India kicks off 350th birthday of Taj Mahal
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Hundreds of schoolchildren have gathered outside India&#39;s Taj Mahal, releasing heart-shaped balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th birthday of the world&#39;s most famous monument of love.
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Ceremonies are planned near Agra, where the white marble monument to love was built in the 17th century as a tomb for emperor Shah Jahan&#39;s most beloved wife.
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DHAKA  - Millions of Sachin Tendulkar&#39;s fans heaved a collective sigh of relief when the Indian batting genius overcame a rare slump to hammer a world record-equalling 34th century in the opening Test against Bangladesh here.
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Some of India&#39;s top musicians are due to perform at a celebration to mark the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal. A special stamp will be released as well on the occasion at India&#39;s most famous monument where hundreds of tourists have gathered.
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Celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal are drawing little enthusiasm from the tourist industry which feels the monument's enduring draw is in spite and not because of government promotion.
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LUCKNOW: India&#39;s top court has opened the country&#39;s most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, to night viewing, allowing visitors to gaze at the dazzling marble monument by moonlight for the first time in two decades.
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Police in northern India have heightened security around the Taj Mahal after receiving a letter threatening to blow up the monument, officials said Friday.
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The Taj Mahal, India's famous monument to love, reopens after being closed to tourists for a day after rioting in Agra city.
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India celebrates the 350th anniversary of its most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, on Monday - although historians canât agree on its precise age and fears of damaging the enormous white marble structure have dampened plans to mark the event.
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India will stage celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal but archeological concerns have forced organisers to shift the event away from the monument.
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Few things could be more romantic than gazing at the Taj Mahal by moonlight - which is now possible for the first time in 20 years thanks to a ruling by India&#39;s supreme court yesterday.
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India&#39;s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has hailed a European Union proposal to forge a strategic partnership with India. Mr. Singh told reporters the move is a recognition of India&#39;s growing stature and influence and India welcomes the development.
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UTTAR PRADESH has ordered a panel of experts to report back within a week on claims that one of the Taj Mahal&#39;s (right) four minarets is tilting by 21.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir - Thousands of people in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir demonstrated Wednesday to mark the âblack dayâ 57 years ago when India deployed troops in the Himalayan region.
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AGRA, India - Tourists flocked Saturday to the northern Indian city of Agra to see the Taj Mahal by moonlight after the Supreme Court lifted a 20-year ban on night viewing of the 17th-century monument to love.
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ISLAMABAD: The 128th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was celebrated nationwide including Azad Kashmir with respect and admiration on Saturday.
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Hundreds of thousands gather in Amritsar in northern India to mark the 400th anniversary of the Sikh holy book.