Agra continues to simmer under intense heat waveAGRA - Soaring temperature has made life miserable for people in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra city, as the city continues to reel under intense heat wave situation on Tuesday. Agra to face two-day power blackoutAGRA - Many parts of this Taj Mahal city will experience a blackout for two days beginning Sunday due to electrical works being done on an expressway linking Agra, officials said. A group of Afghan students visits India to learn HindiAGRA - A group of 34 students from the Nanghar University in Afghanistan recently visited Agra to study Hindi. Indian chartered accountants sign exchange programme with AustraliaAGRA - Indian chartered accountants can now practise in Australia with the inking of an agreement between the chartered accountants institutes of India and Australia at an event here. Time to sing the requiem for Agra Gharana?AGRA - The Rajputs passed it on to the Mughals, in whose courts the classical Hindustani music of Agra Gharana flourished. Now, however with few patrons and students left in the city of its origin, is it perhaps time to sing the requiem of the musical tradition? City of Taj reels under power, water shortageAGRA - The monsoon is delayed, the Yamuna river is dry, power is playing truant and tourists are staying away. It is all adding up to make life in the city of the Taj exceedingly difficult and many are turning to age-old rituals to appease the rain gods. BJP’s Agra shutdown near totalAGRA - This Taj Mahal city Saturday witnessed a near total shutdown called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest the government’s alleged inaction against a unit that extracted animal fat from the wastes of a slaughter house, with most markets closed and roads deserted. Man found dead in Agra hotelAGRA - A 61-year old man, who entered a Delhi residence address in a hotel register, was found dead with veins cut in a room Thursday morning, police said. Six killed in Agra accidentAGRA - Six employees of a shoe factory here were killed and at least 12 others injured early Sunday when the stationary bus they were in was hit by a speeding car transport carrier, police said. Fire in cracker godown engulfs commercial complex in AgraAGRA - A massive fire engulfed a firecracker godown in Jatni Bagh commercial complex of Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Fire at Agra market, shops severely damagedAGRA - Fire fighters battled till Saturday morning to put out a blaze that broke out at the Jatni Bagh commercial complex here at about midnight and reduced some shops to ashes, police said. Gurudwara Mai Than draws people all religion in AgraAGRA - Sikh shrines are spread across the country and visited by a large number of people of all religions. One of the popular shrines is Gurudwara Mai Than in Agra, created in the memory of the visit of Guru Teg Bahadur. Police find no clues to Rs.2.5 mn robbery in AgraAGRA - A day after Rs.2.5 million were looted by three men from a petrol station owner, who was shot in the leg for resisting the robbery, police here said Tuesday that they were clueless about who had committed the crime. Spurious ghee manufacturing unit raided in AgraAGRA - A spurious ghee, or clarified butter, manufacturing unit was raided and hundreds of tins of the adulterated product seized in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said Sunday. France to hold cultural festival in AgraAGRA - More than a year after French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Taj Mahal, a French delegation was in the city to finalise details for holding a festival here, showcasing the art and culture of France. Taj city remembers Habib Tanvir for ‘Agra Bazar’AGRA - More than 50 years after “Agra Bazaar” was first staged by Habib Tanvir, theatre lovers here say the play was a faithful chronicle of times past and the city should build a fitting memorial to the director who died June 8. Archaeological survey objects to shooting range of paramilitary force near Taj MahalAGRA - Authorities of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Agra, have sternly objected to the functioning of a shooting range and training camp of the paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the restricted vicinity of Taj Mahal. Electric furnace in disrepair, bodies burn next to TajAGRA - Every day, scores of bodies are cremated close to the Taj Mahal, with the smoke, fumes and soot directly affecting the world famous marble mausoleum. But an electric furnace that could prevent much of this pollution lies in a state of disrepair for over a year. Tourists to view Taj Mahal in environment-friendly golf cartsAGRA - Tourists flocking to Taj Mahal can now enjoy their sightseeing in eco-friendly golf carts imported from China. Taj Mahal remains at risk from air pollutionAGRA - Fifteen years after the Supreme Court of India announced a set of measures to protect the Taj Mahal and nearby historical monuments from air pollution, they still remain at risk. Agra citizens form task force for developmentAGRA - Citizen groups, representatives of NGOs and professionals have formed a volunteer force with the aim of checking corruption, speeding up development issues and improving the general environment of Agra. Thousands throng to Yamuna for ritual bathAGRA - Thousands of devotees turned up for a holy dip in the Yamuna in Vrindavan, Mathura and Agra Tuesday on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, which symbolises the peak of summer. Agra launches anti-pollution campaignAGRA - Agra, city of Taj Mahal - one of the seven wonders of the world, has launched a campaign against polluters, ahead of the World Environment Day June 5. Agra region battles water, power woesAGRA - The city of the Taj Mahal is witnessing mass gatherings - not to view the 17th century marble wonder but to protest against the acute shortage of water and electricity. ‘Qutab Khana’ library in Uttar Pradesh in shamblesAGRA - A unique and a precious library housing highly significant literature and manuscripts of medieval period, remains in a shambles due to authorities’ apathy, in Uttar Pradesh. Ascetics march to save Lord Krishna’s BrajAGRA - Thousands of Hindu ascetics and farmers reached the Agra city border Monday afternoon, demanding a separate state of Braj - the land of Lord Krishna and his consort Radha - and protesting the ecological degradation of the area at the hands of the forest and stone mafia in Uttar Pradesh. Agra craftsman successfully attempts unique glass inlay workAGRA - A craftsman in Agra has successfully attempted a unique inlay work on glass, boasting it to be a first in the world. Agra MP starts his innings with protest demonstrationAGRA - Rama Shankar Katheria, the new MP from the city of the Taj Mahal, started his stint as a parliamentarian with a protest demonstration here Saturday against opening of a country-made liquor kiosk near several schools in the city. Spot the difference! Spurious products flood AgraAGRA - Did the bottled water at the railway station here taste a bit different? Did the ice cream leave a bitter taste? Welcome to the city of the Taj Mahal, where according to the police and social activists, spurious products have flooded the market. Agra faces acute drinking water shortageAGRA - Ever since the mercury has risen this summer, breaking several oldecords, residents of Agra are enduring acute shortage of drinking water and even compelled to buy water at a premium. |
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