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  Sasha, Malia not to accompany Obama on India visit

  World | January 22, 2015 9:42 IST

  Washington: Malia and Sasha - the First Daughters of the United States - will give a miss to India trip as they tend only to travel with their parents when they are on vacation from

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  Obama may depart India directly from Agra after Taj visit

  India | January 20, 2015 23:52 IST

  New Delhi: President Barack Obama's schedule is likely to undergo a change and he may now depart from Agra instead of Delhi as authorities have examined the feasibility of his Air Force One aircraft landing

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  Obama's Agra visit: IRCTC invites US President to travel in Maharajas' Express

  India | January 20, 2015 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has invited US President Barack Obama along with his family to travel in Maharajas' Express.Maharajas' Express is one of the most expensive and luxurious train

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  Road route to Agra to be sanitized as an alternate for Obama's Taj visit

  India | January 20, 2015 9:31 IST

  New Delhi: As a pro-active measure, an alternate road route to Agra is being secured in case US President Obama's jet fails to take off due to bad weather or any other reason.This alternate road,

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  Burning of cow dung cakes banned near Taj Mahal

  India | January 13, 2015 11:09 IST

  Lucknow: India's white marvel, the Taj Mahal, acquiring yellowish hues has prompted authorities in Agra to ban burning of cow dung cakes for cooking near the 17th century monument.The Agra district administration is also planning

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  Interpretation centres to come up at 25 monuments

  India | January 11, 2015 9:11 IST

  New Delhi: Moving forward in its mission to bring heritage closer to tourists under the Adarsh Smarak initiative, the Centre has decided to set up interpretation centres at 25 of the most-visited monuments in the

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  'Tevar' to have taste of Braj area

  Bollywood | January 06, 2015 18:38 IST

  Agra: Artistes from Braj region are looking forward to the Jan 9 release of Bollywood film "Tevar", shot extensively in Gokul, Mathura, Fatehpur Sikri and Agra.More than a dozen local artistes have got the opportunity

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  Now, enter Taj Mahal with just a click

  India | December 26, 2014 15:16 IST

  Agra: Online booking of tickets to the Taj Mahal will begin from Saturday, according to Survey of India Archaeological (ASI) officials.Arrangements for barcode screening and broadband connection have been made at the entrance gates. An

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  Top 5 mausoleums of the world

  World | January 04, 2015 12:09 IST

  New Delhi:  There  are  different ways of funeral in different parts of the world.While in India some people burn the dead ones and immerse the  mortal remains in the holy river, the Tibetan Buddhists dispose

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  Delhi Police on alert: Bassi

  India | December 18, 2014 13:20 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Police is on alert to avert any terror attack following intelligence inputs issued to states, Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi said Thursday.Bassi said he did not want to go into the details."Officers have

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  Ahead of Obama visit, US security team visits Agra

  India | December 17, 2014 8:06 IST

  Agra: A 40-member team comprising US security advisers, representatives of the two houses and journalists visited the Taj Mahal in Agra to access security arrangements and logistics, ahead of the US President Barack Obama's India

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  Air pollution discolouring Taj Mahal, finds study

  India | December 11, 2014 11:29 IST

  Washington: A team of researchers from India and the US has found that the browning of the Taj Mahal's iconic marble dome and soaring minarets is due to dust and airborne carbon particles.“Our team was

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  Who does the Taj Mahal belong to, asks AIMIM

  Politics | December 08, 2014 17:26 IST

  New Delhi: Who does the Taj Mahal belong to?This question was asked by Assaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) to Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma when he was responding to supplementary questions on museums.When Dharmendra Yadav (SP) asked the

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  Taj Mahal is an ancient Hindu temple, reiterates BJP's Laxmi Kant Bajpai

  Politics | December 08, 2014 12:09 IST

  Lucknow: Days after Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's controversial remark demanding handing over the Taj Mahal to Waqf Board, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Uttar Pradesh unit chief, Laxmi Kant Bajpai, has once again reiterated

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  Top 5 Mughal Monuments in India

  India | January 21, 2015 11:07 IST

  New Delhi: India has been ruled by various dynasties, kings and emperors till its independence in 1947.And each of dynasty and empire left their imprints on the land of India in the form of various

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  Top 5 famous landmarks of India

  India | January 14, 2015 11:11 IST

  New Delhi: India has been a land of cultural kaleidoscope and stands as a biggest example of unity in diversity. One can find mixture of culture, religion, divinity, valor, royalty and much more on the

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  Azam's view on Taj Mahal: JD(U) asks Muslim not to fall into traps

  Politics | November 26, 2014 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: Taking on senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his demand that the Taj Mahal be handed over to Waqf Board, JD(U) today urged Muslims not to fall into such "traps" which are

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  Website offers platform to pay tributes to the departed online

  India | November 24, 2014 12:56 IST

  Ahmedabad: A web portal, which offers an online platform to people to remember and pay tributes to their departed ones through digital obituaries, photographs, biographies and videos on a web page has been developed. Human race

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  ASI says, Shah Jahan had clearly said Taj Mahal must be looked after by the government

  India | November 21, 2014 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: Dr Syed Jamal Hassan, director of Archaeological Survey of India, which looks after the world famous Taj Mahal in Agra, today said, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had clearly decreed that the 17th

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  Taj Mahal sees 15% drop in tourist visits

  India | November 21, 2014 12:26 IST

  New Delhi: It seems like Taj Mahal, the world famous white-marbled monument of love, is fast losing its sheen, at least among foreigners. Between 2012 and 2013, the number of tourists to the monument has