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New Delhi, March 10 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Raisen, the Regional Director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Bhopal, and the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Culture over allegations...

New Delhi, March 9 Seventy-one monuments and archaeological sites in Bihar, declared of national importance, are maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the government informed Parliament on Monday.In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, Union Culture Minister Gajendra...

New Delhi, March 9 There is "no framework or parameter" to designate any city as a 'heritage city' in India, the government informed the Parliament on Monday.Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this in a written response to a query in Lok Sabha.Jhunjhunu MP Brijendra Singh...

New Delhi, March 9 Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi is "not a protected monument" under the Archaeological Survey of India, and the ongoing work at the old ghat is a project aimed at "restoring" its strength, the government informed Parliament on Monday.In a written reply to a query in the Lok...

Bhopal, March 7 – National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member, Priyank Kanoongo, expressed strong displeasure on Saturday over the incident of miscreants firing illegal homemade cannons from the side of an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected fort in the Raisen district of Madhya...

London, March 4 In a major first, the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford has returned a 16th-century bronze idol to India for its journey back to the temple in Tamil Nadu where it belongs.The sacred icon of Saint Thirumankai Alvar was acquired by the museum in a Sotheby’s auction in...

New Delhi, March 2 The Archaeological Survey of India has told the Central Information Commission that it has no records indicating whether the Jama Masjid in Sambhal was constructed after demolishing any earlier structure or on vacant land, nor does it have documents identifying the landowner...

New Delhi, February 27 The serene beauty of Safdarjung's Tomb here will be illuminated by countless candles as Indian classical and Sufi musical compositions fill the air on Saturday night at the "first-ever Candlelight Concert" held at a historic monument in India.Organized by Sabhyata...

New Delhi, February 25 BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday to rename Delhi as Indraprastha, claiming that it reflects the city's true historical roots and cultural legacy.In a letter to Shah, a day after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to rename Kerala to...

New Delhi, February 25 BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal urged the Centre on Wednesday to rename Delhi as 'Indraprastha', stating that the current name only reflects a later phase of history, while Indraprastha represents the national Capital’s original civilisational identity.In a letter to Union...

Indore, February 24 A Hindu petitioner said on Tuesday that the Archaeological Survey of India's finding that an ancient structure dating back to the Parmar kings once stood at the site of the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex supports their case in the High Court.The Muslim...

New Delhi, February 21 The Red Fort complex in Delhi will now be open to visitors on all days of the week, including Monday, according to officials of the Archaeological Survey of India.Previously, the monument from the Mughal era, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was closed on...

Jabalpur, February 19 The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed its Indore bench to consolidate all petitions related to the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute in Dhar and hear the matter on February 23.A division bench, led by Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf...

Jabalpur, February 19 The Madhya Pradesh High Court, based in Jabalpur, has directed its Indore bench to hear a series of petitions related to the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf on Wednesday said the...

Jabalpur, February 18 The Madhya Pradesh High Court, based in Jabalpur, on Wednesday directed its Indore bench to hear a series of petitions related to the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf...

Bhubaneswar, February 16 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prepared for the inventory of ornaments and other precious items stored in the 'Ratna Bhandar' (treasure trove) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri on Monday.The counting and...

Bhubaneswar, February 16 The Odisha government said on Monday that it is fully prepared to conduct the inventory of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, and the exercise will begin soon.The state government's statement followed a recent directive from the Orissa High...

Indore, February 16 The Madhya Pradesh High Court hearing on a dispute over the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar was postponed to Wednesday due to a lawyers' strike on Monday, according to a litigant.Hindus consider Bhojshala to be a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati)...

Bhopal/Indore, February 16 – A crucial hearing in the decades-old dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar will be held on Monday at the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.On the very first day, the Archaeological Survey of India's detailed 98-day...

New Delhi, February 12 For the upcoming "Yuge Yugeen Bharat" Museum, objects will be drawn from six museums of the Ministry of Culture, 52 ASI site museums, repatriated artifacts, and those loaned for long-term from international institutions, state-level museums, and prominent private...