By Brajesh Kr. Singh, Agra: Though Agra is situated on the banks of river Yamuna, enduring water woes has become a routine feature of life for the residents here, especially, the ones living in the rural parts. This year the villagers are facing an acute water shortage as ground water level has gone below normal.
With temperatures soaring, power crisis and its cascading effects, villagers say hours are spent fetching water from tankers. It costs around four rupees for a bucket of water.
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While the Uttar Pradesh governments plans to develop a software technology park in Agra are still awaiting final approval, Narsi Value Creations Ltd has fielded its own project for developing a separate software technology park in the town to develop which, company sources claim, discussions are underway with a Bangalore-based
After beginning its CNG for Automobiles project last week in Agra, the joint venture company of Indian Oil and GAIL, Green Gas Ltd, is preparing to provide piped CNG to households in Agra and Lucknow from October this year.
According to the director (commercial), Green Gas Ltd, R K
Agra, home to the worlds most famous monument to love, is to be given a facelift to attract tourists to the ancient Indian citys other two World Heritage sites, the Tourism Ministry said.
Most visitors come to the city of Agra, just 200 kilometres from the capital New Delhi, to visit
Agra - Over 200 student innovators from over 45 countries are all set to showcase their software development skills and compete for a grand prize of $125,000 at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2006 being held here Aug 6-9.
The annual competition enables students to apply their creativity, knowledge and technical abilities
New Delhi : Former Prime Minister V P Singh today inaugurated a painting exhibition by noted painter Indira Punia here.
The paintings are among one of the best I have seen so far, Singh, himself an acclaimed painter, said after visiting the exhibition Strokes of life which portrayed common place subjects
France or India, a palace is a palace for its uniqueness. Even its other-worldliness. Is it replicable? Now that depends on what exactly you mean.
Palace On Wheels, the luxury train that runs a seven-night circular tour from Delhi to Delhi via Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Sawaimadhpur, Chittor, Udaipur, Bharatpur
New Delhi :A security personnel at Taj Mahal, Agra, recently gave me an insight into one of the reasons for security lapses in our country.
A couple with two daughters were made to pass through a metal detector, were frisked and their carry bags were checked separately by women and men
ABOUT 30 years ago, when Thailand was going through the same sort of rapid growth into middle modernity that India is passing through today, I noted an almost wild phenomenon of normally placid Thais chasing each other on the road and then begging a fight at the first red light
NEW DELHI: In a major drug haul, four-and-a-half kgs of heroin worth Rs 4.5 crore in the international market was seized and two persons were arrested in this conection in a South Delhi area, Narcotics Control Bureau officials said on Sunday.
The duo, identified as Padamvir Singh and Sarfaroz Khan,
AGRA: At least four students were injured on Thursday when police resorted to lathi charge to disperse them when they blocked the Agra-Kanpur by-pass here to protest the cancellation of BSc forestry results, examination for which was held in 2004.
However, Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, Rajiv Krishna said that