Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The police have rescued more than 30 sex workers, including two minor girls, in Agra who were to be "sold off" to others in the industry.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, India This is my 2nd trip to Agra, the first with my husband and daughter. Kimberly's snap with her feet in the water would be one of a kind - I don't know how many have dared to do that. The buggy ride was fun - kimberly managed to lose her first cap! the snap of any eye is her self portrait. Also the 2 snaps with only portions of the Taj are...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, India The Taj Mahal is absolutely amazing. It is no wonder why it is considered a "wonder of the world." But Agra is quite possibly the worst city on the face of the planet if you are an obvious tourist. Hundreds of vendors, touts and rickshaw drivers will decend upon you like vultures. Don't plan on having even a second of peace while in Agra....
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India We left Delhi first thing in the morning headed for Agra This city is about a 140 miles west of Delhi but the trip takes over 4 hours because the roads are so bad. The trip is worth it though because Agra is the home of the Taj Mahal, one of the 7 wonders of the world. This building was built by one...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India I got sick last night, not sure what from, but it was my first case of Delhi Belly and came at a poor time since we had arrangements to got to the Taj Mahal today which is a four our car ride away. I took some meds and was fine for the day, though I had a poor appetite all day. Our driver, Satnam, arrived at 8 AM with a Toyota van....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The Kofi Annan-led Alliance for the Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) met in Nairobi last week to discuss and develop applicable policies that will help Africa in the midst of soaring fuel and food prices in the world.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India After about a week in Goa we decided to head north to the Delhi area but on the way we stopped in Agra. We left Goa at about 3 in the afternoon and settled in for a 40 hour train journey to Agra. The train was comfy (we'd decided on a 2nd class sleeper with AC), we were sharing a 6 bunk area with an Indian family...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India The capital of all India under the Muslim Moghul dynasty (perhaps the greatest in Indian history), Agra is home to immense monuments and the sublime pinnacle of sub-continental architecture, the Taj Mahal. It's also home to some of the most frequent power cuts I've experienced this side of Myanmar, unexpected given it's...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Retired Navy Cmdr. Joseph Agra III (left), Afghan national army air corps logistics mentor, reads a citation regarding an American flag with 48 stars that was raised during a ceremony July 4 at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Agra acquired the flag in 2000 after a fisherman retrieved it from the water off the coast of the Bataan Penninsula in the Philippines. Agra has carried...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
... and the latter believed that he was doing the Congress’s bidding. In a twist of fate, the MP from Agra has become another man to watch. * Afzal Ansari: A “feared” name from eastern UP, accused in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, SP felt the duo contributed to its image of “patrons of lawlessness” and also cost it upper caste votes, on which Mayawati rode to power. He is among few SP...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... MPs in the Lok Sabha, all from U.P. But its actual strength is less than that. Raj Babbar, MP from Agra, and Beni Prasad Verma (Kaiserganj), who earlier rebelled against the leadership, left the party in 2006-2007, but they are still technically counted as party MPs. Two other MPs Atiq Ahmed (Phulpur) and Afzal Ansari (Ghazipur) are in jail on murder charges in two cases. The Congress, however,...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
... MPs in the Lok Sabha, all from U.P. But its actual strength is less than that. Raj Babbar, MP from Agra, and Beni Prasad Verma (Kaiserganj), who earlier rebelled against the leadership, left the party in 2006-2007, but they are still technically counted as party MPs. Two other MPs Atiq Ahmed (Phulpur) and Afzal Ansari (Ghazipur) are in jail on murder charges in two cases. Congress confident...
BLANK NOISE PROJECT (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... nine rain-related deaths took place in Rae Bareli, seven in Fatehpur, six in Manipur and five in Agra. In Fatehpur, surging waters submerged a railway bridge over the Pandu river affecting movement of trains, they said.Low-lying areas were inundated raising the spectre of water-borne diseases afflicting the state. Four of a family killed Sonepat: Four members of a family in South 24 Parganas...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Retired Navy Cmdr. Joseph Agra III (left), Afghan National Army Air Corps logistics mentor, reads a citation regarding an American flag with 48 stars that was raised during a ceremony July 4, 2008, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Agra acquired the flag in 2000 after a fisherman retrieved it from the water off the coast of the Bataan Penninsula in the Philippines. Agra has...
