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News Reports

Agravan when? UP govt asks historians to check if Agra city was ever known by any other name

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2019

Speculations are rife that the name of Agra may soon be changed to Agravan.

Crime

Kidnapping of a minor Hindu girl in a village near Agra triggers violence, shops torched

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

About 15 shops in a street were torched by a mob late in the evening. In retaliation, the people from the opposite side also reportedly attacked the houses and families of the former community.

Government and Policy

UP govt releases Rs 20 crore for completion of under-construction Mughal Museum in Agra

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2019

The work on Agra's Mughal Museum had started in June 2016 during Akhilesh Yadav's govt and was planned to be completed by the end of 2017

Crime

Yunus harasses and assaults girls going to attend Bhagwat Geeta recital in Agra

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2019

A boy who had come to help the girls being assaulted was also reportedly beaten up.

News Reports

Communal violence, stone pelting in Agra after one group opposes organising Shivratri in the locality

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2019

Chasmuddin’s side opposed placing a shivling for shivratri, and clashed with people from Balmiki basti

Economy and Finance

Union Cabinet sanctions the Kanpur and Agra metro rail projects

OpIndia Staff - 1 March, 2019

Yogi Adityanath, the CM of Uttar Pradesh has thanked the Centre, for the release of funds for the project and has asserted that both projects will boost development in both the cities.

News Reports

Agra: Police seals illegal slaughterhouse after journalist shares images on social media

OpIndia Staff - 13 February, 2019

The tweet was posted in a thread where Sharma was discussing her recent Ground Report from Agra's Mantola. Sharma had reported how Hindus, who are in the minority in the area, "lack in resources and live in fear."

Crime