Prelude It was near sunset on November 26, 2008. Somewhere off the west coast of Mumbai, a group of young men were waiting for darkness, in a boat without lights, waiting so they could land, unobserved, at a fishing village near the southern tip of the elongated island city. Captain Ravi Dharnidharka gazed out over the fishermens huts lining the Arabian Sea coast. A US Marine of Indian descent, he...
12:15 PM, Nov 28, 2011
Agra: While many historical buildings across India will sport a blue look to support a campaign for creating awareness about diabetes Sunday evening, uncertainty about permission to turn the lights on at the Taj Mahal continues. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials here appear hesitant to allow permission to NGO HEAL Foundation to use artificial lights to give a blue look to the 17th century Mughal wonder. "Today it is...
01:31 PM, Nov 13, 2011
Agra: Deepika Padukone's love for the Taj Mahal is well known and the actress has paid a visit to the historic monument on a moonlit night once again. The 25-year-old actress visited the Taj bathed in the light of the harvest moon last night. She was accompanied by her security men and a male companion, whose identity could not be known. Deepika was in a group of fifty that was...
08:02 PM, Oct 13, 2011
Kathmandu: When New Delhi resident Ketaki Gupta visited Nepal on her honeymoon this year, the bubbly copywriter and her sales executive husband Nitin dutifully visited popular tourist destination Pokhara city, the casinos, and the hallowed Pashupatinath temple, as recommended by their travel agent. "It's after I went back home and met a chance traveller from Nepal that I came to know about Nepal's 'Taj Mahal'," the 28-year-old bewails. "Why weren't...
10:45 AM, Feb 15, 2011
Mumbai: India is "not satisfied" with the pace of progress in the Mumbai terror attack trial in Pakistan and would like the cases against the suspects "expedited", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. "Well, we would like those cases to be expedited, beyond that what can I say. You know what problems we have with Pakistan. We are not satisfied with the pace those cases have been allowed to go forward,"...
12:36 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Lucknow: The Taj Mahal will look more bright and beautiful in days to come as the Archaeological Survey of India is planning to give it a cleansing mud facial. The 17th century architectural marvel will be covered with a layer of the beautifying 'multani mitti' (fuller's earth) and once the mud flakes off, the structure will be washed with distilled water "We plan to give a mud facial to the...
10:56 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Agra: The ten-day heritage festival Taj Mahotsav, beginning Feb 18, will focus on doyens of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib and Mir Taqi Mir, an official here said. The festival, which began in 1993 as a tourism promotion initiative, has over the years shrunk into just a local fair, with foreign tourists largely keeping away from the programmes at the Shilpgram complex, 500 metres from the Taj Mahal. But this year...
03:31 PM, Jan 04, 2011
London: Access to the Taj Mahal, the epitome of Mughal art and one of the world's most recognisable structures, may be limited to the rich and famous only, a new report has suggested. The report by the influential Future Laboratory in Britain claims that the Taj Mahal in India, the Pyramids of Egypt and Venice should be made the exclusive playgrounds of the wealthy class in order to protect them....
06:05 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Bhopal: Did you know there is a second Taj Mahal in India? While the imposing Taj in Agra has captivated the world for centuries, its less famous counterpart here is lying in ruins. Nawab Shah Jahan Begum, Bhopal's 11th ruler, was a connoisseur of art. Reigning between 1868 and 1901, the Begum built several buildings in the city, the Taj Mahal included. However, unlike Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, the Taj...
02:24 PM, Dec 09, 2010
Agra: Staying at the opulent Amarvilas Hotel in Agra, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni today got a splendid view of the Taj Mahal, which they visited in the evening. Visible from all rooms at the hotel, the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument of love is what brought the French 'First Couple' to this small yet bustling city. Sarkozy and Bruni are believed to be staying...
11:46 PM, Dec 04, 2010
Mumbai: The first stop in US President Barack Obama's India calendar is the famed Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, much of it reduced to a charred shell during the 26/11 terror attack and now meticulously rebuilt to outshine even its former glory. It is in this landmark 107-year-old hotel that Obama and his entourage will stay on Nov 6 and 7, before flying to Delhi. And it is from this...
05:40 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Washington: The White House has clarified that US President Barack Obama will not visit Amritsar's Golden Temple and the Taj Mahal at Agra due to paucity of time. "Anybody that would go to (India), would love to... spend a lot more time there," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Monday when asked why Obama is not visiting the Sikhs' holiest shrine or the 17th century monument. "We're afforded...
01:24 PM, Nov 02, 2010
Washington: The American first couple, Barack and Michelle would miss a tryst with Taj Mahal, a symbol of love during their maiden visit to India, but US official did not rule out a future trip. "The first couple would not be having a trip to the Taj Mahal this time", Ben Rhodes Deputy National Security Advisor said at a White House briefing on US President's visit to India adding "...
04:29 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Almost two years after facing one of the worst terrorist attacks in India, the renovated Taj heritage wing will be reopened on August 15. ...
08:30 PM, Aug 12, 2010
Once at the centre of a political furore, the ill-conceived Taj Corridor is now reduced to 80 acres of wasteland. ...
11:25 AM, Apr 29, 2010
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