Taj Mahal News

Mumbai, November 19, 2009 Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India has been turned into a dormitory for policemen guarding the nearby Taj Mahal Hotel.

New Delhi News.Net Sunday 22nd November, 2009 A year after 26/11, well known freelance writer Bhisham Mansukhani, who lived through a nightmare of a lifetime at the Taj Mahal Hotel, feels nothing has changed.

Buffeted by visions of death that would never leave him, a 24-year-old bartender at the iconic Taj Mahal hotel quit his job despite having escaped unscathed.

MUMBAI: A year has gone by since the devastating 26/11 terror attacks, but the city is still vulnerable and people far from secure, says well-known author and columnist Shobhaa De.

It is the stories woven into its history that make a truly great hotel, according to Karambir Singh Kang, the general manager of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews cut the hair of Moishe Holtzberg during the Halake ceremony in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

Justin Time Records This global block party, by saxophonist David Murray, blends ebullient African-rhythms with funk and jazz, brought by a fiery band that integrates two Gwo ka masters , some sassy urban soul from pianist/vocalist Sista Kee, and the world renowned blues voice of Taj Mahal .

Its general manager, Karambir Singh Kang, still works at the place where his wife and two children were killed.

SOOTHILL has its own Taj Mahal, thanks to Naeem Akhtar and 7,500 matchsticks. The project began as a quest to find a model of the Indian mausoleum and took off when Naeem realised he could make his own.

Tenor saxophone and bass clarinet master David Murray's decade plus tenure on the Canadaian Justin Time label has seen him launch many milti-cultural projects.

I FELL in love with India when I was a child. My parents were both born in Bombay, and we went back to India frequently.

By Juhan Samuel, Kochi , Nov 16 : A 58-year-old ex- naval officer has built a replica of the Taj Mahal here to pay reverence to the war heroes, freedom fighters and the victims of 26/11 attacks.

Watchtowers andA close-circuit televisions will help secure the Taj Mahal, oneA of the worlda s most visited monuments, as the busy touristA season begins in India, a senior police officer said.

Washington, Nov 16 'Terror In Mumbai', a new riveting documentary reconstructing the horrendous attack on India's financial capital airs in the US Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the Nov 26 assault.

Agra Travel guide details about tourist attractions in Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri, following the monument architecture, agra visiting time, tonga ride in Agra, history of Taj Mahal and lot more One best way to get a close glimpse of Mughal architecture is to plan a tour to Agra in North India.

With the National Investigation Agency registering a case, officials have begun a sprawling investigation into rail, air and phone records to track the trail in India of US national David Coleman Headley and his Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the two men arrested by the FBI last month for allegedly plotting terror strikes.

Agra : Security at the Taj Mahal here has been tightened following threats of an eminent terrorist attack.

SEVILLE, Spain -- Ben Kingsley and actress wife Daniela Lavender are to star together in Indian epic "Taj." Based on true events, "Taj" turns on the troubled relationship between 17th century Indian Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, best known for building the Taj Mahal, and Persian princess and wife Kandahari Begum.

The survey, conducted by National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations, has appeared in the latest issue of Traveler magazine.

'I did not go in for a medal' The cop who picked up a live bomb 'I could have killed them easily with a better weapon' One of the first cops to enter the Taj A Ganesh Nadar tracks down four Mumbai police officers who confronted the terrorists on 26/11, but whose bravery that night has gone unnoticed or unrewarded.