Mathura

Mathura court requested to reject plea against mosque

11:41 pm March 22, 2021

Mathura: A Muslim body on Monday requested a Mathura court to reject the plea seeking the removal of a mosque near a temple which the devouts believe marks the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The plea seeking the removal of the 17th century Shahi Idgah mosque from the 13.37-acre premises of the Katra Keshav Dev temple […]

Smuggled liquor worth Rs 40 lakh seized in UP’s Mathura

11:48 pm March 21, 2021

Mathura : Police have seized 1,000 cartons of smuggled liquor worth Rs 40 lakh and arrested one person in this connection, an official said on Sunday. In a joint operation of police and the Excise Department, 1,000 cartons of liquor were recovered from a vehicle on Saturday evening, SP rural Srish Chandra said. Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, a resident […]

Centre yet to explain merits of agri laws to farmers: RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary

11:01 pm February 16, 2021

Noida: The Centre has so far not been able to explain what good the new agriculture laws would do to the farmers, Rashtriya Lok Dal vice president Jayant Chaudhary said on Tuesday. Addressing a mahapanchayat in Mathura’s Mant area, Chaudhary took on the government over a host of other issues being faced by farmers including inflation and rising fuel prices. ”Some people […]

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PFI student wing leader remanded in judicial custody for a day

11:34 pm February 14, 2021

Mathura : Campus Front of India leader Rauf Sheriff, brought here from Kerala on a production warrant for allegedly funding a journalist and three others for fuelling a stir after the death of gangrape victim of a Hathras village, was produced before a Mathura court on Sunday. Arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in Kerala in December in a money laundering case, Sheriff was flown to Delhi from Ernakulam on a production warrant of a Mathura a […]

Major farmers’ meet in Shamli as clamour against farm laws grows in west UP

7:00 pm February 5, 2021

Noida: Thousands of farmers turned up for a meeting in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh on Friday amid a growing clamour against the Centre’s agri-marketing laws in the region. People from Shamli and nearby districts started reaching Shamli’s Bhainswal village on tractors, two- and four-wheelers and on foot for a ‘kisan panchayat’ being held there by the Rashtriya […]