Mathura

Claiming police apathy, Mathura couple sets self on fire

7:50 pm August 28, 2019

Mathura (UP): A man and his wife set themselves on fire outside a police station here on Wednesday, alleging inaction by the police over their complaint that some village strongmen were harassing them, officials said. The couple reached Surir police station in Mathura in the morning after pouring kerosene oil on their bodies and set […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Minor raped by four men in Mathura

10:00 pm July 26, 2019

Mathura: A minor was raped allegedly by four men in a village here, police said on Friday. On July 20, the girl fell unconscious after consuming prasad offered by Rahul, Bablu, Dinkush and Hemant, SP (Rural) Aditya Kumar Shukla said. The four men then took her to a deserted place and allegedly raped her, he […]

11 million devotees visit Mathura’s ‘mini kumbh’

10:00 pm July 17, 2019

Mathura: Over 11 million devotees undertook circumambulation of the holy Govardhan hillock and visited the Mudiya Poono Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district that ended on Wednesday. The fair, which is dubbed as Mathura’s ‘mini-Kumbh’, began on July 12 and was to end on Tuesday but it continued till Wednesday amid a huge rush. “Over […]

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Pilgrims throng Mathura’s ‘mini-kumbh’

10:30 pm July 16, 2019

Mathura: Over 90 lakh pilgrims have undertaken circumambulation of the Govardhan hillock here since July 10, with an increase in devotees since the Mudiya Poono Mela began on Friday, an official said. The fair, which is dubbed as Mathura’s ‘mini-Kumbh’, began on July 12 and was to end on Tuesday but officials said it will […]

25 IPS officers transferred in UP

5:46 pm June 8, 2019

Lucknow: In a first major reshuffle in the police department after the Lok Sabha polls, the Uttar Pradesh government transferred 25 IPS officers, including police chiefs of Ayodhaya, Agra, Mathura and Rampur. According to the transfer list released by Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar late Friday night, Agra SSP Amit Pathak has been shifted to […]