Over 95,000 people visited Mughal Garden Sunday

October 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Archeology and Museum Department of Jammu and Kashmir has found a pond dating back to the Mughal era during renovation work at a historical monument. The department was carrying out a survey at the Dhara Shikoon Masjid, when the pond was discovered.

September 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Kashmir's heritage Emporium Garden is all set to get a facelift with the state government planning to spend rupees 15 million to restore the garden to its lost glory. Located in Srinagar, the garden used to be under the British residency during the state's erstwhile Dogra era, and the Britishers had planted many exquisite plants and flowers in this garden, which used to be a major tourist attraction before insurgency broke out in the valley.

June 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Thousands of Sikhs visited the Golden Temple on Thursday to celebrate the 'Gurgaddi Divas' (ordination day) of Guru Hargobind Sahib, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. They took a holy dip in the lake revered as nectar amid which the famous temple is located.

April 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's elephant ride in Amritsar has come under criticism from the Congress, with a party leader describing them as the new 'Mughal emperors of Punjab'. Badal and Sidhu, the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Amrtisar, seated themselves on two elephants along with Badal's brother-in-law and Akali Dal legislator Bikram Singh Majithia, while other leaders of the ruling came on horses when Sidhu went to file his nomination papers Wednesday.

April 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Pictures of popular destinations like Sukhna Lake and Rock Garden will be displayed on public transport buses here to promote tourism, an official said Tuesday. 'Chandigarh is famous all across the country for its tourist spots.

April 11th, 2009 AGRA - Fifteen sandalwood trees in the Shah Jahan garden near the Taj Mahal have been found axed here. Two employees of the garden have been accused of the act.

March 23rd, 2009 SRINAGAR - The sprawling tulip garden in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital is being thrown open to visitors Tuesday as thousands of flowers impart a mesmerising ambience to this 90-acre tourist attraction in the Valley. Nearly 1.3 million tulip bulbs comprising 70 varieties of various colours have been grown in the garden, inaugurated by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi March 2008, and one more terrace has been added to the already multi-terraced garden.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Although they were opened for fewer number of days than last year, the sprawling Mughal Gardens and other gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan received a greater number of visitors this year. Last year when these gardens were open for public viewing for 32 days, 537,200 visitors sauntered through them, according to an official statement.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Mughal Gardens and other Gardens in the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be exclusively opened for special category of persons from today. The garden will be opened for physically challenged persons today followed by visually challenged persons on March 13, for defence and para-military persons on March 14 and for farmers on March 15.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Mughal Gardens and other Gardens in the Rashtrapati Bhawan will be exclusively opened for special category of persons from March 12 to 15. In a press release, the Rashtrapati Bhawan said here on Tuesday that the garden will be opened for physically challenged persons on March 12 followed by visually challenged persons on March 13, for defence and para-military persons on March 14 and for farmers on March 15.

March 11th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Chandigarh administration has sanctioned a budget of Rs.17.4 million for the beautification and maintenance of Rock Garden, a major tourist attraction here. 'Considering various proposals put forward by Nek Chand, curator of Rock Garden, we have decided to add more artistic value to the garden.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will open exclusively for differently abled people and farmers March 12-15. 'The Mughal Gardens will be opened for physically challenged persons on March 12 while visually impaired people can visit on March 13,' an official statement said Tuesday.

February 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Where are the roses? Visitors may well have asked seeing mostly thorny shrubs shorn of roses greeting them at the annual Rose Festival, one of the city's major tourist draws. The Rose Festival-2009, a mega event of the festival calendar in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, began here with full gusto Friday, but visitors went away disappointed seeing the flowerbeds wear a deserted look.

February 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Spring has tiptoed into the capital with its riot of blossoms despite the shadow of changing climate. The gardens of the Rashtrapati Bhavan - Mughal Garden, Spiritual Garden, Herbal Garden and Bio-Diversity Park - have opened their green doors to visitors.

December 31st, 2008 SRINAGAR - The chance discovery of a seven-room royal 'hammam' (oriental bath) in a Kashmir Mughal Garden here can throw a new light on the architectural excellence of the Mughal era. The bath with sitting rooms, bathtubs and an excellent central heating arrangement by hot water circulation through copper pipes was discovered recently, officials said.