Industrialist shot dead on Agra-Jaipur highway

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013, Agra

An industrialist from Agra was shot dead by unidentified assailants who ambushed his car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said Friday.

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Agra authorities to seal Engineering college

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Agra

In compliance with the Allahabad high court order, Agra authorities will on Friday seal an Engineering College, which is constructed inside eco-sensitive Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary on the Delhi-Agra highway in Agra.

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Agra schools to shut by 11 am to escape heat

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 8, 2013, Agra

With the mercury crossing the 44 degrees Celsius mark, the Agra district administration has ordered all schools till Class 8 to close by 11 am.

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Agra may soon get an airport to boost tourism

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 3, 2013, Agra

Agra's hope for a civilian airport as a boost to the Taj city's tourism industry was revived after an hour-long presentation in Lucknow before top Uttar Pradesh government officials by Agra District Magistrate Zuher Bin Sagir.

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One killed in road mishap on Yamuna Expressway

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013, Greater Noida

One person was killed when the truck he was driving rammed into a stationary vehicle on Yamuna Expressway on Monday, police said.

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Two killed in an explosion near Taj Mahal in Agra

Press Trust of India | Thursday April 25, 2013, Agra

Two brothers were killed and a woman was injured on Thursday morning in an explosion at a scrap dealer's shop in the Taj Ganj police station area in Agra, police said.

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Two killed in an explosion near Taj Mahal in Agra

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Thursday April 25, 2013, Agra

There are reports of an explosion near the Taj Mahal in Agra. Two labourers have been killed.

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Four killed in Uttar Pradesh after the motorbike they were riding hit a truck

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 23, 2013, Agra

Four men, riding one motorbike, were killed near Farah town in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district when they rammed into a truck, police said on Tuesday.

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Earth Day celebrated in Agra

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 22, 2013, Agra

Several environmental groups in the Taj city on Monday observed Earth Day to highlight the ecological imbalances and threats to "mother Earth" through callous and unbridled profit-motivated industrialisation.

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Father seeks CBI probe into Agra research scholar's death

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 20, 2013, Agra

Father of Neha Shrama, a nanotechnology researcher who was mysteriously found dead in her laboratory here on March 16, has written to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking a CBI probe into his daughter's death.

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