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Around 50 people hospitalised due to food poisoning in Mathura

Around 50 people, including women and children, were hospitalised here due to suspected food poisoning after consuming fritters made of buckwheat flour, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday during Janmashtami festivities, they said. "We had fritters made of buckwheat flour last night. After that I started vomiting and felt a burning sensation in the stomach," Priyanka, a teenager admitted to the government hospital, told PTI Videos. Parkham Singh, a resident of Parkham village who had come with a patient, said after consuming the fritters people started complaining about dizziness, vomiting and shivering. "The kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) was purchased from a local shop in the village," he said. Around 50 people from my village have fallen ill, he added. "My wife is unable to stand, she has become very weak, almost unconscious," Mahesh, another resident of the village, told PTI Videos. A doctor at the hospital said

HC clears path for Krishna Janmabhoomi vs Shahi Eidgah Mosque legal suits

Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea challenging the 18 pleas filed by Hindu worshippers seeking the restoration of the Lord Krishna temple in the place currently occupied by the Shahid Eidgah mosque

ASI reveals records on demolition of Mathura's Keshavdev temple: RTI

Archaeological Survey of India's response to RTI query cites 1920 gazette confirmed the dismantling of Keshavdev temple for the construction of Aurangzeb's mosque

Will forget other things if Gyanvapi, Mathura freed: Ram Mandir treasurer

"The country's future should be good and if we get these temples (Gyanvapi and Krishna Janmabhoomi) peacefully we will forget about all other things," Dev Giri Maharaj said

'Handmaiden of Hindutva': Owaisi takes dig at ASI over Gyanvapi survey

Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that ASI's report was based on conjecture and made a mockery of scientific study

Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi case: Will continue our fight, says Muslim side

The Supreme Court observed that HC has acted on a vague application seeking omnibus directions. The court noted that the application has to be specific

SC stays HC order for court-monitored survey of Shahi Idgah in Mathura

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order that allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta stayed the implementation of the December 14, 2023 order by which it had agreed to the appointment of a court commissioner to oversee the survey of the mosque premises which, the Hindu side claims, hold signs suggesting that it was a temple once. The bench said there are certain legal issues which have arisen and questioned the vague application made before the high court for appointment of a court commissioner for the survey. You can't file a vague application for appointment of court commissioner. It should be very specific on the purpose. You can't leave everything to the court to look into it, the bench told senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for Hindu bodies like Bhagwan ShriKrishna Virajman and others The bench said it is issuing notice to

Rajnath Singh inaugurates first all-girls sainik school in Mathura

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday inaugurated the first all-girls sainik school at Vrindavan and termed it as a beacon of light for girls who aspire to join the armed forces and protect the motherland. According to the defence ministry, Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School, the first all-girls sainik school with a strength of about 870 students, has been inaugurated under the initiative of establishing 100 new sainik schools in partnership with NGOs/private/state government schools in all states/Union territories. These are in addition to the existing 33 sainik schools already functioning under the erstwhile pattern, the ministry said in a statement. "Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School is a beacon of light for girls who aspire to join the Armed Forces and serve the motherland. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has given women their rightful place in the Armed Forces, which was neglected for years," the defence minister said on th

Heliport services in Agra, Mathura to take off soon for tourism boost

UP Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh said the introduction of this epoch-making heliport service would open new vistas of tourism growth and development opportunities

Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute: HC approves survey of Shahi Idgah complex

Hindu outfits have alleged that the mosque was erected over Lord Krishna's birthplace and have demanded a survey

Several persons injured as fire breaks out at fireworks market in Mathura

As per the reports, so far, 13 people have been admitted to the district hospital, of whom 10 have been further referred to Agra

Mathura train accident: What caused train to derail, climb onto platform?

