Vrindavan (India): While the whole of Braj Mandal is shivering with cold, the holy town of Vrindavan is red hot with anger and resentment against a popular Kathavachak whose effigies were torched by Hindutva elements.

Agra (India): Residents of Taj city and Fatehpur Sikri are hardly impressed or excited about the visit of the French President N Sarkozy with his wife Carla last month. For them it is just another visit by a VVIP, "which would only create traffic jams, restrictions on movements, Taj gates closed and all sorts of problems."

Aligarh (India): Dr. Latif Husain S. Kazmi, Reader in the Department of Philosophy, Aligarh Muslim University participated as a delegate in an international conference on World Philosophy Day conducted by the Iranian Institute of Philosophy and International Society of Islamic Philosophy, Iran.

Aligarh (India): A valedictory function was held in MM Hall to mark the successful completion of two months’ "English Proficiency & Personality Development Programme" under the aegis of Career Counseling cell, Aligarh Muslim University.

Aligarh (India): An awareness camp was organized for the inmates of the District Central Jail, Aligarh by the Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC), Dept. of Microbiology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University.

Agra (India): The 10-day heritage festival Taj Mahotsav, beginning Feb 18, will focus on doyens of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib and Mir Taqi Mir, an official here said.