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Jul 03, 2022 02:15 PM ISTActivist Licypriya Kangujam's 'before and after' post of litter near Taj Mahal
The authorities in Agra swiftly cleaned up an area near the Taj Mahal after Licypriya Kangujam highlighted plastic pollution there.
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Jun 24, 2022 09:56 AM IST Manipur activist Licypriya Kangujam was called ‘foreign tourist’ by a politician. Her response
Manish Jagan Agrawal, Samajwadi Party’s digital media coordinator, was responding to Licypriya Kangujam’s tweet highlighting littering around the Taj Mahal.
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May 18, 2022 12:50 PM IST BJP targeting religious places to divert people's attention from issues like unemployment, inflation: Mayawati
Lucknow, May 18 BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP for allegedly targeting religious places to divert people's attention fro..
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May 16, 2022 06:11 PM IST Archaeological Survey of India releases images of Taj Mahal's underground rooms. Pics inside
The images show two spots inside the underground rooms of the Taj Mahal where maintenance work was carried out recently.
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May 12, 2022 12:43 PM IST 'Do MA, PhD': Judges advise petitioner wanting to open Taj Mahal rooms, reject plea
"I welcome you to debate the issue with us in the drawing room and not in a court of law," the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court stated.
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May 10, 2022 05:16 PM IST 'Where is that edit button': Maye Musk asks after mistake on Twitter
The edit button is a feature that Elon Musk too wants to introduce to Twitter. He had even posted a Twitter poll asking if users wanted the feature on the social media platform -- a day before making an offer to buy Twitter.
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May 10, 2022 12:54 PM IST After Elon Musk's Taj Mahal praise, mom Maye shares family pic from 1954
Apart from visiting one of the wonders of the world, Maye Musk explained that the way Elon Musk's grandparents reached Taj Mahal was also a wonder.
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Feb 22, 2022 07:34 PM IST Free entry for tourists for 3 days at Taj Mahal for Shah Jahan's Urs
Shakeel Rafiq, a tourist guide said, "It is only time in a year when visitors are allowed to enter in the basement to see the original graves of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaj.”
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Feb 15, 2022 02:40 PM IST Snow sculpture of Taj Mahal attracts tourists in Kashmir's Gulmarg
A snow sculpture of Taj Mahal has become the latest attraction for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg after the igloo cafe, which also attracted many eyeballs.
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Nov 29, 2021 08:43 AM IST Madhya Pradesh businessman builds Taj Mahal replica home for wife
The Taj Mahal replica is in Burhanpur, the place where Mumtaz died while giving birth to her 14th child.
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Nov 17, 2021 02:14 PM IST India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal
Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel bans but intrepid travellers will have to brave the intense pollution season to visit the country's most famous attraction.
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Aug 20, 2021 10:28 AM IST Taj Mahal to reopen for night viewing from August 22
Night viewing of the monument had closed on March 17, 2020 during the first lockdown due to COVID-19.
- Jun 15, 2021 07:18 PM IST
Taj Mahal to reopen from June 16, 650 visitors allowed at a time
While 650 tourists will be allowed inside the Taj Mahal premises at one point of time so that COVID-19 protocols are followed, such restrictions will not be in place for other monuments, District Magistrate, Agra Prabhu N Singh said.
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Apr 15, 2021 08:09 PM IST COVID-19 update | ASI closes down all protected sites, monuments until May 15
Earlier, the ASI opened Taj Mahal on September 21, 2020 for visitors after 6 months with strict coronavirus guidelines. It had said that there would be no window ticket sale like earlier, while visitors can scan the code to purchase tickets or book online through the ASI website.
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Mar 12, 2021 12:19 PM IST Three Hindu Mahasabha members held for offering prayers to Lord Shiva inside Taj Mahal compound
The Central Industrial Security Force personnel, who are tasked with protection of the monument, apprehended the three individuals and handed them over to the police.
- Mar 04, 2021 11:57 AM IST
Taj Mahal vacated after bomb threat call, search reveals it to be a hoax
The hoax call has been reportedly traced to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.
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Feb 05, 2021 09:23 PM IST At Dhamaka, Indian village food comes to the city
The menu includes begun bhaja, fried cubes of eggplant with kasundi sauce that is a staple of Bengali homes, and fried pomfret, a fish that Pandya used to eat as bar food with co-workers after hours in Mumbai. There’s also macher jhol, the baby-shark curry that Mazumdar would ask his mother not to send to him in college care packages for fear that the smell would embarrass him in his dorm.
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Dec 30, 2020 09:37 PM IST Thousands flock to Taj Mahal despite coronavirus fears
When it reopened in September, visitors were initially only allowed back under strict restrictions but local officials said numbers had swelled in recent weeks, pushing them to increase the cap on tourists from 10,000 per day.
- Dec 21, 2020 02:19 PM IST
With restrictions placed on the Taj, Agra is out on a limb in peak tourist season
This most Moghul of all Moghul cities in the sub-continent, and indeed the world, is strangely without tourists for the first time and it does not make a pretty picture.
- Sep 21, 2020 02:08 PM IST
Taj Mahal reopens for visitors after 6 months with strict coronavirus guidelines
There will be no window ticket sale like earlier, visitors can scan the code to purchase tickets or book online through the ASI website.
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Sep 21, 2020 08:54 AM IST Taj Mahal reopens from today after 6 months of COVID-19 closure - here's what you should know if you're planning a visit
The Taj Mahal was closed on March 17 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
- Sep 09, 2020 11:15 AM IST
Taj Mahal, Agra Fort to reopen for public from September 21
Visitors will have to follow all guidelines issued by the Centre while visiting Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.
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Jul 06, 2020 10:02 AM IST Coronavirus in India | Agra administration defers reopening of Taj Mahal, other monuments as cases surge
The decision to defer reopening of Taj Mahal and other monuments was taken during a meeting between the district's COVID-19 team and the Superintending Archaeologist of Agra.
- Jul 02, 2020 10:00 PM IST
ASI monuments to be reopened from July 6; visitors to be capped, masks mandatory
As many as 3,691 Centrally-protected monuments and archaeological sites maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) were shut from March 17 in view of the coronavirus crisis.
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May 31, 2020 07:01 AM IST Taj Mahal's main mausoleum damaged in thunderstorm: ASI officials
Apart from damages to marble railing of the main mausoleum and the red sandstone railings, false ceiling in the mausoleum was also uprooted.