A train arriving from Delhi derailed and climbed onto a platform at Mathura junction on Tuesday night. Read on to find out how did it happen

Train climbs onto platform at Mathura station in UP, 1 injured: Official

A woman sustained minor injuries when a local train climbed onto a platform at the Mathura Junction Railway Station, an official said on Wednesday. The Railways has ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter, he said. According to the official from Agra division, the electric multiple unit (EMU) train arrived on platform 2A from Shakurbasti at 10.50 pm on Tuesday. After all the passengers, including the crew, had deboarded, the train rolled down the track and climbed onto a platform before coming to a stop, the official added. "A woman received an electric shock, and no one else was injured in the incident," Prashashti Srivastava, divisional commercial manager and public relations officer for the Agra division of the North Central Railways said. Usha Devi (39), hailing from Jhansi, was taken to a hospital and administered first aid. Later, she was sent to Jhansi, she said. A high-level inquiry would be conducted into the unusual incident, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, Chief Public

80% cybercrimes from 10 districts, Bharatpur new Jamtara: Research

Rajasthan's Bharatpur and Uttar Pradesh's Mathura have replaced Jharkhand's Jamtara and Haryana's Nuh as the infamous hotspots of cybercrime in India, according to a new study by an IIT Kanpur-incubated start-up. The study also revealed that just the top 10 districts collectively contribute to 80 per cent of cybercrimes in the country. The findings have been mentioned by the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), a non-profit start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur, in its latest comprehensive white paper named 'A Deep Dive into Cybercrime Trends Impacting India'. Bharatpur (18 per cent), Mathura (12 per cent), Nuh (11 per cent), Deoghar (10 per cent), Jamtara (9.6 per cent), Gurugram (8.1 per cent), Alwar (5.1 per cent), Bokaro (2.4 per cent), Karma Tand (2.4 per cent) and Giridih (2.3 per cent) are the top contributors to cybercrime cases in India, collectively accounting for 80 per cent of reported incidence, the FCRF claimed. "Our analysis focuse

SC refuses to hear plea seeking scientific survey in Krishna Janambhoomi

"We do not find it a case to exercise our jurisdiction under Article 136 more so for an interim order," the court said

SC to hear plea on illegal construction near Krishna Janmabhoomi on Monday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea relating to the demolition drive to clear alleged illegal constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. As per the cause list of Monday uploaded on the apex court website, the plea would come up for hearing before a bench comprising justices Aniruddha Bose, Sanjay Kumar and SVN Bhatti. The matter pertains to demolition of settlements near the Krishna Janmabhoomi. While hearing the matter on August 16, the apex court had halted for 10 days the demolition drive being carried out by the railway authorities to clear the alleged illegal constructions. It had issued notices to the Centre and others seeking their responses on a plea filed by petitioner Yakub Shah. "Let there be an order of status quo as regards the subject premises for a period of 10 days from today. List after one week," the bench had said in its August 16 order. Later on August 25, the matter again came up for hearing before the top court

SC orders status quo on demolition drive near Krishna Janambhoomi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo with regard to the demolition drive being carried out by railway authorities to clear alleged illegal constructions near the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose, Sanjay Kumar and SVN Bhatti issued notice to the Centre and others in the matter. Let there be status quo as regards the subject premises for a period of 10 days. List after one week, the bench said. The lawyer, appearing for the petitioner Yakub Shah, told the bench that 100 houses have been bulldozed. There are 70-80 houses left. Whole thing will become infructuous. They conducted the exercise on a day when Uttar Pradesh courts were closed, he said. The matter pertains to demolition of settlements near the Krishna Janmabhoomi.

Plea in Supreme Court seeks Gyanvapi-like survey of Mathura Idgah premises

The petitioner said that the Hindu community has the right over the alleged Shahi Idgah mosque, which was built after demolishing Hindu temples

As Yamuna gets close to it, ASI says Taj Mahal's design prevents flooding

Earlier, in 1978, the water in the Yamuna had risen up to 508 feet, which marks a high flood level of the river in Agra

BJP wins big in Ayodhya-Mathura-Varanasi municipal polls amid makeover

The makeover of religious cities, including Ayodhya and Mathura, along with the push to religious tourism, has already reaped rich dividends for the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh