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 …
New Delhi: Qutub Minar will now come under intense scrutiny for keeping tabs on the extent of its tilt. After requests from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a team of experts from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee will arrive in Delhi next month and conduct a periodical study …
The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall In 2001, when a hurricane ripped through the jungles of northern Guatemala, an uprooted tree at the base of the ruins of a pyramid exposed stones bearing one of the longest texts of hieroglyphs ever found. The inscriptions belong …
SPOT CHECK: Mines Minister K. Ponmudy, centre, inspecting a hillock near Tiruvadavur in Madurai district where quarrying was under way on Wednesday. Collector N. Mathivanan, left, is seen. MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu government will curb granite quarrying near hills with heritage monuments, said Mines Minister K. Ponmudy here on Wednesday. …
Heritage Walk On Saturday Followed Metro Route To Bring Alive Sepoy Mutiny, Reports Richi Verma A German national, a commercial pilot, a retired couple, an MNC executive. Everyday problems apart, this motley group shares a common concern
KOCHI: In an attempt to reinstate the historical importance of the legendary port of Muziris, the State Government is contemplating creation of the Muziris heritage Project. The master plan for the project has been completed. At an estimated cost of around Rs 100 crore, the project is designed to bring …
New Delhi: Every two minutes a plane flies over the 13th century Qutab Minar, a fact that is giving Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials sleepless nights. They are worried that the vibrations from the aircraft could affect the foundation of the monument, one of the tallest in the world …
KOLKATA, 22 June: A petition was filed in Calcutta High Court today alleging that the number of artefacts stated in an affidavit filed by the Victoria Memorial Hall authorities on 2 May, 2003 differs from a subsequent affidavit in 2007. Though the number of valuables is identical according to the …
PREETI KARMYOGI, NEW DELHI The Archaeologi cal Survey of India has handed over the entire Hampi World Heritage Site to the Bengaluru circle. The much awaited move has been taken on the demand of various stakeholders and conservationists to ensure better administration.
Environmentalists have called for concerted efforts to elevate Delhi to the status of World Heritage City. The Delhi environment department has started planting trees on Yamuna bank. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, enumerating her government
DIBRUGARH, May 1: Issues big and small found place in the speeches of politicians and candidates contesting the elections, each one of them promising to solve the problems of erosion, flood and militancy. However, none deemed it important to dwell on the urgent need to conserve our forest resource and …
AHMEDABAD: Over the last three years, Ahmedabad has seen a spurt in influx of scholars from foreign universities taking deep interest in its urban morphology, its origin and its organic growth in the 21st century. What has interested these scholars the most is the heritage of walled city and how …
Victoria Memorial : The high court on Thursday directed the Victoria Memorial authorities to seek clearance from the external affairs ministry before taking money from a foreign trust to build a cultural complex-cum-administrative office in the compound. In 2005, the London-based organisation had proposed a Victoria Memorial annexe that would …
Navi Mumbai: Excavation underway near the 500-year-old Janjira Fort and the historic Nawab Tomb is worrying locals who fear that these heritage structures may be in danger. The area is being excavated for soil that is required for the ongoing Dighi-Port project on the other side of the creek in …
Rrishi Raote / New Delhi April 11, 2009, 0:14 IST While neglected structures continue to dot the city of Delhi, Rrishi Raote wonders how to get them listed. Walking through the enormous Siri Fort park near his home in Delhi, BBC journalist Sam Miller says he passed it
Jaisalmer: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on Richter scale at Mokla near Indo-Pak border on Thursday gave a blow to the 853-year-old Jaisalmer Fort, the only fort in the country with people living in it. The walls of the fort were damaged, raising concerns about the architectural marvel
LUCKNOW: It is globally known for being the city where one of the seven wonders of the world, Taj is situated. But what has Agra to do with Aaloo (Potato)? A lot, according to a study conducted by the marketing department of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L). The tuber, …
Ahmedabad: Appreciating the heritage awareness programme undertaken by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), especially among children, National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) has approached it to devise a capsule programme that could help heritage cities across the country emulate this concept. Conservationists across the globe have been targeting children in …