Mathura/Agra (India): Gayatri Mantra is now a popular divine chant of Hindus across the globe thanks to the untiring efforts of the Gayatri Parivar that began the centenary celebrations of the founder Pt. Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, born at Amal Kheda village, 18 kilometers from the Taj city.

Agra (India): Chief election commissioner SY Qureshi told media persons evening that a training centre was being planned at the Delhi headquarters to tutor officials from India and some democratic countries in the techniques of election-management.

To  Sri Amrit Abhijat, IAS  (Divisional Commissioner Agra & Chairman Taj Trapezium Zone, ADA)    Dear Sir,    My concern through this note is to invite your kind attention to the sad state of ecological conditions in the Braj Dham which roughly constitutes the Taj Trapezium Zone.    Please give a little thought and time to my attached demand charter. I am particularly distressed at the way river Yamuna is being polluted from Vrindavan to Bateshwar.    Hope you will creatively respond to the suggestions listed.

Agra (India): It is never too late to learn. Yes… this is what 25 odd senior citizens past their prime are trying to prove at a computer academy in the Taj city.

Aligarh (India): Speaking on “Harrppan Culture: New Discoveries and Perspectives” Prof. Vasant Shinde of Deccan College, Pune highlighted the innovative spirits of the Harappans which was far ahead of any other civilization in India.

Aligarh (India): In the light of the latest revelations by Swamy Aseemanand there was now no justification for keeping in detention dozens of Muslim youths in various jails. This was stated in a memorandum addressed to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and presented to Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the Sir Syed Educational and Welfare Movement of AMU.