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Now, enter Taj with just a click

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Agra: Online booking of tickets to the Taj Mahal will begin from Saturday, according to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials.

Arrangements for barcode screening and broadband connection have been made at the entrance gates. An official announcement is likely to be made in New Delhi Friday.

A website for the Taj Mahal and Humayun’s Tomb has been launched by the ICRTC and ASI. Tourists can book tickets at ask.irctc.co.

Tourism industry in Agra has welcomed the introduction of e-ticketing facility, which many hoteliers said would curb reselling and black-marketting of tickets.

“Tourists waste a lot of time waiting at the ticket windows. Later, the ASI would be able to fix a daily number of visitors to reduce human load on the 17th-century monument of love,” said Surendra Sharma, president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society.

More than six million tourists visit Taj every year. Entry for children below 15 years is free. The monument has a weekly off day on Friday.

Meanwhile, tourism organisations in the city have opposed Agra Development Authority’s move to increase the toll collected from visitors at the Taj.

The ADA has sent a proposal to the state government to revise the rates from present Rs.750 to Rs.1000 for foreign tourists and from Rs.20 to Rs.50 for the Indians.

The ASI share is Rs.250 from the foreigners and Rs. 10 from the Indians.

The tourism industry leaders feel any upward revision of ticket rates would reduce the number of tourist arrivals which already is showing a negative trend.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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