New Delhi : From her rented accommodation, one can clearly see Humayuns Tomb. After Delhi: Thousands of Years of Monuments British writer Lucy Pecks second book also deals with monuments but this time its about Agra.
A qualified architect and town planner from Bristol University, Peck came to India a decade ago with her husband Donald, a businessman. Since then, she has travelled extensively across the country. When I came to India, I would marvel at its beauty. Its a wonderful country, rich in monuments, landscape. These things interested me but I also realised that there should be much more awareness among people about their heritage. Thats why I took to exploring. I read a lot and traveled far and wide.
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New Delhi : In a major drug haul, four-and-a-half kg of heroin worth Rs 4.5 crore in the international market was seized and two persons were arrested in this connection in a South Delhi area, Narcotics Control Bureau officials said today.
The duo, identified as Padamvir Singh and Sarfaroz Khan, were
Every child is conversant and uses the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch - all physical senses. There are many other senses of non-physical type playing important role in our day today life. These are as follows:
Sense of humour
It is a live exhilarating sense that prevents
A bear rescue centre is likely to come up here soon, the third such centre in India after Arunachal Pradesh and Agra, an official said.
The Rajasthan government is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Wildlife Trust of India in this regard.
Named Life Time Captive Sloth Bear
Srinagar: In a bid to enhance market competitiveness and quality of products, Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to train artisans in leather industry and cricket bats manufacturing units in multi-disciplinary centres at Madras, Kanpur and Agra.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Secretary, Khadi
LUCKNOW: Twelve people, including four policemen, were injured when a mob fought a pitched battle with the police outside the Dauki police station in Agra city on Sunday.
The people were protesting against police excesses and the cops fired in the air to disperse the crowd. The situation was brought
Distances of Some Important Places from Agra
Allahabad : 425 km
Bangalore : 1858 km
Bhubaneshwar : 1542 km
Calcutta : 1258 km
Dehradun : 318 km
Delhi : 204 km
Gwalior : 118 km
Jaipur : 232 km
Four persons, including the son and wife of a hotel owner, were arrested tonight in connection with the alleged rape of a Japanese tourist in Pushkar.
The arrested included Babloo, whose father owns Hotel Quiet Palace, Roshani, the wife of the owner, Raju and Sanjay, Ajmer superintendent of police Sriniwas Janga
New Delhi : From her rented accommodation, one can clearly see Humayuns Tomb. After Delhi: Thousands of Years of Monuments British writer Lucy Pecks second book also deals with monuments but this time its about Agra.
A qualified architect and town planner from Bristol University, Peck came to India a
Agra: Leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit who went to Agra today to visit the Taj Mahal have strongly condemned the attack on a Congress rally by militants in Srinagar.
The rally was organized to observe the 15th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was
BANGALORE: The crowd went berserk on seeing their basketball star Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Wolves.
Garnett, who has big fan following here, arrived in Bangalore on Monday to participate in a programme. KG, KG, KG... the fans shouted.
He came out with his typical gesture - pumping his