An Irish couple's 'scam' charge over a Rs 1,000 queue-skipping offer at the Taj Mahal has gone viral. Agra police have arrested a guide and a search is on for another one.
Two tourists, including an 83-year-old Brazilian visitor, were bitten by monkeys at the Taj Mahal on Wednesday morning. The latest attacks have renewed concerns over tourist safety and monkey control at the monument.
The accused and his associates would allegedly target unsuspecting aspirants by promising them government appointments and collecting money from them.
A resort near the Taj Mahal in Agra received an email warning of a bomb attack within eight days. Police found nothing suspicious in the search, but the cyber cell is tracing the sender and motive.
The survivor said that Omkar had been stalking, harassing, and pressuring her to enter a relationship with him for nearly a year. Police have arrested the accused.
A desperate race to hospital turned into a two-hour ordeal after the ambulance got stuck in a pothole. By the time she reached the hospital, her unborn baby was declared dead.
A former national-level powerlifter in Agra has accused her husband of luring her to a hotel and attacking her with a knife. Police have registered a case as videos she shared of the alleged abuse spread online .
Three people performed puja, aarti and jal abhishek towards the Taj Mahal from Mehtab Bagh on the third Monday of Sawan, with Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha members claiming responsibility.
The man also tried to throw his wife into the river. She was, however, rescued when passersby intervened and overpowered her husband.
A tempo carrying five people fell into a rain-filled drain in Uttar Pradesh's Agra. The rescue by residents and police averted a major tragedy after waterlogging obscured the road edge.
Heavy rain left a road in Uttar Pradesh's Agra caved in, but it was Samajwadi Party leader Nitin Kohli's response that grabbed attention. He claimed to "measure" the government's vikas, turning the cave-in into a sharp attack on the state's infrastructure amid recent concerns over the damaged Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway.
An ASI employee posted at the Taj Mahal collapsed at the western gate and died on Tuesday. Officials said he was taken to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead, and the cause is yet to be ascertained.
According to the victim's family, he had gone to recover a Rs 4 lakh loan from his neighbour but was later found dead outside his home. They alleged he was assaulted, pointing to injury marks on his leg, before his body was dumped outside the house.
The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department recovered 13 kilograms of gold and Rs 1.62 crore in cash during raids on former ARTO Lalit Kumar's premises. The seizure of hidden lockers, property papers and investment records has widened the corruption probe.
The killing followed a long-running marital dispute and left two young children without their mother. The accused was arrested from the spot while the wife was rushed to the hospital, but couldn't be saved.
A 44-year-old Agra man who was reported missing for 45 days was found buried beneath newly laid bathroom tiles inside his own home, after police uncovered the body during a search triggered by suspicious inconsistencies in the investigation.
A BJP councillor, Kishan Nayak, in Agra cut his birthday cake while standing in a dirty drain to protest alleged neglect. The video has triggered fresh questions over sanitation and civic response in the city.
A 16-year-old boy from Firozabad died after falling nearly 45 feet from a zip line at Agra Chowpati in Tajganj on Sunday after the pulley lock allegedly opened mid-ride.
The demand left the groom's family stunned. When the money was not given, the bride allegedly took her jewellery and returned to her parents' home.
After a partially burnt body was positively identified, the police immediately formed five teams to solve the case. The investigators arrested the woman, her lover and his aide within 24 hours.
