Agra (India): A penalty of Rs.10 crores has been imposed on two engineering colleges sited on the periphery of the Soor Sarovar Bird sanctuary on the Agra-Delhi national highway.

Agra (India): "Why postpone, cancel it," was the angry retort of a hotelier of Taj city when told that the annual 10-day cultural festival the Taj Mahotsava had been postponed by a month due to elections.

Agra (India): The launch of a new newspaper, The Sea Express, has intensified the war in Agra's Hindi print media where Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran are the major players and Dainik Hindustan fights for mind space.

Agra (India): District authorities have extended winter vacations till January 15, after Makar Sankranti.

Agra (India): District authorities have extended winter vacations till January 15, after Makar Sankranti.

When the peace of a community is shattered by man-made disaster an oil spill, a toxic gas leak, a nuclear meltdown a scar is left that may fade with passing decades but will never fully heal. While some may be able to clean up and return to a sense of normalcy, others stand fenced-off and unchanged like a silent memorial.