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Nearly 100-year-old India photos unearthed 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs London, March 17 Photographs clicked by a World War I soldier, who was posted in India and Mesopotamia, show troops having a whale of a time - swimming, riding and visiting the Taj Mahal, a media report said Wednesday.
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Tourism industry disillusioned with Taj festival 16 February 2010, 16-1 Hrs Agra, Feb 16 The tourism industry in this city of the Taj Mahal feels the annual cultural festival Taj Mahotsava has now degenerated into a farce pandering to the basest instincts of the local audience, instead of the tourist-atracting spring fest it was meant to be.
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Love to be food of music at Taj festival 16 February 2010, 16-0 Hrs Agra, Feb 16 Love will be the theme of the Taj Mahotsava that opens here Thursday just 500 metres from that eternal monument to love, the Taj Mahal.
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Youth held for bursting fire cracker near Taj 05 February 2010, 05-1 Hrs Agra, Feb 5 A young man has been arrested for bursting a fire cracker close to the world heritage monument of the Taj Mahal here, police said.
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Agra meet to discuss robot use in urology treatment 31 January 2010, 31-1 Hrs Agra, Jan 31 Use of robots and computers for surgery on patients with urological problems will be discussed at an international conference on advances in urology, to be held in the city of the Taj Mahal beginning Feb 3.
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Record makers to be at Taj for save Yamuna campaign 29 January 2010, 29-1 Hrs Agra, Jan 29 In a novel initiative, record holders from all over India will gather at the Taj Mahal March 22 to campaign for cleaning river Yamuna.
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Hawkers, touts repel tourists in Agra 27 January 2010, 27-0 Hrs Agra, Jan 27 Treating your guests as gods may be an integral part of Indian culture but in the city of the Taj Mahal, it is the behaviour of hawkers and touts that confronts tourists more often than not.
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House full at Agra's night shelters 22 January 2010, 22-0 Hrs With the temperature dropping each day and the city of the Taj Mahal enveloped in a thick blanket of fog for the past week, night shelters here are packed to capacity. An NGO that has for many years been sheltering those left out in the cold is now stepping up its effort.
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You call this a river! US green activist on Yamuna 16 January 2010, 16-1 Hrs Agra, Jan 16 A group of US green activists was shocked to see the state of river Yamuna behind the Taj Mahal. 'My god, you call this a river!' said one of them.
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Drizzle dampens holiday revelry at Taj 03 January 2010, 03-1 Hrs Agra, Jan 3 A slight drizzle Sunday afternoon forced visitors to the Taj Mahal, who had come to enjoy a longish weekend, to run for shelter.
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