Lucknow : Former national champion S Nasir Ali of Kanpur surged into lead when he defeated Shailendra Bajpai, a rated player of Allahabad, in the sixth round encounter with black pieces on the third board in the 43rd UP State Chess Championship being held at PRD Compound, Lucknow. Nasir has scored 5.5 points to his credit.
In the earlier round, under-13 age category state player Deepak Katiyar of Kanpur joined the leaders when he defeated Gajendra Singh Chauhan of LIC, Mainpuri. He played safe with his citymate Vivek Shukla in the subsequent round to smash another half a point to reach reach the tally of five points on the 2nd board.
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Agra University Vice Chancellor A S Kukla has been removed from his post and Bhumitra Dev, the former vice chancellor of Rohilkhand University of Bareilly, has been asked to take charge of the post.
A communication issued by the Raj Bhawan in Lucknow today said Kukla had been removed from the
Of late, Agra has been witnessing a major change in its landscape, with dozens of multi-storied shopping malls and complexes coming up all over the town in the past one year.
This indicates a possible change in the shopping behaviour of the fast-growing urban
AGRA: Security around the Taj Mahal is to be beefed up in the wake of a renewed terrorist threat to the worlds most famous monument to love.
The recent security review necessitated enhancement of security all around Taj Mahal, Agra Senior Superintendent of Police Dipesh Juneja said.
The security review
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
NEW DELHI: It is an attempt to encase old world charm with a modern touch. The centrepiece of the plot- the Taj Mahal - in its pristine beauty will be surrounded by pedestrian walkways, landscaped lawns, fairy lights along with battery run eco-friendly buses and informative signages.
The ministry of
Pushkar (Rajasthan): Following the arrest of four people for allegedly raping and duping a Japanese woman in Pushkar, the Ajmer police conducted an identification parade on Saturday.
The purpose of the parade was so the Japanese woman could help the police identify the accused.
The parade was conducted at Ajmer Central Jail
Trouble is brewing for the Mulayam Singh Yadavs Government in Uttar Pradesh.
The rift between the left and the right wing parties running the Government in the State is coming to the fore.
Not even a month has passed when Ch Babulal the RLD Minister from Agra had declared a
Agra : Heavy showers early Tuesday gave a pleasant surprise to residents in the Taj Mahal city who had been dreading a return of the heat wave conditions as forecast by the weather office.
The showers started around 4 a.m. and continued till 7.45 a.m.
With dark clouds still hovering over
The Taj Mahals home town, Agra, is to be given a facelift to attract tourists to its other two World Heritage sites.
Most visitors to the Taj Mahal leave the ancient city without seeing the 17th century Red Fort or Fatehpur Sikri, a ghost town that was the capital of the
Pushkar : Five persons arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a Japanese woman were today remanded in judicial custody by a local court here.
Four of them were arrested last night and produced in the court of Magistrate Kishen Lal Choudhary, while the fifth was arrested this afternoon