Mulayam: Shivpal

Blaming Akhilesh for SP's poor performance in assembly elections, Mulayam earlier this month said disloyalty to family...

18 April 2017 12:55 PM GMT

Police has cordoned off the Agra Cantt railway station and senior police officials have inspected the area. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Twin explosions near Agra station; none injured

Police sources said the two explosions were heard as garbage was being dumped into a tractor trolly near the railway...

18 March 2017 6:23 AM GMT