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AGRA: In a move to curb extravagance and encourage austerity at weddings, a ‘panchayat’ by the Muslim community in Kosi Kalan, a town in Mathura, unanimously decided to ban ‘nikah’ (marriage) ceremonies at hotels, guest houses or marriage halls and placed strict restrictions on DJ music, fireworks and ‘salami’ (gift) ritual to grooms. Those flouting…
AGRA: A proposed New Year programme featuring Bollywood actor Sunny Leone at a prominent rooftop restaurant in Mathura was cancelled after saints and religious organisations strongly objected to it. They said events like this were against religious traditions of Braj region and would hurt the sentiments of the devotees.Priests said Mathura is a “divine land”…
AGRA: Caught in a traffic jam in Meerut on Sunday evening, a UP Police woman sub-inspector, posted in Aligarh, vented her frustration on a young couple on a car by threatening them and abusing them by saying, “I am a police officer in uniform, I will urinate in your mouth.“A video of the incident has…
A New Year’s Eve program featuring actress Sunny Leone at a Mathura hotel was cancelled due to strong objections from religious leaders AGRA: The proposed New Year programme featuring actress Sunny Leone at a prominent hotel in Mathura has been cancelled following strong objections from saints and religious organisations. The organisers said the decision was…
AGRA: A computer teacher at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was shot dead on campus in a targeted attack on Wednesday evening, police said. Chilling CCTV footage shows the assailants firing at the teacher even after he had fallen to the ground.The victim, Rau Danish Ali, had been teaching computer science at ABK High School on…
A 45-year-old computer teacher, Rau Danish Ali, was fatally shot by two masked assailants on a two-wheeler while taking an evening walk on the AMU campus AGRA: A 45-year-old computer teacher was shot dead in a late-night attack on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus on Wednesday when he was out on an evening walk…
ALIGARH: A teacher at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh was shot in the head by unidentified assailants, officials said on Thursday.The victim was out for a walk.The university’s Proctor, Professor Mohd. Wasim Ali, confirmed that Rao Danish Ali, a faculty member at the ABK School of AMU, was targeted in the attack.“Around 9…
AGRA: When the multi-vehicle collision on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura turned the crash site into a blazing trap, 42-year-old Parvati Devi found herself inside one of the burning buses with only seconds to act. As flames closed in on her, she broke a window and pushed her two children out, securing their escape. But…
Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura AGRA: At least four people were dead after a major collision involving multiple vehicles led to several buses catching fire on the Delhi–Agra Expressway amid dense fog on Tuesday, police said to news agency ANI.The incident occurred in the early hours when a thick layer of fog severely reduced visibility, leading…
AGRA: Sitting outside Allahabad high court complex with her family, a disraught Sushila Devi, 66, waits eagerly in the hope of finding her 36-year-old son, an inspector in UP Police who went missing on Sept 17 after he was allegedly picked up by Aligarh cops following a quarrel with his wife. Her gaze fixed on…
