Travelblog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Day 4 Agra to Jaipur 4102008 h2Mr AliBaba and different driver arrived in splendid ac at 7.00am as promised and took us the long way round to the South gate to the Taj Mahal and said he would be waiting outside at 9.00am. Well of course the Taj is everything you hope it would be and more. The gates and entrance are such that you can't see anything until you enter the central door way and th
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
The Kaya Kalp spa at ITC Mughal Agra wins an award
Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the food situation in Africa becomes critical, the continent's governments have been asked to immediately start giving farming subsidies to overcome a crisis that could condemn millions of people to starvation. Akinwumi Adesina, who heads the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) office in Nairobi, told The EastAfrican last week that no country ever achieved food security without...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Short version Lonely Planet India failed us again. We planned our itinerary based on a magical six hour bus between Udaipur and Agra that they listed. When we went to book that same trip actually was listed as 13.5 hours from 530PM to 700AM. We decided that we could handle that but with an upgrade to sleeper class. The actual journey took close to 22 hours with two buses and we met a lo
All Africa (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... was also Brahman Bull of the Year at both Grootfontein and Windhoek shows last year.According to Agra, the second most expensive bull came from the Andr� Compion Brahman stud and was traded for N$110 000 and purchased by Dr Johan Rieckert and Niel du Plooy of Marco Farming in Windhoek.Two other Brahman bulls that also came under the hammer were sold to Gunther Hel-linghausen & Hagen Eggert...
BollywoodBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... ‘Bidaai’ producers are helping with spreading the awareness of the 'Taj Mahotsav' event held in Agra. Hema's tip for Parul AKA Ragini was to forget all her worries before she gets on the stage and perform like a free bird. The ‘Taj Mahotsav’ will be grand as Shweta AKA Prerna will dance on the show; Anjali Abrol of 'Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat' will also entertain the guests with her dance act....
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Five persons were killed and two others injured in an accident on the Mumbai-Agra highway at Shahpur taluka in the district here.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Babbar has represented Agra city in the Lok Sabha twice. But for the next time he may try his luck from the adjoining Fatehpur Sikri (Rural) constituency as Agra city has been declared a reserved constituency.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to a speech by Kofi Annan, the new chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) - a $200m, pan-African programme, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations. "Let us generate a uniquely African Green revolution," says Annan, cutting a heroic pose on my crumpled transcript. "There is nothing more important than this." It is difficult to argue. Over...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf had "got really upset" when he was asked, during the 2001 Agra summit, to handover mobster Dawood Ibrahim to India.
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
... who had returned from Haj. They were taking him round in a procession at the Manohar Theatre-Agra Road junction when they were confronted by some youths from another community. Soon there was stone-throwing between the two groups and the trouble spread to other parts of the city.Shops and vehicles were burnt in many parts of the city, including the marketplace on the Agra Road, and...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
MP and film star Raj Babbar is all set to join the Congress party on Sunday with a number of his supporters.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... or are in the process of doing so. Samajwadi Party rebel Raj Babbar, the Member of Parliament from Agra, is all set to contest the next Lok Sabha election from Fatehpur Sikri on Congress ticket. The shift is on account of Agra being declared a reserved seat now. The film actor-turned-politician is likely to join the Congress at a rally-cum-election meeting at Targhar Maidan in Agra...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
... (Punjab), Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), Chandigarh, Kurukshetra (Haryana), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Agra (Uttar Pradesh) and back. It will have eight coaches and accommodate about 80 passengers. The fare will be $250 per day for single and $350 per day for double occupancy.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... will be imparted through the University’s authorised study centres (ASCs) in Delhi, Aligarh, Agra, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Indore, Jagdalpur, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Noida and Patiala. The form can also be downloaded from . For further information, students can contact 99990-44916, 011-47061100. The last date for submission of applications is October 7. Printer friendly...
