UP Mayor polls: BJP bets heavy on fresh faces, pulls out several sitting mayors from contentionThe urban local body elections in the state will be held in two phases on May 4 and May 11. The counting of votes will take place on May 13...
24 Apr, 2023, 01.46 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh’s temple towns bonding with modern finance to rebuild creaking infraMunicipal corporations of these UP towns are likely to raise as much as ₹1,000 crore between them in the next few months, taking advantage ...
10 Apr, 2021, 06.54 AM IST
Solar energy to power Agra civic body head officeThe solar power besides cutting down on electricity bills will also provide relief from power cuts that affects official work.
10 Feb, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
85 per cent of houses on Yamuna floodplains liable to be razed: NGTThe tribunal asked various real estate developers and other parties in the case to file their replies on the local commissioner's report wi...
07 Nov, 2016, 06.05 PM IST
NGT slams Agra Development Authority over construction on Yamuna floodplainsThe counsel appearing for various builders assured the bench that they would put up Sewage Treatment Plants to ensure discharge of only tre...
05 Jul, 2016, 06.34 PM IST
National Green Tribunal seeks data on sewage discharge, untreated waste in AgraThe green panel also took note of the fact that many colonies in Agra lacked sewer connection and directed Agra Development Authority to id...
18 Jan, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
- Cyclothon for eco-friendly Agra, a defence and civil administration JV
At a time when New Delhi government is jostling over odd and even number plate car formula to motivate its citizens to opt eco-friendly mod...
10 Dec, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Shiv Sena to award Hindu families having five kidsThe Agra unit of the Shiv Sena has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for every Hindu family which has five children.
29 Aug, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
Anti-encroachment drive to clear Agra's interiors"Advance notices had been sent to everyone and the encroachments marked boldly to enable people to remove their belongings, he added.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
Commercial vehicles near Taj ordered to go CNG before July 31After a recent study by IIT Kanpur revealed that carbon pollution around the Taj was causing the famed white marble of the monument to yell...
30 Jan, 2015, 09.50 AM IST
Barack Obama's visit: UP police to hire chopperThe helicopter would start making sorties soon, he said adding that an air support unit team is being developed.
20 Jan, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
Agra bans plastic bags to curb pollutionWith an aim to curb the rising pollution in Yamuna, the Agra district administration has decided to strictly implement the ban on use of po...
20 Jun, 2014, 04.11 AM IST
SC allows cutting down 38 trees in Taj trapezium zoneThe SC bench headed by Justice T S Thakur passed the order after the corporation submitted that trees need to be cut down to renovate the t...
03 Feb, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
Bidding for Narendra Modi's chair touches Rs 4 lakh, BJP says against party cultureThe bid to purchase the chair on which BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi sat during the Agra rally has gone up to Rs 4.21 lakh.
27 Nov, 2013, 06.22 PM IST
- In Uttar Pradesh, river water fit for fishing only
The quality of river water is an area of concern in Uttar Pradesh, if the State of Environment report, 2010 is to be believed.
06 Jun, 2011, 01.42 AM IST
- Thousands form human chain against polythene bags
Thousands of people, including school children, made a human chain stretching about 17 km this morning as part of the campaign launched by ...
19 Dec, 2010, 05.31 PM IST
- SC notice to UP, Agra MC on illegal construction near Taj
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the UP government and Agra civic bodies for allegedly permitting illegal construc...
10 Jan, 2008, 03.28 AM IST