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  • Man enters Taj Mahal's restricted area, shares video of Shah Jahan, Mumtaz's tombs. Watch

    The video’s circulation has, however, sparked concern among heritage experts and officials, who fear that such breaches could compromise the monument’s preservation.

  • ASI declares Odisha's Swapneswar Mahadev temple as protected monument

    ASI declares Odisha's Swapneswar Mahadev temple as protected monument

    The Shiva temple is located at Punjiama village in Banpur block of Khurda district

  • 37 terracotta Indo-Greek coin moulds found in PM Modi’s village Vadnagar

    37 terracotta Indo-Greek coin moulds found in PM Modi’s village Vadnagar

    Unlike die-struck originals, these moulds suggest a casting method, likely driven by the Drachma’s enduring trade value along Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean routes.

  • Statistics Ministry exploring 'chain-based' IIP measurement to better-track factory output

    Statistics Ministry exploring 'chain-based' IIP measurement to better-track factory output

    The government believes that after an exhaustive Annual Survey of Industries has been put in place, a chain-based index can better capture the changes in India's production patterns.

  • ASI dies, six injured after car collides with Rajasthan CM's convoy in Jaipur

    ASI dies, six injured after car collides with Rajasthan CM's convoy in Jaipur

    Sharma was going to attend a programme of Laghu Udyog Bharti in which Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was the chief guest.

  • 100 years after ASI reported an ancient, urban civilization at Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro, a look back at the pioneers who made the discovery possible

    100 years after ASI reported an ancient, urban civilization at Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro, a look back at the pioneers who made the discovery possible

    Historian Nayanjot Lahiri talks about ex-ASI chief John Marshall, the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization in the 1920s, and places to visit today to retrace the work of John Marshall, RD Banerji, DR Sahni, MV Vats and Luigi Pio Tessitori who excavated sites in undivided Punjab and Sindh and Rajasthan (then Rajputana).

  • ASI says Waqf making claims on its monuments; don't peddle 'WhatsApp university' misinformation, says Opposition

    ASI says Waqf making claims on its monuments; don't peddle 'WhatsApp university' misinformation, says Opposition

    Sharp words were exchanged during the first session of the meeting between some of the opposition and the BJP members, and the Archaeological Survey of India faced piercing questions from both sides, sources said

  • ASI starts surveying the Bhojshala complex in MP puja namaz to continue as per procedure: Reports

    ASI starts surveying the Bhojshala complex in MP puja namaz to continue as per procedure: Reports

    In April 2003, the ASI agreed to find a compromise by allowing Hindus to pray inside the Bhojshala complex every Tuesday, while Muslims can give namaz there on Fridays.

  • Varanasi court to rule on January 5 on making ASI survey report on Gyanvapi mosque public

    Varanasi court to rule on January 5 on making ASI survey report on Gyanvapi mosque public

    The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) had on January 3 urged the court not to make its report public for at least four more weeks, according to the lawyer for the Hindu side, Madan Mohan Yadav.

  • ASI pleads Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for 4 more weeks

    ASI pleads Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for 4 more weeks

    According to the lawyer, the ASI requested the court for four more weeks before the sealed survey report is opened.

  • List of ASI sites need to be rationalised, categorised on basis of national significance, heritage content: Parliamentary panel

    List of ASI sites need to be rationalised, categorised on basis of national significance, heritage content: Parliamentary panel

    (Eds: Minor edits in headline, intro) New Delhi, Sep 21 A parliamentary panel in its report has observed that the list of ASI-protected sites inclu..

  • Allahabad HC allows ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque, exercise to begin on Friday

    Allahabad HC allows ASI survey at Gyanvapi mosque, exercise to begin on Friday

    Dismissing the petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid committee, which manages the mosque, the High Court said the district court order for a survey on the disputed premises is just and proper, and no interference from this court is warranted.

  • Allahabad HC reserves till Aug 3 its order on ASI survey of Gyanvapi complex

    Allahabad HC reserves till Aug 3 its order on ASI survey of Gyanvapi complex

    The court also ordered the ASI to stay the survey work till then. Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker heard the matter in the afternoon session and reserved his verdict till August 3.

  • ASI team in Varanasi, to begin scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex on July 24

    ASI team in Varanasi, to begin scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex on July 24

    Advocate of the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav said that the ASI team will start the survey of the Gyanvapi complex at around 7 am on Monday.

  • Yamuna flood waters touch Taj Mahal walls for first time in 45 years

    Yamuna flood waters touch Taj Mahal walls for first time in 45 years

    'The last time the Yamuna touched the back wall of the Taj Mahal was during high floods in 1978,' Prince Vajpayee, conservation assistant at ASI, said.

  • Experts panel meet on conservation, restoration of Jantar Mantar postponed: ASI officials

    Experts panel meet on conservation, restoration of Jantar Mantar postponed: ASI officials

    The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had set up the panel more than a month ago.

  • Taj Mahal turns green due to insect droppings. ASI finds solution in cotton, water

    Taj Mahal turns green due to insect droppings. ASI finds solution in cotton, water

    'The insects breed in the nearby Yamuna and until they are eradicated with a regular flow of clean water in the river, these spots will continue to reappear at the Taj Mahal,' ASI’s chief assistant conservator at the Taj Mahal said.

  • Taj Mahal gets Rs 1.9 crore property and water tax notices from Agra civic body

    Taj Mahal gets Rs 1.9 crore property and water tax notices from Agra civic body

    The Archaeological Survey of India has been asked to pay property and water tax for the Taj Mahal in Agra, a protected monument dating back to the Mughal era.

  • Maharashtra: Bibi Ka Maqbara to sport new look by year end, says ASI

    Maharashtra: Bibi Ka Maqbara to sport new look by year end, says ASI

    The monument, which resembles Agra's Taj Mahal, was built for Dilras Banu Begum, the first wife of Emperor Aurangzeb, near the Kham river.

  • HC extends stay on order directing ASI survey at Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex

    HC extends stay on order directing ASI survey at Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex

    The original suit sought restoration of the ancient Kashi Vishwanath temple at the site where the Gyanvapi Mosque currently stands.

  • 'Last opportunity': HC grants 10 days to ASI to file counter-affidavit in Gyanvapi case

    'Last opportunity': HC grants 10 days to ASI to file counter-affidavit in Gyanvapi case

    The permission was granted by the court subject to the submission of Rs 10,000 in the Legal Services Committee, Allahabad.

  • Taj Mahal most visited ticketed ASI site for domestic tourists in 2021-22: Report

    Taj Mahal most visited ticketed ASI site for domestic tourists in 2021-22: Report

    While the Mughal-era mausoleum ranked first, the Red Fort and the Qutub Minar -- both UNESCO-recognised sites in Delhi -- were the second and third most visited sites, respectively, for the period.

  • Free entry draws more students to ASI monuments, govt seeks to further boost number

    Free entry draws more students to ASI monuments, govt seeks to further boost number

    The Union Culture Ministry recently announced free entry to all Archaeological Survey of India-protected monuments, sites and museums across the country from August 5 to 15, for both domestic and foreign visitors.

  • ASI to hoist tricolour at 150 heritage sites across India

    ASI to hoist tricolour at 150 heritage sites across India

    As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the ASI has already announced free entry for all visitors to all its monuments, sites and museums from August 5 to 15.

  • Maharashtra: ASI closes Aurangzeb's tomb for 5 days

    Maharashtra: ASI closes Aurangzeb's tomb for 5 days

    Two days ago, MNS spokesperson Gajanan Kale had in a tweet questioned the need for the monument's existence in the state and said it should be destroyed.

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