Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met the Indian Army's senior-most generals before he addressed the Army Commanders' Conference at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
This disputed the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board's claim that the Taj as a Waqf property and that they should get rights over its control and management.
"A fresh survey was conducted to know the requirements, including manpower. The CISF has to make sure that proper deployment is made," ASI Director General Anshu Vaish said.
Unlike the Mughal emperor's monument that is a popular tourist destination, Faizul Hasan Qadri wants his Taj to remain just a shrine of his love for his wife.
The Taj Mahal Hotel, which completed 100 years of existence on Tuesday, will continue as the symbol of India's hospitality and warmth, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata said in Mumbai.
The Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently paid a visit to the historical monument during his visit to India.
The Taj Mahal, India's most iconic heritage site, along with other sites like the Qutab Minar, will be valued in government books at just Rs 1.
The Taj Mahal, the timeless masterpiece built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, along with other heritage sites like the Qutab Minar, will be valued in the government books at just Re 1. This is part of the broad move to move government accounts towards accrual-based accounting system from the cash-based one within the next five years. Like a corporate balance sheet and profit and loss account statements, the government too will undertake similar book keeping.
The district police said they were apprehended from Goa in a joint operation by the Haryana Police and the Delhi Police.
'I always say you really cannot own a recipe.' 'In India, where, we have been cooking for thousands of years, how can you put a finger and say, 'This is mine'?'
A day after a fierce gun-battle at Lakhanpur jungle in Jungle Mahal between Maoists and joint forces, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday appealed to them to give up violence and offered a fresh package. Promising security to Maoists who will surrender, Banerjee said, "We want Maoists to give up the politics of guns and violence and join the mainstream. Return to a normal life with your families."
Facing an intense social media attack, Tharoor has issued a clarification, saying he has always been with the people of Palestine and he does not agree with the propagation of just one sentence from his speech at the IUML rally.
Just in case anybody's forgotten how gorgeous Sonakshi Sinha can look, the actor sends a timely reminder.
Tata's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai and Orient's Le Manoir Aux Quat'saisons at Oxfordshire, UK, are among the world's 17 best hotels for having food, according to the 2008 Gold List prepared by British magazine Conde Nast.
For the first time, Google has brought 360-degree online imagery of iconic Indian heritage sites through the Google Trekker technology.
'Rather than visiting famous monuments, travellers now prefer "experiential activities" such as biking, trekking/hiking, camping, river rafting, yachting, parasailing and zip lining; safaris and jungle adventures; and wellness holidays to rejuvenate themselves.'
A women offers prayers to the Sun God on the occasion of the Chhath Puja in Bhubaneswar.
With the surge in tourist footfalls to Varanasi in 2022, it almost rivals the arrivals in Agra and puts it way ahead of Prayagraj and Ayodhya.
It's time to embrace the cool, calm, pristine wonders of white and its nine serene impressions in Hindi movies.
Jaipur's historic landmark Hawa Mahal has turned a shade lighter in some corners after enthusiastic civic authorities used water pressure hoses to clean the 18th century monument ahead of Parvasi Bhartiya Divas.
Accused Darvesh Rajbhar is a resident of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, the official said.
Elusive Maoist top gun Kishenji was on Thursday killed in an encounter with joint forces at Burisole forest in West Midnapore district, a day after he narrowly escaped from there.The body of 58-year-old Molajula Koteswar Rao, better known as Kishenji, was found and identified after the Jungle Mahal encounter, a top counter-insurgency force official said.
A K Dogar-- Hafiz Saeed's lawyer is eager to visit his birthplace, Hoshiarpur in India's Punjab state and wants to take his grandchildren to the Taj Mahal in Agra. But he fears that even if the Indian government gives him a visa, he may face hostility in the neighbouring country because he is the lawyer of a man many Indians hate.
Foreign visitors to the world heritage site Taj Mahal will now get the facility to wrap their shoes using a machine before they enter the mausoleum.
In her latest salvo against slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, Fatima Bhutto has accused her aunt of converting the sombre resting place of the Bhuttos in Sindh province into a revolting "Disney version of Taj Mahal".
Who owns a recipe, and should one fight over its origins?
The Taj will, however, be open for public viewing in the night only for three months.
For the first time in India, Chandigarh-based Compact Disc India Ltd (CDIL), an integrated media and entertainment company, will animate a true love story titled Eternal Love in English which will revolve around the Taj Mahal. The company has secured an animation outsourcing contract worth $15.70 million from a Los Angeles-based firm through its arm Mediaone Ventures Ltd for the film which is slated to be released in December 2009.
The year was 2014. A small boy in his teens stood in front of Noida's most famous cricket coach Phool Chand's office room, and there was no parent accompanying him.
Speaking at an event in Nagpur, he also said the 'Akhand Bharat' or undivided India will become a reality before today's youngsters become old, as those who separated from India in 1947 are now feeling that they made a mistake.
An official of the organisation that has displayed the gold ink Quran on Tuesday said there are only four copies of this holy book in the world.
The Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government has drawn up a comprehensive plan for the beautification of areas around the Taj Mahal monument in Agra. The plan was finalised at a meeting chaired by Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Javed Usmani in Lucknow on Saturday.
A battle-hardened Vidarbha won't make it easy for 41-times Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final, starting on Sunday.
Eyeing diabetics and health conscious people, Taj Mahal Agro Industries Pvt Ltd recently launched a low glycemic rice brand - Moolgiri.
Taj Mahal, India's most famous architectural wonder, on Tuesday joined the race to be named one of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World'.
It was mostly used for corporate parties, meets, weddings and receptions.
Raw green chickpeas is nicest lightly boiled with chopped onion. But try this take.
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