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 …
Initiating action to save the centuries-old Baijnath Temple from sinking due to illegal mining in its vicinity, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has sought a detailed report from the state government. The ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Kangra district is built in the Nagara style of architecture …
Traffic Police & ASI Had Also Raised Objections Due To Proximity To Red Fort, Sunehari Masjid New Delhi: The plan for the parking under construction at Subhash Maidan near Red Fort
New Delhi, 19 Oct: India has nominated Santiniketan, the university town where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati, and the mountain range of Western Ghats for a place in Unesco's World Heritage list, officials said here today. The cultural ministry recommended the inclusion of Santiniketan, the university town 180 km …
LUCKNOW: The plantation exercise started by Agra forest division with an aim to provide an eco-protection cover to the 17th century monument has struck a chord with the people. This season, some 2,000 saplings have been planted under `My Tree Programme' in the vicinity of Taj through individual contributions. The …
From CK Nayak NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the environment groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL field by the Meghalaya Adventurers
A piece of floral decoration of one of the minarets of Charminar broke and fell off on Sunday night during heavy downpour. The historic 418-year-old monument is soaked due to spells of heavy rains every night since last Sunday, and parts of the minarets that are carved in lime-mortar paste …
- State cancels lease of two companies SANTOSH K. KIRO & SANJAY PANDEY Jami Masjid in Rajmahal Ranchi, July 22: The state has cancelled the lease of two companies engaged in mining China clay from the vicinity of the Jami Masjid in Rajmahal in order to protect the Mughal era …
Brij Khandelwa Tourism industry leader Abhinav Jain sees three major threats to the Taj Mahal: from terror- ists, from air pollu- tion and from too many people. Last year also the monu- ment was flooded with tourists and the devout, causing additional stress and pressure on the monument. FROM THREE …
KONARK/BHUBANESWAR: With water-logging posing a serious threat to the historic Sun Temple at Konark, an expert team sent by State Government inspected the heritage site to examine the drainage system there. A six-member team comprising engineers and officials from the government and state-owned Orissa Construction Corporation (OCC) yesterday visited the …
Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters …
Vapi: The people of historic Bagwada village, a sub-centre of Peshwa regime, in Valsad district feel harassed by the ongoing mining activity at the foot of a hill there because of the nuisance that it causes and the danger it poses to ancient monuments. The Arjun Gadh (fort) and the …
: The Archaeological Survey of India has stopped work on a new bridge across the Yamuna here as it is very close to a Mughal-era monument. Superintending archaeologist A.R. Siddiqui said:
CITY ANCHOR: WORLD HERITAGE SITES TO GET RS 1 CRORE FOR 50-KV PLANTS, OTHER SITES TO HAVE SMALLER UNITS, lesser budgets With the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy set to install solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites and select monuments before the Commonwealth Games, monuments in …
Visakhapatnam, May 17: Several organisations have raised objections and gave suggestions to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) on the pre-draft of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). The ministry has invited suggestions and objections by May 30, this year. In a letter to the ministry, Mr Kothapalli Venkata Ramana, general …
ITANAGAR, May 13: The All Tam Socio-Economic Welfare Association (ATSEWA) has opposed the hydro project proposed on the Kamla river in Kamporijo circle of Lower Subansiri district claiming that it would submerge the Chumring Talung area upstream in Kurung Kumey district that consists of several important historical places related to …
