Agra (India): Almost half of the Taj city of Agra remained without power for the most part of Sunday after a fire damaged a transformer, an official said.

Agra (India): UP's minister for urban development and public works, Nasimmuddin Siddiqui Tuesday opened India's first "Joota Mandi", (shoe market) at a newly developed exhibition cum training complex, in the Taj city.

Aligarh (India): Prof. Najam Khaleeq, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University has been awarded prestigious Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teacher’s Honour Award.

Agra (India): It was a unique get-together that just might have motivated a few schoolchildren to join the armed forces. Four senior military officials joined the assembly at their alma mater here- St. Peter's College- which is celebrating its 165th year.

Indian media is different from media in other countries. Like other professions Indian media too is undergoing an exciting process of transformation. Some people are naturally alarmed. The old order thinks it’s a steep degeneration and cites countless examples of distortions and devaluations. Obviously perceptions and priorities have changed. Indian media seems to be struggling to free itself of the stranglehold of the 1947 missionary mindset and gradually shift its focus to profit-making industrial activity.

Agra (India): Agitating farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district Wednesday wrote a petition in their blood to protest acquisition of their lands for townships along the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway.