Gas leak in Mathura, hundreds evacuated
August 8th, 2012 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Five people were taken ill and hundreds evacuated Wednesday morning following leakage of ammonia gas from an ice manufacturing factory in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police ... Read more...
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Scandalous state of Mathura’s child welfare homes (Lead, changing dateline)
June 25th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura, June 25 (IANS) Mathura's child welfare system is marred by poor sanitation and living standards, dilapidated buildings, ineffective staff and irregular adoptions, the National Commission for Protection of Child ... Read more...
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Scandalous state of Mathura’s child welfare homes
June 25th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Mathura's child welfare system is marred by poor sanitation and living standards, dilapidated buildings, ineffective staff and irregular adoptions, the National Commission for Protection of ... Read more...
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Trinamool wins first assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh
June 15th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) On a day when the Samajwadi Party (SP) ditched the Trinamool Congress for the UPA's presidential candidate, the Mamata Banerjee-led party stunned the SP government ... Read more...
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Agra may soon get international air terminal (Lead)
June 9th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 9 (IANS) Taj city Agra may soon get a brand new international air terminal at Dhanuali, close to the Kheria IAF base here, if the project gets the ... Read more...
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Agra may soon get international air terminal
June 9th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 9 (IANS) Taj city Agra may soon get a brand new international air terminal at Dhanuali, close to the Kheria IAF base here, if the project gets the ... Read more...
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Rs.500 crore plan for holy Goverdhan hill
April 12th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Goverdhan (Uttar Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) Goverdhan hill, which Lord Krishna's devotees consider one of their holiest shrines, is all set for a Rs.500 crore makeover.Mathura district authorities have drawn ... Read more...
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Agra jewellers down shutters to protest silver heist
February 21st, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 21 (IANS) Jewellers and bullion merchants in Agra went on an indefinite strike Tuesday downing shutters to protest police failure to nab armed bandits who looted silver worth ... Read more...
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Five die in accident
November 25th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 25 (IANS) Five members of a family were killed Friday when a speeding truck rammed into their car in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said.The accident took place ... Read more...
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Court awards death penalty to eight in triple murder
November 16th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Wednesday awarded capital punishment to eight people and life sentence to 27 in a two-decade-old triple murder carried ... Read more...
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Locals clash with police over youth’s death
November 15th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) A mob fought pitched battles with the police and indulged in arson and vandalism in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Tuesday after a youth was mowed down ... Read more...
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Police gun down gangster
October 25th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) A gangster carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture was Tuesday gunned down by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said.Yogendra alias Kalu, 28, ... Read more...
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Two patrolling policemen killed in Uttar Pradesh
September 28th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Two constables on night patrol were killed by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Wednesday.The two constables - Krishna Kumar and Ramveer Singh ... Read more...
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Arms smuggler held with 18 pistols
September 12th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 12 (IANS) An inter-state arms smuggler was arrested with 18 pistols in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Monday.Pappu Mahaveer Singh, 34, was arrested late Sunday in Nawada ... Read more...
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On bed of thorns in support of Anna
August 27th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with Anna Hazare, a young farmer of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district lay down on a bed of thorns for 10 hours.Satya Narayan, 25, ... Read more...
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Two cops injured in attack by villagers
January 5th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) Two policemen were critically injured after a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district attacked a search party on the trail of a suspected murderer, an official said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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UP Police baton charge Bahujan Samaj Party activists in Mathura
December 12th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by ANI
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police baton charged Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists when they tried to enter the venue where polling for Panchayat was taking place in Uttar ... Read more...
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March to mobilise support for cleaning Yamuna
December 2nd, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Barsana (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 2 (IANS) A religious leader from the Braj region in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district has announced a march along the Yamuna river from Allahabad to Delhi March ... Read more...
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Goat delivers test tube twins
November 4th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Farah (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 4 (IANS) A goat, which had been artificially implanted with fertilised eggs through in-vitro technique, has delivered twins at a research institute in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.Scientists ... Read more...
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Agra monuments, colonies flooded as Yamuna level rise
September 26th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Water level in the Yamuna river continued to rise Saturday leading to flooding of some monuments, about a dozen colonies and a few villages in Uttar Pradesh's Agra ... Read more...
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Retired government official, wife found dead
September 25th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) A retired government official and his wife were found murdered at their residence in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Saturday, police said.
Satya Prakash (70), a retired assistant regional manager ... Read more...
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Gangster gunned down
September 15th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A gangster who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head was shot dead by police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district even as his two aides managed to ... Read more...
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120 kg poppy husk seized, 2 arrested
August 28th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) Haryana Police Saturday arrested two residents of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district and recovered 120 kg of powdered poppy husk from their possession.
A spokesman of Haryana police said that ... Read more...
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Shutdown against Yamuna Express, train stopped near Mathura (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 25th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Wednesday stopped a train and disrupted rail routes while joining in the statewide shutdown called by the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti for ... Read more...
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Farmer deaths: Parliament adjourned till Tuesday
August 16th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till Tuesday following repeated disruptions by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) members protesting the killing ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned till Tuesday over farmer deaths (Third Lead)
August 16th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned till Tuesday following repeated disruptions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) members protesting the killing of two ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned twice over farmer deaths
August 16th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament were repeatedly adjourned on Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) protested the killing of two farmers ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned over farmer deaths (Second Lead)
August 16th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were repeatedly adjourned Monday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) members protested the killing of two farmers in police ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over farmer deaths
August 16th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned till noon following a protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party members against the killing of ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over farmer deaths (Lead, superseding earlier story)
August 16th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday following protests by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party members against the killing of two farmers in ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over farmer deaths
August 16th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday following protests by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party members against the killing of two farmers in ... Read more...
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Sub-divisional magistrate attempts suicide in Uttar Pradesh
July 17th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) attempted suicide by shooting himself in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Saturday morning, police said.
Rajiv Gupta, the SDM of the Maant Tehsil, shot himself in ... Read more...
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Six killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
May 16th, 2010 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Agra, May 16 (IANS) Six people were killed and four critically injured when two vehicles collided head-on over the Bajna bridge in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Sunday.
According to the police, ... Read more...
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Seven pilgrims die in Agra road accident
May 1st, 2010 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
Agra, May 1 (IANS) Seven pilgrims were killed and 10 injured when the Tempo three-wheeler they were travelling in collided head-on with a car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said Saturday.
The accident ... Read more...
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Four killed in blast at scrap dealer’s shop in Mathura (Lead)
April 14th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 14 (IANS) At least four people were killed and several injured in an explosion at a scrap dealer's shop in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district Wednesday, police said ruling out any ... Read more...
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