Renewed demand for heritage tag for Agra (Letter from Agra)

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 08:58

Renewed demands have been made for granting heritage status to Agra, which is home to three World Heritage monuments - the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri - and several other historical structures.

Two killed in Agra scrap yard explosion

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:19

An explosion in a scrap godown killed two people in Tajganj area of Agra on Thursday, reports said.

When Thatcher was bowled over by the Taj Mahal!

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 23:12

Margaret Thatcher, who visited India several times, was bowled over by the beauty of the Taj Mahal and described it as "absolutely exquisite".

Tighter security norms to be implemented at Taj Mahal

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 00:24

Frisking and proper checking of tourists visiting Taj Mahal were some of issues discussed at a meeting of officials manning security of monument.

Security stepped up at Taj Mahal complex

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 21:02

Uttar Pradesh Wednesday stepped up security in and around the Taj Mahal complex in Agra and ordered strict monitoring of visitors, a top official said here Wednesday.

Brett Lee visits Taj Mahal

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 18:14

Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee visited the Taj Mahal in Agra Sunday.

Agra`s heritage buildings threatened by steady march of encroachers

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 09:11

While experts deliberate on policy frameworks to sustain and promote the visual integrity of world heritage monuments at the ongoing Unesco meet in this Taj city, questions are being raised about the integrity of Agra`s heritage structures.

To save Taj, UP to develop Agra as solar city: Minister

Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013, 16:04

The proposal for making Agra a solar city was approved by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in 2009.

Taj Mahotsava not doing enough for tourism, say locals

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 09:06

The annual 10-day Taj Mahotsava will begin from Feb 19, a day late, to enable a busy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to inaugurate it, an official said Thursday. But the move has angered the tourism industry here.

Agra fumes over minister`s remark on razing Taj Mahal

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 13:30

Agra is fuming over Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammad Azam Khan`s statement on Taj Mahal.

Would have led mobs to demolish Taj Mahal: UP minister

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:57

On a day when UP CM Akhilesh Yadav expressed his admiration for the Taj Mahal to foreign delegates at the Jaypee Palace hotel in Agra, his cabinet member Mohammad Azam Khan spoke about razing the 17th century architectural wonder.

Visiting Taj Mahal, meeting Queen on average adult`s wishlist

Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 14:20

Seeing the Taj Mahal, meeting the Queen and swimming with dolphins are among a checklist of 50 things compiled by researchers that an average person wants to do before he dies.