Agra (India): Civil society activists and youth leaders representing various voluntary organisations staged a protest here in support of Anna Hazare, who is on a fast-unto-death in Delhi to press for a stronger anti-graft Lokpal Bill.

Aligarh (India): AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. PK Abdul Azis inaugurated the National Conference on “Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics” organized by the Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University.

Agra (India): Encroachers in Agra and the surrounding area will no longer have it easy, with the state government setting up a panel and announcing heavy fines to tackle the menace and monitor the condition of nearly 400 monuments, including several magnificent Mughal-era structures, in 24 districts of western Uttar Pradesh.

Mathura/Vrindavan (India): The ascetics on a march to demand release of water into the drying and polluted Yamuna and cleaning of the river reached Vrindavan Tuesday morning.

Aligarh (India): A National Seminar on "Sources of Medieval India", organized by the Centre of Advanced Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University was inaugurated by Prof. Harbans Mukhia of JNU, New Delhi.

Aligarh (India): ‘Each year millions of women, newborns and children die from preventable causes, while the interventions that could save their lives are often not available to those who need it most’, said Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Director, Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine in Hyderabad.