London : A hairdresser based in Lancashire has announced her plans to cycle across Rajasthan in November to raise funds for research in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Hazel Bullough, 39, will cycle almost 265 miles in 10 days to raise money for the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Trusts Women for Women appeal. She intends to cycle 50 miles every day.
Bullough, who owns a mobile hairdressing business, said: I enjoy cycling and I jumped at the chance. I love travelling and have been to India before, but not to many of the places Ill be visiting, so it will be a fantastic experience.
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Lucknow : The final selection trials in cricket for admission to Guru Govind Singh Sports College, Lucknow commenced at the college grounds here on Wednesday.
Over 550 boys of the under-15 age category who had been selected at various regional centres reported for the trials.
Boys selected from the
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
Agra: A Muslim youth ended his eight-day fast to protest a fatwa (religious ruling) against the singing of Indias national song Vande Mataram in schools.
The fatwa was issued by Sunni Ulema Board president Maulana Syed Shah Badruddin Qadri in Hyderabad.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) had issued a
Ludhiana : In an attempt to spread his wings beyond the confines of Uttar Pradesh, ousted Samajwadi leader and Agra MP Raj Babbar today came to the industrial city and said the alternative force is ready for an electoral tussle in the state.
After hitting out at Mulayam Singh Yadavs
THANE: An angry group of villagers on Sunday torched a police post and blocked traffic for over six hours on Mumbai-Agra highway passing through Shahapur in Thane district after four persons were killed in an accident, police said.
Eight persons were also injured in the mishap as a tanker rammed into
Lucknow : CHAOS and confusion prevailed on the second day of counselling for the combined Pre-Medical Test (PMT) at the King Georges Medical University (KGMU) here today.
Yesterday, the Director General for Medical Education had ordered that the seat allotment would be deferred. This led to much confusion, not only
Agra is about to witness a major change in its industrial profile with major software manufacturers like Microsoft beginning to pay more attention to it.
This August, Microsoft is going to host the worldwide finals of the prestigious Imagine Cup in Agra for the first time in the four
Airtel launched Airtel broadband and telephone services in Agra last week. The city will now form part of the Airtel network of fixed-line services present in Ghaziabad, Noida, Meerut and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, besides 10 other states.
Announcing the launch of these services, in Agra, Rohtash Mal, CEO,
Bateshwar Fair
This month long festival is held annually during the month of November. Situated at a distance of 70 km. from Agra on the banks of river Yamuna, Bateshwar is an important spiritual and cultural centre.
The place is named after the presiding deity of the region, Bateshwar Mahadeo and has
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos will arrive in India April 11 for a weeklong visit that will focus on intensifying economic and technological cooperation between the two countries.
Accompanied by senior ministers and a business delegation, Papadopoulos will visit Agra, Mumbai and Bangalore.
In Bangalore, Papadopoulos - the fifth president of