”Agra” News

Cold weather kills 38 in northern India

LUCKNOW, India - An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
01 3 2008 2:23AM (...more)

Annan urges green revolution to alleviate hunger in Africa

LISBON (AFP) - Former UN chief Kofi Annan Saturday called for a "green revolution" involving alliances between African governments and farmers to alleviate hunger in the world's poorest continent.
12 11 2007 2:11PM (...more)

Curfew on Taj Mahal city after riots

AGRA, India (AFP) - The world-famous Taj Mahal was closed to tourists Wednesday after officials in the Indian city of Agra imposed a curfew following rioting that left one person dead and 50 hurt.
09 2 2007 4:17PM (...more)

Train crash kills 15, many trapped: reports

AGRA, India (AFP) – An express train ploughed into the back of another in northern India early Wednesday, killing up to 15 and trapping as many as 50 in the wreckage, officials and reports said. Local television channels
10 24 2009 12:02AM (...more)

Train crash in India, at least nine dead

AGRA, India (AFP) – An Indian express train ploughed into the back of another near the Taj Mahal town of Agra early Wednesday, killing at least nine and trapping dozens in
10 23 2009 11:29PM (...more)

India's dancing bears given sanctuary

AGRA, India (AFP) - They entertain passers-by along Indian highways, moving in slow-motion parodies of Bollywood dance routines.
09 12 2007 12:29PM (...more)

India's dancing bears given sanctuary

AGRA, India (AFP) - They entertain passers-by along Indian highways, moving in slow-motion parodies of Bollywood dance routines.
09 12 2007 12:16PM (...more)

Riots spark soul-searching in "new" India

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A spate of riots involving arson, beatings and even the Taj Mahal 's brief closure has led to worries a globalising India is struggling to cope with its underbelly of police graft, economic disparity and caste tension.
09 11 2007 12:20AM (...more)

Rioting in Delhi over school sex scandal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police clashed with angry residents in New Delhi on Thursday after a mob damaged a state school following a TV report that accused a female teacher of prostituting girl students.
09 2 2007 11:08PM (...more)

13 police suspended after India riots

NEW DELHI - Thirteen policemen were suspended Thursday for failing to prevent rioting that left one person dead and forced a curfew in the northern Indian city that is home to the Taj Mahal , a police official said.
09 2 2007 4:08PM (...more)