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‘The TAJ Story’ trailer: The 22 locked ‘rooms’ in the monument are no mystery. Here’s why

November 02, 2025 12:11 pm

Even as the film has come under some criticism for casting doubts on the monument’s well-established history, such claims about the Taj are not new.

Exclusive: As UNESCO team arrives, ASI to rewrite history on Sarnath plaque, credit Benares ruler’s family over British

September 17, 2025 8:34 am

The proposal challenges the perception that the site, which is associated with Lord Buddha’s first sermon, was preserved due to the efforts of British archaeologists and officers, and claims it was exposed during a digging exercise ordered by Jagat Singh.

There was never a phansi-ghar in Delhi Assembly, it was a tiffin room: Speaker cites House map, targets AAP

August 06, 2025 2:30 am

Atishi says BJP wasting taxpayers’ money by discussing non-issues

Coin mint, elephant stable and dockyard – chance discovery of cannonballs in Goa sheds light on Portuguese-era arsenal

August 03, 2025 9:35 am

The report, submitted in June, says the “arsenal” also consisted of a gun foundry, a naval dockyard, and an elephant stable. “European weaponry and naval equipment were either stored or manufactured on the site,” the report says.

Tansen’s grave ‘deserves to be protected’: Madhya Pradesh HC denies nod for religious, cultural activities at Gwalior monument

June 25, 2025 7:32 am

The court was dealing with an appeal by one Syed Sabla Hasan, who claimed that he is the Sajjada Nashin (spiritual caretaker) and the legal heir of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Ghaus

16th-century Mandvi gate in Vadodara on shaky ground: ASI team rushed in to contain damage; political blame game on

April 15, 2025 10:46 pm

Speaking to The Indian Express, Executive Engineer of the Futuristic Cell of the VMC said that the VMC had added “temporary support” to the structure after weakness was observed earlier in March

These 5 monuments in India generated the highest revenue through ticket sales in FY 2023-24

April 14, 2025 9:54 pm

The Taj Mahal in Agra generated the highest revenue collected by any protected monument in India.

Haryana’s Agroha, once the capital of Maharaja Agrasen, to witness excavation after 44 years

March 22, 2025 10:47 am

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will inaugurate the excavation at Agroha on March 25.

Dwarka coast in Gujarat: What is ASI's underwater exercise to understand ancient city ‘in a better way’

March 05, 2025 10:53 am

Referring to the 2005-07 exercise, an official release of PIB (Press Information Bureau) had stated, “The coastal areas were examined during low tide where sculptures and stone anchors were discovered"

ASI: Repair work done by Sambhal mosque panel led to alteration of structure

March 02, 2025 4:51 am

The inspection was conducted following the Allahabad HC’s directive to assess whether whitewashing was required as part of the mosque’s maintenance and repair.

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Taj Mahal, other ASI-protected monuments reopen as India relaxes Covid curbs

June 16, 2021 5:52 pm

However, the Agra administration has capped the number of visitors at the Taj Mahal to 650 people at a time.

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