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RLD distances itself from Babbar Morcha

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THE RASHTRIYA Lok Dal (RLD) has decided to keep away from the Jan Morcha recently launched by former prime minister VP Singh. The RLD had earlier tied up with Singhs Kisan Morcha and shared platform with him at several rallies but the party is opposed to have any alliance with suspended SP MP from Agra, Raj Babbar, who is Jan Morcha president. The RLD has made it clear that it would not attend May 30 rally of the Morcha in Lucknow.

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Another Singh sets upon Raj Babbar

Agra: A case has been registered against actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar in Agra for allegedly acquiring five plots of land by deceitful means. The complaint was filed by one Dhirendrapal Singh, the administrator of Nikunj Officers Co-operative Housing Society Ltd, at Sikandra police station on Wednesday. It names the former Samajwadi Party

Namibia: Livestock Auction Yields N$360 000

Stock farmers at Spitzkoppe and Okombahe recently held a successful livestock auction where they sold quality cattle and goats. These communities have been unable to hold auctions in 30 years. Operating under the Omkaibasen Community Farmers Cooperative and with cooperation from Agra, the communal farmers were delighted at the positive outcome

Microsoft software competition to be held in Agra

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

Lebanese team makes it to Microsoft competition

NEW DELHI: This team did not even make it to the second round of Microsofts world premier student technology competition Imagine Cup-2006 which ended here on Friday. But they are winners nevertheless. For a team that calls itself AG-107 from Lebanon, just having made it to Agra (where they took

American Express to aid helpline kiosks in Agra (LEAD)

Agra : American Express will help set up tourist centres with a 24x7 helpline for thousands of visitors who throng Agra. The project is a joint venture between the Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Agra Tourism Guild and will be supported by American Express. Debashish Bhaumick, president of the guild, told

After Delhi, Lucy Peck to pen book on Agra

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

Sheetia Fair agra

Sheetia Fair (July/Aug.) It is held near Delhi Gate.

by reciprocal arrangement with Star of Mysore

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

Heroin worth Rs 4.5 cr seized, 2 held

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

Ex-NBA legend on rendezvous with Taj

Agra : NBA player Kevin Garnett of the USA, currently touring India as part of an Asian promotional tour, visited the Taj Mahal in Agra Monday (July 17). The white marble Taj, built by Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, draws more than 20,000 Indian and foreign visitors

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