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Uttar Pradesh: Mathura man stares at sun with bare eyes, without winking for over 1 hour, enters record books

AGRA: A 70-year-old Mathura resident Mahendra Singh Verma made his way into the India Book of records on Sunday for “longest time to stare at the sun with bare eyes” under soaring temperature of 39 degrees C.

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Mainpuri man burns academic documents, says no hope to get job in BJP rule

AGRA: Upset by the victory of BJP in the assembly election, a 32-year-old man burnt his academic certificates of high school and intermediate in Karhal town area of Mainpuri district. Sheelratan Bodh who runs a computer centre in the area, said, "I was hopeful that Akhilesh Yadav will form the…

The Times of India · Mar 14, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: BJP worker shot at in Mainpuri, SP MLA injured

AGRA: A BJP worker was allegedly shot at and injured by Samajwadi Party workers during a clash at Avadh Nagar polling booth in Mainpuri city on Sunday evening.

The Times of India · Feb 20, 2022

UP polls: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gives Congress’s youth manifesto to protesting BJP workers in Aligarh

AGRA: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was campaigning in Aligarh on Saturday evening, when some BJP workers purportedly hooted and raised pro-Yogi and Modi slogans.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2022

File reply by today or bear heavy cost: Allahabad high court to UP cop in Kasganj case

AGRA: The Allahabad high court has slammed the superintendent of police (SP) of Kasganj for failing to file a response to a plea seeking CBI inquiry in the custodial death case of November 2021 in which 22-year-old Mohammad Altaf was found "hanging" from a tap in a local thana's lock-up.

The Times of India · Feb 3, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: SIT chargesheet against ex-principal in school girl's 'rape-suicide' case

AGRA: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the UP police filed an over 2,000-page chargesheet on Tuesday against the former principal of a Mainpuri residential school in connection with the death of a 16-year-old student, who was allegedly raped and found hanging in a prayer room in the premises in…

The Times of India · Feb 1, 2022

UP elections: BSP replaces candidates in Firozabad Sadar and Sirsaganj constituencies

AGRA: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has withdrawn the ticket to party candidate from Firozabad Sadar seat Babloo Kumar Rathore alias Goldi Rathore and Sirsaganj candidate Raghvendra Singh.

The Times of India · Jan 29, 2022

UP elections: Akhilesh Yadav to file nomination from Mainpuri’s Karhal on January 31, BJP yet to field candidate against him

AGRA: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will file his nomination papers from Karhal constituency in Mainpuri on Monday. He is contesting his first assembly elections from Mainpuri, the stronghold of Samajwadi Party. Interestingly, BJP has not declared its candidate against Akhilesh from Karhal constituency till date.

The Times of India · Jan 29, 2022

UP assembly polls: Convinced Akhilesh Yadav in '3 minutes', says Samajwadi Party candidate with grudge to settle with BJP nominee

AGRA: It took Roopali Dixit just three minutes to convince the Samajwadi Party chief to give her the ticket to fight the assembly elections from Fatehabad. Or so she says.

The Times of India · Jan 26, 2022

UPTET 2022: 10 people, including two kingpins arrested for impersonation in Mathura

AGRA: The Mathura police has arrested ten persons including five proxy candidates, who are also students, for alleged impersonation in UPTET (Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test) exam held in the city on Sunday.

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2022