The government is hopeful that with the permission of all relevant agencies the night viewing of the Taj can be resumed from November 25.
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.
While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta Kolhatkar.
'Priyanka has done very well in Bollywood and Hollywood. But had she joined politics, it might have been a different story altogether. Given how ambitious she was, she would have made a good youth leader. She might even have launched her own party,' says Sathya Saran
It is "ironic" that extra security measures, taken after being warned of a possible terror strike, were eased just before the terrorists assaulted the landmark Taj hotel, Tata group chief Ratan Tata said.
'I am sure there were more than three terrorists in the Taj --we ourselves saw quite a few.' Also, Erika Mann feels there may have been more victims than the government allows: 'We saw so many bodies taken out.'
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The Indian Hotels Company, the Tata Group firm which runs the Taj Group of Hotels in the country, is set to expand its offerings by getting into serviced apartments business and by widening the portfolio of its wildlife resorts.
A public interest litigation was moved before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Monday seeking the re-opening of the Taj Corridor case against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in which the court had in November 2012 refused to intervene on the plea that the special CBI court had let her off on "technical grounds " in 2007.
Three terrorists, including a Pakistani national, were arrested by the security forces from the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on Thursday night.Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident of Faridkot, Multan in Pakistan and two others were arrested from the hotel, official sources said.The arrested militants belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, they said.
In a major relief for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed petitions against her in the Taj Corridor case.
The project, which is being implemented on build-operate-transfer basis by the concessionaire Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, is expected to be completed by February 2010, before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games. A special purpose vehicle by the name Jaypee Infratech Ltd has been incorporated recently to implement the project by the concessionaire.
The Central government has, at last, cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up the ambitious Taj International Airport and Aviation Hub in Uttar Pradesh, to be constructed and operated by the year 2007-08.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application challenging the order of Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar refusing sanction for the prosecution of state Chief Minister Mayawati in the Taj Corridor case. A bench comprising Justice S B Sinha, Justice S H Kapadia and Justice D K Jain dismissed the application filed by amicus curiae Krishan Mahajan, challenging the order of the governor.
President Barack Obama's schedule is likely to undergo a change and he may now depart from Agra instead of Delhi as authorities have examined the feasibility of his Air Force One aircraft landing in the city of Taj Mahal.
In the survey conducted on the socio-economic perception on India and Pakistan after 60 years of independence from the British rule, the BBC found that the world also associated both countries with poverty.
The $19-million white Hindu temple was inaugurated on Sunday in Atlanta's Lilburn suburb
On Tuesday, the current lot of G20 visitors toured three colonial landmarks in south Mumbai -- the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's heritage building headquarters, the magnificent Gateway of India and the Taj Palace hotel.
An NSG source told rediff.com that by the time siege ended the NSG had managed to kill the terrorists holed up in the hotel, but could not save the hostages.
For the first time, Google has brought 360-degree online imagery of iconic Indian heritage sites through the Google Trekker technology.
"It's really a gift of beauty for all humanity," said Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he visited the Taj Mahal, walking hand in hand with his wife Laureen, marvelling at the 17th century Mughal monument of love.
Indian Hotels hardly has any other option as even domestic competitors such as ITC, the Oberoi group, The Lalit Group etc are fast catching up.
The chief minister is facing allegations of amassing assets beyond her known sources of income. She is reported to have made over Rs 100 crores in the Taj corridor scandal.
The Taj Hotel near India Gate will remain with the Tatas for one more year and will have the first right of refusal in an auction to be conducted within this period.
The contract has been entered into with Paranjpe Schemes Construction Limited and the new hotel will be a part of the Taj Business Hotels portfolio, a release stated.
Navy personnel perform yoga on board INS Vikramaditya. In the run-up to the International Day of Yoga, several naval ships are conducting yoga and meditation sessions on board.
CBI sources, however, said that it had not yet obtained the sanction for prosecuting Mayawati and five others in the matter.
The 287-room flagship hotel has been undergoing extensive renovation post the terror attacks.
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The high-level committee that probed the Mumbai 26/11 attacks has blamed the management of Taj and Oberoi hotels for ignoring the security advice given to them much ahead of the terror strikes.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's plea for quashing a PIL filed against her in the Taj corridor scandal which involved construction of a massive shopping mall and recreational centres near the world famous monument.
'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr Leo Varadkar who will step down as Ireland's taoiseach (prime minister) next week.
'As we grow older, we fight much less with each other.' 'The magic mantra is 'Drop it!'' 'I would recommend it for all relationships.' 'In anger, we can say many hurtful things that can leave a deep scar, so dropping it is the healthy way of preventing that from happening.'
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
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