”Agra” News

Sarkozy takes trip to India's monument to love, minus Bruni

AGRA, India (AFP) - India 's monument to love, the Taj Mahal , was sealed off to tourists Saturday for a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- minus his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni .
01 27 2008 12:27AM (...more)

'Incredible' India loses lustre as tourists stay away

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – It's billed as one of the world's most luxurious and romantic train journeys. An old-world tour of India's palaces and lakes, all the way to the Taj Mahal. Despite great expectations when it was launched in January, the Royal Rajasthan on
02 20 2009 2:28PM (...more)

"Incredible" India loses luster as tourists stay away

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – It's billed as one of the world's most luxurious and romantic train journeys. An old-world tour of India's palaces and lakes, all the way to the Taj Mahal. Despite great expectations when it was launched in January, the Royal Rajasthan on
02 19 2009 6:02AM (...more)

Kofi Annan, UN agencies to boost African agriculture

ROME (AFP) - Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday with the three UN food agencies to help small-scale farmers in Africa.
06 5 2008 8:15AM (...more)

Kingsley picks Rai for Taj Mahal film

MUMBAI, India - Aishwarya Rai will star in a film about the Taj Mahal, India 's famous marble monument to love.
09 29 2007 5:06AM (...more)

6 arrested for protesting Valentine's Day in India

LUCKNOW, India – Police arrested six members of a hard-line Hindu group on Saturday for attacking and cutting the hair of three couples on Valentine's Day near the Taj Mahal — India's white-marble monument to love.
02 17 2009 2:57PM (...more)

Bus fire kills 63 pilgrims - police

LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Sixty-three people were burnt alive when a bus packed with Hindu pilgrims caught fire in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. The bus was travelling on Tuesday evening on a national highway near
12 11 2008 5:17AM (...more)

Sarkozy visits the Taj — without Carla

AGRA, India - French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited one of the world's greatest monuments to love Saturday, pacing the elegant white marble hallways of the 17th-century Taj Mahal with a group of top advisers.
01 27 2008 4:39AM (...more)

Sarkozy goes solo to India's monument to love

AGRA, India (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy jetted to famed monument to love the Taj Mahal while on a state visit to India but without his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni .
01 27 2008 2:00AM (...more)

French president goes solo to India's monument to love

AGRA, India (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy jetted to famed monument to love the Taj Mahal on Saturday while on a state visit to India but without his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni .
01 26 2008 11:55PM (...more)