The ugly brouhaha of the unceremonious sacking of AIIMS director, Dr P Venugopal, took me back a couple of years when Yanni performed in Agra with a moonlit Taj as a backdrop. The American team was meticulous in its attention to the smallest detail, leaving nothing to the Indian autho-rities.
The setting was picture perfect. But one thing which appalled them was the abysmal condition of the city of Agra, with its squalor and filth. India does not deserve the Taj Mahal! they exclaimed, a remark that nettled greatly. I thought it was typical of the arrogant, dollar-happy American.
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After a three-month slump, the computer trade in Agra and nearby towns is finally showing signs of revival, with sales picking up. Branded personal computer (PC) companies like Intel, HCL, Compaq, Lenovo. have launched promotional packages to cash in on this boost in the PC market in Agra region.
Agra - Car lifters beware! A researcher in Agra has developed a new satellite-based automatic vehicle location device that once installed can keep track of the vehicle in any part of India.
Shailendra Bansal, an IIT graduate, said his device can also be used to track the vehicle on previous days
The capital and third-largest city in India, Delhis worth visiting to see the old and new cities (Muslim and Raj respectively), as well as to witness the collision between the 21st century and the traditional ways of life embedded in the city.
There are beautiful buildings, fascinating lanes, interesting museums,
With the onset of summer, the dreariest part of the year has begun in northern India. In Lutyens Delhi, home to the woolly-headed bunch currently plotting Indias imminent superpowerdom, the warm weather also signals the arrival of the silly season.
Once again, the focus is on that abiding Indian obsession: Pakistan.
New Delhi : Buoyed by the growing popularity of the Palace on Wheels trains particularly among foreign tourists, Railways is considering at least half a dozen proposals from private groups, including one from hospitality major the Oberoi chain of hotels, to operate a similar luxury services.
We are actively considering
Apart from a few large footwear manufacturers, the Agra footwear industry mainly comprises 800-1,000 small-scale units engaged in the manufacture of low-cost leather and non-leather shoes and accessories.
But while the footwear manufacturers in the upper price segment are reaping the maximum profits by exporting footwear to European countries,
Agra : A man, who finds a mention in the Limca Book of Records for lifting objects with his eyelashes, is now claiming he can lift a stone weighing up to six kg using only his eyelashes.
Ashok Verma, 54, told reporters here he would perform the feat live in
New Delhi : Thirteen companies including infrastructure major Jaiprakash Associates hotels in Delhi, Agra and Greater Noida figure in the list of firms that have misused norms for importing foreign cars in the country.
JP Hotels in New Delhi, JP Greens Hotels, Greater Noida and JP Hotels and Convention Centre in
A letter was on Monday found in a Jain temple, which threatened that the Taj Mahal would be blown up by August 15, sending the police into a tizzy.
The letter writer has claimed links with terror network Al-Qaeda and given his name as Mohd Mirza and the names of company
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.
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