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Sharapova shows her mystique and taste for dosa

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Maria Sharapova -- the name has oomph and glamour attached to it. When the four-time grand slam champion showed up in New Delhi Sunday there was that unmistaken mystique in the tennis majesty.

The si

Dubai to build its own Taj Mahal

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The UAE emirate of Dubai plans to build its own Taj Mahal at a cost of $1 billion.

Taj Arabia will be about four times the size of the original monument in India, the Gulf News quoted the developers

International airport to come up near Taj Mahal

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With a view to catering to needs of tourists visiting Taj city Agra, an international airport would soon come up between Agra and Mathura.

The airport, to be built on PPP model, is likely to be compl

Now Agra has its own anthem

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The city of the Taj Mahal has got its own anthem and it is being played at road junctions, schools and colleges as a part of the ongoing Taj Mahotsav.

The 11-day Mahotsav will end on March 26.

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Agra tourist police gear up for V-Day

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Valentine's Day is round the corner and Agra's tourist police are on alert. Expecting a huge rush at the 17th century monument to love, the Taj Mahal, police are gearing up to guard against any mischi

Bomb scare at Taj Mahal

An anonymous telephonic warning forced security forces to comb the Taj Mahal for a hidden bomb on Wednesday afternoon, but it proved to be a hoax call.

Police and the bomb disposal squad scanned the

Rival to the Taj, but a century in the making

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More than 20,000 people built the Taj Mahal in 22 years in the 17th century. Just 10 km away, another mausoleum that could possibly rival the Taj has taken a century and the labour of some six generat

Taj scare: Firm claims it had ASI permission to fly over monument

A private firm, whose helicopter made four unannounced sorties over Taj Mahal on December 14 sending security officials into tizzy, has claimed that it had taken permission from Archaeological Survey

Chopper over Taj Mahal rings security alarm

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has filed a police complaint after a private company's helicopter flew 11 rounds over the Taj Mahal, causing alarm among conservationists.

ASI's caretaker of

Taj Mahal condition a result of negligence?

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In 1942, a team of British archaeologists handed over 42 drawings and established 104 permanent benchmarks that helped provide a roadmap on the “health” of India’s best loved monument.

These were to

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