Kos Minar In Delhi, Gunner Burkill's Tomb In Jhansi: Why ASI Is 'Delisting' Some Old Monuments?
Among the monuments set for delisting are prominent sites like Kos Minar No.13 in Haryana, Gunner Burkill’s Tomb in Jhansi, Barakhamba Cemetery in Delhi, Cemetery at Gaughat in Lucknow, and Telia Nala Buddhist ruins in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 27, 2024, 20:39 PM IST
Lakshagriha Case: Victory For Hindu Side After 53 Years; Know All About Ancient Site Linked To Mahabharata Era
In the Mahabharata period, the Kauravas built a luxurious palace of laakh - a very inflammable substance.
Feb 06, 2024, 06:29 AM IST
Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Hindu Side Demands ASI Survey Of 'Shivling', Files Plea In SC
The Hindu petitioners in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute case made a fervent plea on Monday, urging the Supreme Court to intervene and direct the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comprehensive survey of the disputed 'Shivling' and its associated features.
Jan 29, 2024, 14:41 PM IST
DNA Exclusive: No, Gyanvapi Mosque Was Not Built After Demolishing Temple; It Was...
Even today, what is called a mosque is, in reality, a Hindu temple, not a mosque.
Jan 26, 2024, 23:38 PM IST
Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Crucial Day For Muslim Side, Varanasi Court To Decide On Making ASI Report Public
Gyanvapi Case: The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee has requested the court not to make the ASI report public.
Dec 21, 2023, 11:14 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh: ASI Seeks More Time To Submit Gyanvapi Survey Report
The Hindu side has claimed that the Gyanvapi Mosque is part of the Kashi Viswanath temple and thus they are allowed to perform puja there. However, the Muslim side has rejected the claims.
Nov 17, 2023, 11:28 AM IST
ASI Seeks Eight More Weeks To Complete Gyanvapi Mosque Survey
On behalf of ASI, standing government counsel, Government of India, Amit Kumar Srivastava, filed the application.
Sep 03, 2023, 07:39 AM IST
Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Allahabad High Court Extends Stay On 'Scientific Survey', Verdict On August 3
Gyanvapi Mosque Case: The Allahabad High Court has extended the stay on the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises by the Archaeological Survey of India till August.
Jul 27, 2023, 17:50 PM IST
ASI Begins Survey Of Gyanvapi Mosque Complex Excluding 'Wazukhana' Area
On Sunday, the ASI team reached Varanasi with all the required equipment.
Jul 24, 2023, 06:29 AM IST
DNA: A 'memorial' of ASI's 'historic' negligence
You will be surprised to know that 24 historical buildings across the country have disappeared despite being protected by ASI. Now how this institution was working is under question.
Feb 10, 2023, 23:26 PM IST
Tourist from Jaipur ‘STOPPED from entering Taj Mahal with Krishna idol', Hindu bodies likely to protest
A tourist from Jaipur in Rajasthan has claimed that he was barred from entering the Taj Mahal with the idol of the young lord krishna.
Aug 30, 2022, 08:51 AM IST
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Free entry at all monuments from August 5 to 15, announces Centre
No fees will be charged to domestic or foreign visitors at all ticketed Centrally protected monuments, museums, and archaeological sites.
Aug 03, 2022, 18:32 PM IST
Qutab Minar row: Delhi Waqf Board asks ASI to allow Namaz at mosque on premises, Saket Court to pronounce order in June
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) opposed a plea before a Delhi court seeking restoration of Hindu and Jain deities inside the Qutab Minar complex, saying it is not a place of worship and the existing status of the monument cannot be altered, said a PTI report.
May 25, 2022, 08:15 AM IST
Qutub Minar is a monument, not a place of worship, ASI tells Delhi court
The ASI further stated that "there is no provision under the AMASR Act 1958 under which worship can be started at any living monument. Hon'ble High court of Delhi has clearly mentioned this in its order dated 27/01/1999."
May 24, 2022, 12:29 PM IST
Qutub Minar complex row: Govt denies excavation reports
According to ANI report, a suit, filed on behalf of Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev and Hindu deity Lord Vishnu (through their next of friends), seeks restoration of the alleged temple complex, comprising as many as 27 temples.
May 22, 2022, 17:33 PM IST
BJP leader files petition regarding survey of Taj Mahal!
Amidst the controversy over the Gyanvapi Masjid, the demand for the survey is also rising in Agra, in fact, the media in charge of the BJP has filed a petition in the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, demanding a survey of 22 rooms of the Taj Mahal.
May 09, 2022, 12:02 PM IST
Hindu idols at Taj Mahal? Plea in Allahabad HC seeking directions to ASI to open 22 closed doors of the monument
The plea said that the idols of the Hindu deities are locked up behind closed doors, citing the claims by some historians and some Hindu groups about the monument being an old Shiv Temple, said an ANI report.
May 09, 2022, 10:37 AM IST
Petition in Allahabad High Court to open locked rooms in Taj Mahal, here's why
BJP media in-charge of Ayodhya district Dr Rajneesh Singh said, "There is an old controversy related to the Taj Mahal. Around 20 rooms in Taj Mahal are locked and no one is allowed to enter. It is believed that in these rooms there are idols of Hindu gods and scriptures."
May 08, 2022, 23:14 PM IST
In pics: 5000-year-old jewellery manufacturing factory found in millennia old Harappan city in Haryana's Rakhigarhi
Remains of around 5,000 year-old factory which used to manufacture jewellery has also been traced, which signifies that trading was also done from the city.
May 08, 2022, 17:04 PM IST
Stolen artefacts to be returned to India from Scotland museums
A city council in the Scottish city of Glasgow has voted to repatriate seven historic artefacts stolen from India, in what has been dubbed the largest single repatriation of items ever from Scotland and the first repatriation of antiquities to India from any UK museum service.
Apr 09, 2022, 19:41 PM IST
