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Knowledge Nugget | Balirajgarh Excavation: How is it connected to Mahajanapadas and why it matters
April 15, 2026 2:51 pm
ASI has begun excavation at Bihar’s Balirajgarh. What is the significance of this site? How is it linked to the Mahajanapadas? Here’s all you need to know. Also, go ‘Beyond the Nugget’ to learn about the Archaeological Survey of India.
HC raps ASI for delay in surveying Tughlakabad Fort area to free it from encroachments
March 19, 2026 12:40 am
“When we summon the officers, then it starts pinching... Your officers should understand all this... (It takes) six months to finalise and choose an agency to conduct a survey,” it added.
Lucknow University students protest 'sealing' of Mughal-era structure on campus, claim namaz access blocked
February 23, 2026 6:07 pm
Videos surfaced showing students forming a human chain while prayers were offered outside. University authorities maintained that the structure is in a dilapidated condition and the fencing has been put up as a safety measure
Keeladi and the Politics of India’s Past: How 'The Dig' Uncovers Tamil Pride and Archaeological Controversy
February 17, 2026 8:53 pm
Revolving around one of the most controversial archaeological excavations in the recent past, 'The Dig' is also a wider account of how archaeology has been practised and politicised in independent India
Standoff over Keezhadi findings: Archaeologist says ASI review not scholarly, ‘seems to be AI-assisted’
February 06, 2026 4:11 am
Archaeologist K Amarnath Ramakrishna demanded that his 982‑page excavation report be published without further delay
‘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
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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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