Agra MP starts his innings with protest demonstration

October 14th, 2009 AGRA - Train services were badly affected after five bogies of a goods train derailed in the Jaooj area near Agra on Wednesday morning. According to officials, no one was injured in the accident.

October 10th, 2009 AGRA - Agra Mayor Anjula Singh Mahaur Saturday launched a battery-run cycle rickshaw in the city of the Taj Mahal. Marketed by a Haryana manufacturer under the brand name Bricky, it costs around Rs.52,000.

October 1st, 2009 AGRA - In a swift operation Agra police rescued Bahujan Samaj Party corporator Mahendra Singh from abductors near Nunihai industrial estate in Agra, officials said Thursday. Mahendra Singh was abducted from a main bazaar in Firozabad Wednesday evening in a Scorpio.

September 29th, 2009 AGRA - A junior engineer of the Agra Development Authority (ADA) was shot by three unidentified assailants in his house and is in critical condition at a private nursing home here, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night.

September 28th, 2009 AGRA - A woman home guard in Agra has duped over a dozen people of nearly Rs.1 crore on the pretext of getting them jobs, getting their relatives out of jail and so on, police said Monday. An FIR has been lodged against the home guard, Manju Tomar who is absconding and police have launched a hunt for her.

September 23rd, 2009 AGRA - Over 200 live cartridges were recovered near the Agra Fort here in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was conducting repair works at the site where the cartridges were found.

September 18th, 2009 AGRA - A 45-year-old man who was serving a life sentence hanged himself from a tree within the jail premises here, an official said Saturday. Netra Pal hanged himself using his lungi at the District Jail of Agra Friday while other inmates were away for Namaz.

September 11th, 2009 AGRA - The body of the chief of Bhopal Development Authority M.G. Rusia was found by villagers on the railway tracks near Agra.

September 8th, 2009 AGRA - Agitated over the murder of a businessman and the police's bid to pass it off as an accident, main markets of the city observed a shut down in protest Tuesday. The police have announced a probe into the murder.

April 29th, 2009 AGRA - The day temperature in Agra rose to a sizzling 44.6 degrees Celsius Wednesday, the weatherman said. The soaring temperature resulted in less number of tourists stepping out of their hotel rooms to visit the popular sites.

April 18th, 2009 AGRA - While others arrived in flashy cars, a Lok Sabha candidate came riding a donkey to file his nomination papers for the Agra reserved seat. Janwadi Socialist Party's Akhilesh Kumar Diwakar came all the way from his home town Etah riding on a donkey Friday, evoking much amusement.

February 16th, 2009 AGRA - A six-year-old boy was handed over to his parents in Agra after kidnappers released him, a police officer Tuesday said. Vivek, a nursery school student, was kidnapped from his St.

February 13th, 2009 AGRA - At least 20 activists of the Shiv Sena were Saturday arrested after they roughed up some youngsters to protest celebration of Valentine's Day, the Agra police said Saturday. Superintendent of Police B.P.

February 12th, 2009 AGRA - Thousands of craftsmen, skilled artisans, handicrafts manufacturers and emporia owners held a sit-in and went on a day-long strike here Friday to protest the imposition of tax on handicraft items. The protesters held the sit-in at the Shaheed Smarak in the busy Sanjay Place commercial complex Friday to protest the imposition of 4 percent tax on handicraft items.

January 11th, 2009 AGRA - A man wanted for the murder of a youth leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was Monday shot dead by the police here. Sanju Pandit was killed in a shootout when he was entering Agra.