Agra (India): As the river Yamuna rose and spilled its water onto its banks in the holy town of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of devotees turned up at the riverside and set lit lamps afloat in the waters to celebrate 'Pulin Utsav'.

Agra (India): The water level in the Yamuna river continued to rise in Uttar Pradesh's Agra and Mathura districts, cutting off dozens of villages and inundating agricultural fields. Water also entered the moat of the magnificent, 16th century Agra Fort and the Kailash temple on the Agra-Delhi highway.

Aligarh (India): Children mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh is a big challenge and this state has not proper sanitation, no fresh drinking water and facilities of health care in UP, said AMU VC Professor PK Abdul Azis.

Agra (India): Visitors to the Taj Mahal continued to question guides about the safety of the Taj Mahal which according to the Archeological Survey of India superintending archaeologist Indudhar Dwivedi, is safe and sound. It was natural for locals to be alarmed about the safety of the Taj Mahal, particularly those who had not seen such a flood in the past 32 years, said activist Rajan Kishore.

Agra (India): "It is a great day and occasion to celebrate. The Nobel Prize for medicine has finally gone to British researcher Robert Edwards, pioneer of in vitro fertilization, who produced in 1978 the first test tube baby Louise Brown who is now a mother of a normal conceived female child," said Dr. Narendra Malhotra, former president of the Federation of Gynaecological and Obstetrics Societies of India.

Agra (India): Indian railways are fully geared to make the traveling experience unforgettable for the 600 odd CWG guests expected to visit the Taj city daily.