India on Alert: Simultaneous multi-city terror attacks possible

After vehemently rejecting the earlier alarm raised by security agencies of probably multi-location attack on India, the central government went on to put five states on a probably terror alert. The urgency of...

Big Boys play war-games

While the US forces are engaged in fierce battle in Afghanistan with critical aid from NATO forces and Pakistan, the United States Air Force (USAF) is joined forces with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to kick start...

Festival of Literature opens on 12th March in Agra

2009-02-19 06:01:16 - SAARC Festival of Literature will run from 12th March to 17th March in the city of Taj Mahal, Agra and will come to close in Delhi on the 17th March 2009. Foundation of SAARC Writers and...

A Great Poet Ghalib Died Today

Perhaps the best known poet in the classical Urdu poetry tradition of the 'ghazal' or love poetry is Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib. Today is his 140th death anniversary. Born in the...

India protest Taj Mahal replica by Bangla film maker

India has expressed its displeasure over the construction of the replica of India's Taj Mahal in Bangladesh by a weathly film maker.  In Media interviews he claimed that as Bangladeshi people can't afford to see original Taj Mahal so he created one nearby for his...

Bangladesh to open own Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of World and Millions of people flock to the Taj Mahal in Indian city of Agra every year to have a glimpse of the tomb  which a Mughal emperor made for his beloved...

German girl alleges gangrape by 6 men in Chandigarh(india)

" Chandigarh: Six unidentified youths allegedly gangraped a 20-year-old German girl after kidnapping her from outside a prestigious hotel in the heart of Chandigarh on Saturday night. The girl was picked up from the parking lot of hotel Taj by around six youths....

Muslims Issue Fatwa Against Terrorism

New Delhi: sunday June 1 Over 15,000 thousand muslims gathered Delhi's famous Ramlila ground to fight against Global Terrorism. The Gathering comprised of large number of religious leaders,scholars,filmmakers and...

2 years old female child Trapped in 180 feet deep borewell:Rescue efforts on

breaking news: Agra:Two year old child "Vandana" has been trapped in a 180 feet deep borewell since last 19 hours. she stepped on the cotton rug which was covering the hole and it could not take her weight as...

The Taj Mahal Blesses Sarkozy and Bruni’s Marriage

"The Sarkozy was chief guest on India’s 59th Republic Day on 26th January, After attending the function he reached Agra and visited historical monument ‘The Taj’ on next day that is 27th January and pray for his love. On reaching Paris first which Mr. President did was...

Rai to play fabled Taj Mahal beauty

""I had spoken to Aishwarya last year while we were working on 'The Last Legion' and she very generously agreed to do the movie with me," said British actor Ben Kingsley, who is co-producing the film. "The romance...

Taj Mahal Reopens after riots

Police imposed a curfew in the area of the Taj Mahal after riots sparked by a car accident Wednesday which killed four Muslim worshippers threatened to spiral into mayhem. The curfew was removed in certain areas...

New Seven Wonders of the World

"The winners of a competition to name the modern wonders of the world have been announced in Lisbon. "

Know Why Agra

Agra is the city of the inimitable Taj Mahal. The story of agra beigns much earlier then the Taj, However it finds mention in the epic Mahabharata when it was called Agrabana are Paradise. Ptolemy, the famous second century A.D. geographer, marked it on his map of the world...

10-yr-olds mark Meerut univ papers

"It seems looks do matter. The Agra police on Saturday night busted a racket in which 10-12 year-olds were found correcting the answer sheets of undergraduate students from various institutes affiliated to Meerut’s Chaudhary Charan Singh University during a raid on a house...

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