Ghaziabad (India): Village Pradhans and runner up candidates of panchayat election are lining to join their hands to becoming part of Harmony Village in Ghaziabad. More than 405 villages from 8 block of Ghaziabad have pledged to join the Harmony Village, a brain child of CDO Ghaziabad.

Agra (India): A general meeting of voluntary agencies, NGOs, civil society groups and activists was held at Hotel Goverdhan.

Aligarh (India): The Certificate Ceremony of the English Access Microscholarship Programme (EAMP), sponsored by Regional English Language Office (RELO) of the American Embassy for AMU school students belonging to economically backward and underprivileged sections, was held at the Conference Hall of Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University.

Aligarh (India): In order to improve the healthcare conditions and the relationship between patient and doctor, the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) and Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University organized a CME on ‘Prevention of Violence in Health Care Facility: A Need to Know Primer’ to analyze the condition of patient care in details and recommend definitive steps to improve the conditions for the patients. This kind of CME has been organized for the first time in Aligarh. The CME was followed by a panel discussion covering other important issues as well.

Vrindavan (India): The holy town of Vrindavan is living in a perpetual fear of being deluged with garbage and sewer waste generated by not only the locals but hordes of pilgrims that daily visit the Sri Krishna land.

Agra (India): More than a month after ascetics embarked on a 1,000-km journey on foot to call for the restoration of the original glory of the Yamuna, conservationists here have demanded the river be recognized as a heritage entity, saying this alone can save the river from pollution and neglect.