The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects and conserves heritage sites, has roped in the state-run agency that prints currency notes to supply tamper proof entry tickets for various sites.
The decision to hand over the printing and supply of such tickets to the Nashik-based India Security Press has been taken after finding counterfeits to [...]
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) have signed an agreement to undertake the maintenance work of a list of ASI protected monuments.
An IATO statement Monday said the salient features of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) include refurbishing and maintenance of the toilet [...]
Agartala, Dec 19 (IANS) State-owned exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will provide funds for conservation, renovation and restoration of the monuments of Ahom kings in Sibsagar in eastern Assam, an official said here Saturday.
”ONGC would fund and collaborate with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the conservation works,” an ONGC official said.
Sibsagar, [...]
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Toilets at historical monuments in the capital and in the surrounding tourist circuit are set for a spanking new look.
This was announced after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) signed an memorandum of understanding for maintenance of public amenities at these sites.
The move [...]
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Municipality and village heads will soon have ample reason to keep tourist sites in their area spic and span. The government is planning to offer them incentives as it strives for ‘a culture of clean destinations’.
‘We are planning to give incentives to municipal chairmen and sarpanchs on keeping tourist destinations [...]
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is one proud father. The latest to take note, that too at the White House state dinner thrown by the Obamas, was US envoy Timothy J. Roemer.
Having shared the table with Manmohan Singh and two of his daughters, Roemer told scribes after returning to India: ‘As [...]
Agra, Dec 6 (ANI): The sight of gun toting uniformed personnel roaming within and around the Taj Mahal in Agra is inadvertently taking a toll on tourism.
At present, there are 181 personnel designated on security assignments inside the Taj Mahal complex.
What was initiated [...]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (IANS) The Orissa High Court, hearing a public suit alleging that the authorities were neglecting the Sun Temple in Konark, Thursday served notices to the Archaeological Survey of India, Orissa government and the Puri collector.
The petitioner has demanded that worship of the sun god be allowed at the Chhayamaya temple inside the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects and maintains the country’s cultural heritage, will either have a historian or an archaeologist as its head soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.
‘We are in the process of selecting a professional as director general of ASI,’ he said while speaking at [...]
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Indian government is studying whether the movement of aircraft over the Qutub Minar is damaging the historic 14th minaret, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanasamy said that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has expressed apprehensions [...]
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Sivatherium, a giraffe-like creature with two pairs of horns and extinct for 8,000 years, once roamed central and western India. So did the aardvark, an ant-eating creature now found only in Africa. The stunning finds have emerged from ancient rock paintings found along the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border.
They have been hidden away [...]
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday inaugurated a seminar on Sanskrit here which also marked the formal launch of its online certificate programme in the language.
‘IGNOU has plans to launch several advanced programmes in Indology and Vedanta as well as certificate programmes in other Indian languages. There is [...]
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The culture ministry will award fellowships to Indian and foreign scholars for research projects in the fields of art, culture and heritage, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanasamy told parliament Wednesday.
Narayanasamy said ‘Scheme for Visiting Fellows in Art, Culture and Heritage’, launched Nov 11 aims to [...]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Following is the chronology of the important dates related to the Babri Masjid demolition:
Dec 22, 1949: Idols of Ram Lalla were allegedly installed inside the 16th century Babri mosque in the night by a group of Hindus following which a court ruled that the site be locked against entry to [...]
Agra, Oct 15 (IANS) Wishing Mughal emperor Akbar happy birthday Thursday, a clutch of local conservationists got together here to recall his contribution to the enrichment of Hindustani culture and his secular concepts. They said Agra would have been a different place had he been alive.
While the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) perhaps forgot all [...]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 12 (IANS) After reports of a stone slab falling from the world-renowned Sun Temple of Konark in Orissa, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Monday rejected the report as ‘baseless’ and ‘fabricated’.
The ASI made the statement after a team visited the 13th century heritage monument.
A.K. Patel, superintending archaeologist of ASI, said: ‘It is [...]
Jammu, Oct 3 (ANI): Mubarak Mandi complex, a group of palaces, in Jammu is getting a facelift to restore its past glory.
The 150-year-old palace was used by Dogra royals as their residence. It’s an iconic building associated with Dogra culture and heritage.
The restoration work, started by the Jammu and Kashmir Government, is a joint [...]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Australian professionals will join hands with Indian experts at a workshop in Kerala to devise ways to protect heritage sites from natural and man-made disasters.
The Australian heritage workshop Oct 10 will help the Kochi-based Centre for Heritage Studies in developing management plans to minimise such damages.
‘This is an example of [...]
Agra, Sep 23 (IANS) Over 200 live cartridges were recovered near the Agra Fort here in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was conducting repair works at the site where the cartridges were found.
The cartridges were buried in a sack and were recovered Tuesday when labourers were digging at a spot [...]
Agra, Sep 23 (IANS) Over 200 live cartridges were recovered from near the Agra Fort in this city of the Taj in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was conducting repair works at the site where the cartridges were found.
The cartridges were buried in a sack and were recovered Tuesday when [...]
Shimla, Sep 17 (IANS) Five 17th century bronze idols have been stolen from a temple in Himachal Pradesh, police said Tuesday.
The antique idols were found missing from the Miya Ka Mandir in Nahan, about 140 km from here, Wednesday noon. The head priest was not in the temple at the time.
‘Initial investigations rule out the [...]
Ghazipur, Sep 7 (ANI): Panic gripped Ghazipur district after two human skeletons were recovered from a temple’s premises.
These skeletons were found during the digging for construction of a residential complex behind the ‘Kamakhya Devi (goddess)’ temple within its premises.
The news of discovery of skeletons raised alarm and anxious locals from near and far crowded [...]
