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 of the monument was a routine affair and this time intelligence inputs indicated a renewed militant threat to the monument.
We have already deployed additional cops at various strategic points around the monument, and we were drawing up a fresh plan for laying a beefed-up security net around the periphery of the monument, he said.
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Addressing a series
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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