Agra farmer claims Gyarah Sidi Park with Taj Mahal view, erects fences and bans public accessA farmer in Agra, Munna Lal, has sparked controversy by claiming ownership of a portion of Gyarah Sidi Park, a popular tourist spot known f...
05 Nov, 2024, 02.00 PM IST
Shahjahan’s tomb under threat as water leaks from Taj Mahal dome after heavy rainIncessant rainfall over 48 hours in Agra has caused significant damage to historical monuments, including the Taj Mahal. The Archaeological...
14 Sep, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
Yamuna reaches iconic Taj Mahal walls after 45 years, floods gardenThe recent heavy rains causing a surge in the Yamuna river's water level have touched the walls of the Taj Mahal, submerging a garden, whic...
18 Jul, 2023, 03.47 PM IST
'Selling' of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students: ED raids at three locations in valleyThe raids were conducted at the houses of Qazi Yasir in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement chairman Zaffar Bhat in Bagh-e-Mehta...
09 Mar, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Ticket prices to view Taj Mahal from vantage point increasedThe new viewpoint, developed by the Agra Development Authority (ADA), was thrown open to the public at Mehtab Bagh in the city on November ...
06 Dec, 2019, 05.04 PM IST
Planning a trip to the Taj Mahal? Come new moon, witness its majesty from this brilliant spotThe new spot in the city’s Mehtab Bagh for viewing the Taj after sunset was inaugurated by the ADG recently.
26 Sep, 2019, 05.07 AM IST
Apart from Taj, other monuments in Agra may soon get its due importanceFor the majority of tourists, Agra is all about the Taj Mahal. Statistics also corroborate this view. In 2016, some 6.2 million tourists we...
16 Mar, 2018, 11.53 PM IST
Time freezes when you are at the Taj Mahal, but the ASI ain’t listeningThe pleasure of just sitting and gazing endlessly at the Taj cannot be easily forsaken, despite the legitimacy of ASI’s concerns.
24 Aug, 2016, 04.03 AM IST
Gatimaan Express sets pace in ticket booking; IRCTC offers tour packagesWhile the bookings were ranging between 40 to 50 per cent from April 6 and 7, it was in much demand for the weekend journey on April 9 and ...
09 Apr, 2016, 09.23 PM IST
A skywalk to connect Taj Mahal with Agra FortIf all goes according to plan, there might soon be a skywalk in Agra that will connect the Taj Mahal to Agra Fort.
04 Oct, 2015, 10.06 AM IST
E-tickets for night visit to Taj Mahal soonA proposal in this matter has already been cleared and an order would soon be issued, Union Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma tol...
22 Aug, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
Coming soon: Romantic Taj Mahal view by nightNight viewing of the Taj Mahal from Mehtab Bagh across the Yamuna will be started within three months, announced Union tourism and culture ...
03 May, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
- Centre to develop Mehtab Bagh in Agra as tourist site
He asked the Archaelogical Survey of India to clean up the debris from the 80 acres of Taj corridor between the Taj and the Fort.
09 Apr, 2015, 02.35 AM IST
Archaeological Survey of India has found evidence of water channel at Red Fort: GovernmentOn the excavation at Purana Qila in the capital, Sharma said that the cultural sequence from Maurya to Mughal period was revealed without a...
22 Dec, 2014, 08.35 PM IST
- Thousands turn up to enjoy train ride in Kashmir valley
The first commercial train in Kashmir chugged on the tracks of the valley on Sunday with thousands of people turning up at the eight railwa...
12 Oct, 2008, 04.48 PM IST
- 15 more dead, whole Valley under curfew
Protests in the tense Kashmir region spread in escalating violence that left another 15 people dead in firing by security forces as authori...
13 Aug, 2008, 05.32 AM IST
- 12 killed in firing by security forces, Kashmir tense
Protests in the tense Kashmir region spread in escalating violence that left 12 people dead in firing by security forces as authorities cla...
12 Aug, 2008, 06.35 PM IST