NEW DELHI: A boat carrying a group of devotees capsized in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Friday afternoon, leaving at least six people dead while rescue operations remain underway.According to officials, the accident occurred near Kesi Ghat when one of two boats carrying around 30 people suddenly sank in the river.“Today, a…
MATHURA: A cow vigilante was killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district after he was allegedly run over by a vehicle linked to suspected cattle smugglers during a late-night chase, triggering protests and clashes.The deceased, identified as Chandrashekhar, popularly known as “Farsa Wale Baba,” was a local cow protection activist in the Braj region. The incident…
A 48-year-old Delhi businessman, Anroop Gupta, missing since February 18, was found murdered and his body dismembered in a Mathura canal. NEW DELHI: A 48-year-old city businessman missing since Feb 18 has been found dead and his body parts recovered from a canal in Mathura. Police have arrested four individuals, including a woman, for the…
In a recent development and to boost tourism, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced plans to set up India’s first National Cow Culture Museum in Mathura. The project is aimed at celebrating the country’s cultural, spiritual and scientific connection to cows. As per media sources, the museum will be developed on the campus of the…
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”…
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…
People gathered in large numbers on Saturday to offer prayers for legendary actor Dharmendra at a prayer meet organised by his wife, veteran actress and politician Hema Malini. The atmosphere was heavy with grief as fans, colleagues, and well-wishers came together to remember the man fondly known as Bollywood’s original He-Man.Dharmendra passed away on November…
NAGPUR: Forgotten for decades, rescued overnight. A 1972 rape survivor whose case reshaped India’s sexual-assault laws was found living in a collapsing hut in eastern Maharashtra, abandoned by welfare systems that should have carried her. A TOI front-page report triggered a wave of response from across India and far beyond, ensuring support for the woman.Maharashtra…
Unable to read and write, and with her fingerprints not registering due to age, Mathura can’t access welfare schemes GADCHIROLI: More than five decades after her rape inside a Maharashtra police station sparked protests across India and forced the rewriting of the country’s sexual assault laws, the woman known to the world only as ‘Mathura’…
NEW DELHI: A goods train got derailed between Virndaban Road and Ajhai stations in Mathura district at around 8 pm on Tuesday. Railway rescue teams are on their way. Three out of the four tracks have been completely blocked by the overturned wagons. As a result, all train services between Delhi towards Agra and Jhansi…