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New Delhi, March 30 A CAG report for the year ended March 2024 has highlighted instances of "inappropriate" conservation work, structural "alterations," and neglected monuments of national importance in its audit of ASI sites in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official statement issued on Monday...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, has scanned a total of 2,033 manuscripts, comprising 1,46,099 pages, as of March 23, after being designated as a Cluster Centre for manuscript scanning work under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.Union Minister...

New Delhi, March 28 Taking strong exception to the deliberate violation of its order, the Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India for failing to submit a response on the conservation status of 173 notified heritage sites in the...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 24 Following a series of attacks by honeybees near the world-famous Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, the forest department has appealed to visitors to avoid loud noises and strong perfumes that attract the insects, and has announced plans to launch an awareness...

New Delhi, March 23 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has conducted a village-to-village survey to identify sites in Bihar with "archaeological potential," the government informed Parliament on Monday.In a written response to a query in the Lok Sabha, Union Culture Minister Gajendra...

New Delhi, March 23 India has nominated the 'Jingkieng Jri/Lyu Charai Cultural Landscape', the Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya, which signify harmony between humans and nature, for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List for the 2026-27 cycle, the government informed Parliament on Monday...

Phnom Penh, March 22 – P. Kumaran, Secretary (East) of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), visited the Ta Prohm Temple and Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Sunday.In a post on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: "Secretary (East) Shri P. Kumaran visited the Ta...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 20 The Archaeological Survey of India has installed four pumps in the Devgiri Fort area here to address fire incidents, an official said on Friday.These 7.5 horsepower pumps successfully extinguished a fire that broke out in the vicinity of the fort this month...

Indore, March 20 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the government and other parties to file their objections or responses to a public interest litigation (PIL) claiming the existence of a medieval Jain temple and school within the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Masjid complex in...

Prayagraj (UP), March 19 The Allahabad High Court has directed that a recently discovered Jain idol, unearthed during the construction of an overhead water tank in Etah on June 22 last year, be placed in the custody of the Allahabad Museum in Prayagraj.The idol, believed to date back to the...

New Delhi, March 18 The 400-year-old Barapullah Bridge, which had fallen into a dilapidated state after years of neglect as recently as 2024, has been restored to its former glory by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).Located beneath the modern Barapullah flyover and behind the...

Indore, March 16 – The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which is hearing the dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in the Dhar district, announced on Monday that it will inspect the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected structure before the next...

Indore, March 16 The ongoing legal dispute over the religious nature of the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh has taken a new turn, with the Muslim side filing a civil suit in a court in Dhar, claiming ownership of the entire structure and referring to it as "Jama...

Indore, March 16: Judges of the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court will personally visit the disputed Bhojshala site before the next hearing in the matter.The division bench made it clear that it intends to conduct a "personal inspection" of the disputed site prior to the next...

Indore, March 16 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday said it will inspect the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar before April 2, in light of the "numerous disputes" pertaining to the structure protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).The Hindu community...

Indore, March 16 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday said it would inspect the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar before April 2, in light of the "numerous disputes" concerning the structure, which is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).The Hindu...

Varanasi, March 14 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has officially acknowledged that the history of Sarnath first came to light following excavations carried out by Babu Jagat Singh, officials said.ASI Director General Y S Rawat said that the earliest excavation work at Sarnath was...

Kolkata, March 12 Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandson of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and a former BJP leader, alleged on Thursday that Netaji's cap is missing from the Netaji Museum at the Red Fort in Delhi.In a post on X, Chandra Kumar Bose said that he and his family members had...

Raisen, March 12 – Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Priyank Kanoongo, met with senior officials of the Raisen District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police (SP), and the Regional Director on Thursday regarding a case involving illegal cannon firing from Raisen Fort.During...

New Delhi, March 12 The government has no proposal under consideration to change the name of the Taj Mahal, Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.Responding to a supplementary query by CPI-M member John Brittas on whether the government had any plans to...