Archive for September, 2011

Onion growers stage road blockade; demand revoking exports ban… and other news

September 14, 2011

Onion growers stage road blockade; demand revoking exports ban
PTI | 05:09 PM,Sep 12,2011 Nashik, Sep 12 (PTI) Onion growers today took to streets and blocked the busy Mumbai-Agra national highway at Pimpalgaon Baswant near here demanding lifting of ban on onion exports and continued to keep the APMC auctions
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Dalits protest after Ambedkar''s statue found broken
PTI | 06:09 PM,Sep 12,2011 Agra, Sep 12 (PTI) Angry over a broken statue of BR Ambedkar, Dalits today blocked traffic at the national highway here and pelted stones at police."There was tension among the Dalit community when the statue of Ambedkar at
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AGRA/DANIDA awards $3.5m grant for agriculture project

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Danish Development Agency, (DANIDA) have awarded $3.5 million grant for the execution of the Agriculture Value Chain Mentorship Project (AVMP) in the Northern Region. The three-year project is
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Ghana Business News

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AGRA/DANIDA awards 3.5 million dollars grant for agriculture project
11, GNA – The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the Danish Development Agency, (DANIDA) have awarded 3.5 million dollars grant for the execution of the Agriculture Value Chain Mentorship Project (AVMP) in the Northern Region.
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Pink City emerges as country's best bargain for holiday destination
Agra comes second with a TripIndex of Rs 4573. The survey rates various destinations on the affordability factor. According to Nikhil Ganju, country manager, TripAdvisor (India), "TripIndex is a cost comparison of 11 hot tourist and metropolitan cities
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UP rivers in spate after heavy rain in Uttarakhand, Nepal
According to reports reaching state meteorological headquarters, during last 24 hours, while Mahoba recorded 60 mm rain, Rath, Garotha and Karwi received 50 mm rain each, Jaunpur and Agra 40 mm each, Patti 30 mm, Kanpur 20 mm, Banda, Jhansi, Hamirpur,
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Agra Hara to 480000 pensioners
The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) will shortly extend the Agra Hara Health Insurance Policy to 480000 plus retirees till the end of their lifetime. The scheme which was hitherto in operation was, that the terms of the policy ended on retirement
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A return to India: Delighted by Delhi, amazed by Agra on a tour in Grandad's …

On my last day, I follow my grandfather's footsteps to Agra and the Taj Mahal. The Leela Palace supplies a driver for the four-hour trip. The road is officially a motorway, though equally open to pedestrians, camels and rickshaw scooters.
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Daily Mail

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Luxe tour packages

If you want to discover Varanasi, Agra, Jodhpur and Udaipur and live it up in Mumbai and Delhi too, then for around $118000 per person, Greaves organises a fantastic holiday. You will be staying at all the renowned palace hotels and can even meet up
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Deccan Chronicle

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Humid spell to continue
which was also highest in the state, followed by Sitapur 50 mm, Banda 30 mm, Ghazipur 30 mm each, Kannauj 20 mm. tnn , Varanasi 10 mm, Bikapur 10 mm, Hardoi 10 mm, Jaunpur 10 mm, Allahabad 10 mm, Jhansi 10 mm, Moradabad 10 mm, Agra 10 mm.
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Lenovo India rolls out 150th LES Lite store in Agra… and other news

September 13, 2011

Lenovo India rolls out 150th LES Lite store in Agra
Lenovo already has an LES in Agra. The launch of the 150th LES Lite store in Agra is another step towards fortifying the company's retail presence in the
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Check Agra University Result 2010 at www.dbrau.ac.in
Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Agra formerly also known as Agra University has released the various programmes of UG/PG examination results 2010 online at
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Caledonia Village Board gathers data on Mor-Agra expansion
Still, it gathered information on Mor-Agra Grain's proposed expansion while it waited for board member Rae Duncan to arrive in the absence of Mary Walraven.
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Amdavadi gems dazzle at Saptak
Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan, the only guardian of the famed Agra-Atrauli Gharana in Gujarat, ravished the senses with unique signatures of the school:
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Biting cold, fog to stay for now
While Churk in Sonbhadra was the coldest in the state with 0.6 degrees Celsius, Agra was freezing at 1.2 degrees Celsius followed by Varanasi at 3 degrees
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Gujjars start returning home from rail tracks… and other news

September 13, 2011

Gujjars start returning home from rail tracks
Jaipur: With the Gujjar leadership calling off its agitation on the reservation issue, movement of vehicles on the Jaipur-Agra national highway and other
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Agra records season's coldest night at 0.6 degree
Agra, Jan 6 (IANS) The city of the Taj Mahal recorded this winter's coldest night with the minimum temperature touching 0.6 degree Celsius in the pre-dawn
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FIRs against fake drivers for jobs
their commercial licences with them; but on closer scrutiny, we found that most of these were fake and arranged through touts at Agra and Mathura RTOs.
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