India's ageing Taj Mahal gets a mud pack face-lift
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LUCKNOW, India  - Indian archaeologists have started giving a face-lift to the centuries-old Taj Mahal by applying a mud pack to the marble exteriors of the country's most famous monument.
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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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A crisis decades in the making has reduced middle-class people in New Delhi, IndiaÂs richest city, to foraging for water.
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Agra/New Delhi, Sept. 27 (NNN): The celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the historic Taj Mahal ran into a snag on Monday with the Supreme Court declining to give permission to hold any such event near the 17th century monument during the night.
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One of the world&#39;s most famous monuments, India&#39;s Taj Mahal, celebrates its 350th birthday on Monday with a cultural extravaganza that hopes to pay a fitting tribute to the historic symbol of love.
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Full moon nights, when the walls of marble shimmer in the light, are thought to be the most romantic time to see the Taj Mahal, except that - barring a few one-off occasions - such visits have been banned for 20 years.
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JAMMU, India  - Hundreds of Indian Kashmir's monuments are dilapidated and crumbling, prompting authorities and restoration experts to step up efforts to save the restive Himalayan state's unique cultural heritage.
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India celebrates the 350th anniversary of its most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, today - although historians cannot 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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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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AGRA, India  - So, you've always wanted to hold  the Taj Mahal in the palm of your hand? Or perhaps stand on top  of the world's loveliest building?
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AGRA, INDIA - India on Monday began celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal, the world-famous example of Indo-Islamic architecture visited by millions of tourists every year.
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Description: The Taj Mahal -- built by an emperor grieving for his beloved wife -- turns 350 this year. A grand national party is planned, but due to pollution concerns it will be held 130 miles away.
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The venue is the Ballroom of the Taj Mahal Hotel. It is Dev Anand celebrating the launch of his new film Mr. Prime Minister on his 81st birthday. Dressed in black trousers and jacket, he looks dapper as ever except that he looks a little frail, but nonetheless energetic for that.  This gathering is for the Press and friends.
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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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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 opens to visitors on moonlit evenings 20 years after security fears ended night visits.
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DAUD NAGAR, India  - An hour's drive from the palatial headquarters of India's "untouchables" leader, her talk of eight-lane highways and birthday gifts for the poor had yet to filter to villagers pinning their hopes more on rain gods.