The Supreme Court (SC), May 1, 2025 made it clear that all applications would have to be made to the court seeking permission to fell trees irrespective of the number of trees to be felled as far as areas located within an aerial distance of 5 kilometers from the Taj …
ongc's seismic surveys in an oilfield in Assam have caused damage to an 18th century amphitheatre, say Sibsagar township residents who plan large-scale protests against the oil giant. An Archaeological Survey of India (asi) monument now, Ahom kings used the two-storey structure of red bricks as the royal sports pavilion. …
Environmentalist Subhas Dutta on Monday filed a petition in Calcutta High Court, alleging that the state government had failed to carry out court orders to protect the Victoria Memorial Hall from pollution. The order, passed on September 28 last year by a division bench, had asked the government to follow …
Indrani Bagchi | TNN New Delhi: India will repair Myanmar's famous Shwedagon Pagoda, or Golden Pagoda, which was damaged by cyclone Nargis on May 3. This offer was made during Sunday's pledging conference where around 52 countries promised rehabilitation and reconstruction aid to Myanmar. India's offer is a diplomatic coup …
The Delhi Urban Arts Commission was reconstituted on Friday, ending a long tug-of-war between the city government and the heritage watchdog. The urban development ministry notified the new panel which has K T Ravindran as the chairperson and Mohammad Shaheer, Nayanjot Lahiri and Ratish Nanda as its members, putting an …
The expert committee engaged by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to go into the alleged damage caused to the historic Rangghar by the seismic survey carried out by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGCL), has been learnt to have called for a policy of the State Government …
ASI has invited a team of epigraphy experts from Nagpur to study the inscriptions carved out on red sandstone Atop a small hillock off Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, the neglected but magnificent ruins of 14th century Tughlaqabad Fort rarely catch anybody's attention. But of late the fort surrounded by 10-15 metre high …
Use of clean fuel is mandatory within 30 sq km of Victoria Memorial The state pollution control board and police will soon launch a drive to identify hotels, restaurants and other establishments violating a high court order banning the use of coal for cooking within 3 km of Victoria Memorial …
Reeling under highly dilapidated conditions due to sheer negligence, the Belapur Fort might just be on the verge of getting the deserving facelift. Speaking to the newspersons, the Thane civic chief Nandkumar Jantre has said that the Belapur Fort will be declared as a heritage site. Anyone visiting the Belapur …
the majestic image you see on the right is going to fade away. The Crawford market in south Mumbai is going to be "redeveloped'. On March 10, amid strong protests from heritage activists, majority of the elected corporators in Mumbai approved the contentious Crawford market redevelopment plan. The municipality refused …
An overhead water tank has suddenly sprung up near the Taj complex and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which looks after the monument, says it is clueless as to who built the
The Assam government today assured Assam Assembly to take necessary steps to safeguard historical monuments that are allegedly under threat because of ongoing seismic survey conducted in Sivasagar district of Upper Assam by a private firm called Shibani, contracted by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). Most of …
Banned outfit ULFA has warned ONGC and Oil India Limited (OIL) to desist from carrying out seismic exploration of hydrocarbons in the Brahmaputra valley in the interests of safeguarding historic monuments, archaeological sites and environment of the state as a whole. The ULFA' warning has given a new twist to …
function open_new_popwin() { newwd=window.open("../files/images/20080331/Slide_show/photo_gallery.htm","","height=600,width=600,scrollbar=yes"); newwd.moveTo(200,75); } View the slideshow As K K Muhammed approached the ruins of an ancient temple complex in the Chambal ravines in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district he saw a bearded man smoking. Visibly upset, Archeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle superintendent admonished the man for smoking …
Global warming may spell doom for some of the Orissa's heritage sites, including Puri's Jagannath temple and Konark Sun temple, according to a recent Greenpeace report. The global environmental NGO's
Nandita Chibber writes about the restoration of an eight century temple complex, thanks to dacoits AS KK Muhammed approached the ruins of an ancient temple complex in the Chambal ravines in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district he saw a bearded man with a cigarette in his mouth. Visibly upset, Archaeological Survey …
The state on Monday was granted two more weeks to file an affidavit in the high court, stating whether a court order was violated during a CPM rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds on January 13 (A Telegraph picture on right). The division bench headed by Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya, while …
Bent on exploiting the full tourism potential of the ancient heritage sites of the State, the Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Assam has undertaken a project on protection, preservation and development plus survey and documentation of some selected historical sites under the aegis of the 12th Finance Commission. At the …
Chinese authorities will give a facelift to the world's tallest stone-carved Buddha just six years after the last repairs as they struggle to mitigate the effects of pollution and crowding, state media reported. Carved from a cliff beside a river, the 71-metre image of the seated Buddha at Leshan in …
