Agra: Speakers at a group discussion on Labour Day said 'while the earning capacity and  the general life - style patterns of the lowest rung of labourers both in the cities and the rural areas, had changed for the better, the educated middle classes were stressed due to shrinking opportunities and the Americanisation of the economy.'

Agra: Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat Sunday reviewed progress of the Rs.140 crore Taj Ganj development project and asked officials to make all efforts to modernise the city's infrastructure so as to entice tourists into staying longer.

Agra: Speakers at a group discussion on Labour Day said 'while the earning capacity and  the general life - style patterns of the lowest rung of labourers both in the cities and the rural areas, had changed for the better, the educated middle classes were stressed due to shrinking opportunities and the Americanisation of the economy.'

Agra: Uttar Pradesh's top bureaucrat Sunday reviewed progress of the Rs.140 crore Taj Ganj development project and asked officials to make all efforts to modernise the city's infrastructure so as to entice tourists into staying longer.

Agra: Literature need not all be classic -- even spontaneous outpouring on social media sites count as literature, said panelists during a discussion at the three-day Taj Literary Festival here.

Agra: Actor Farooque Shaikh demanded a fitting memorial and even a light and sound show to the doyen of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib In The Taj City Where The Poet Was Born In 1797.

Agra: Literature need not all be classic -- even spontaneous outpouring on social media sites count as literature, said panelists during a discussion at the three-day Taj Literary Festival here.

Agra: Actor Farooque Shaikh demanded a fitting memorial and even a light and sound show to the doyen of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib In The Taj City Where The Poet Was Born In 1797.

Agra: Globally celebrated author Reginald Massey questioned writer Shobhaa De's credentials as a literary person, saying she should not be taken seriously as she wrote 'soft pornography which titillates'.

Agra: Globally celebrated author Reginald Massey questioned writer Shobhaa De's credentials as a literary person, saying she should not be taken seriously as she wrote 'soft pornography which titillates'.