Agra: 'His father forced him to take up an engineering course, but his heart is in writing. Released recently, his maiden fiction novel 'True Love Desire,' is being talked about in the Taj city and Pushpendu Mondal's talent at 20 years, has helped him win many friends and admirers. He is already on way to becoming a local celebrity', said Surendra Sharma, president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society.

Agra: Scores of teenage authors with creative spark joined the fortnight long grooming camp supervised by senior mentors, Neelam Mehrotra, Poorna Verma, Namita Taluqdar, Roli Sinha, Arpita Chatterjea, Archita Dutta who chiselled and polished their writing skills.  

New Delhi: Mumbai jumps two places and grabs the numero uno position on the Liveability index 2013 analyzed by the Institute for Competitiveness. Chennai and Hyderabad slipped one position each respectively from their last year's rank.

Agra: A busy road crossing on the Mahatma Gandhi Road in Agra is to be named after Mirza Ghalib, the doyen of Urdu poetry who was born here in 1797.

Agra: The 'Common Man' in Agra is showing signs of waking up from deep slumber, after the phenomenal success of the anti-corruption crusade that catapulted a 'freak political outfit" to power in Delhi.

Agra: Agra: When young Akhilesh Yadav took over as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in March 2012, tall promises of speedy development and transparency in governance were echoing in the area as Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav emerged as the new messiah of Socialism.