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Construction cannot happen near protected sites without ASI's permission: Karnataka HC
June 06, 2025 10:54 am
The Karnataka High Court also ordered a departmental inquiry against the officers who permitted the petitioner to build his house within 64 metres of Mangaladevi Temple, a protected monument in Mangalore.
Tughlakabad Fort protected area’s physical demarcation to be completed in 3 weeks, HC told
February 13, 2025 3:12 am
The court has been hearing a bunch of petitions, one dating as far back as to 2001, over the issue of removal of encroachments in Tughlakabad Fort.
Delhi HC clarifies Darya Khan protected area over 1.25 acres and not 14 acres
February 01, 2025 3:50 pm
Darya Khan Tomb is an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument and had been a subject of dispute over a project of redevelopment of Kidwai Nagar (East).
A find, a conundrum & naming of a Bhojshala
July 21, 2024 2:12 pm
The Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula mosque complex in the district has been at the centre of a dispute dating back to the demolition of Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya in 1992.
Madhya Pradesh HC gives nod for ASI survey of Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex
March 12, 2024 7:13 am
The petitioners in this case, a group called the Hindu Front for Justice, have argued that Kamal Maula Mosque was constructed during the reign of Alauddin Khilji between the 13th and 14th centuries by “destroying and dismantling ancient structures of previously constructed Hindu temples”.
Parliament committee suggests allowing puja, rituals at ASI monuments of ‘religious significance’
December 11, 2023 9:02 am
Archaeological Survey of India allows prayers at those protected historical sites if they were “functioning places of worship” at the time it took charge of them. Here's why a Parliamentary committee wants ASI to reconsider this rule
Rationalise centrally protected monuments, split ASI into two: Parliamentary panel
September 22, 2023 2:04 pm
A report by the parliamentary panel highlighted ‘problems’ with the list of centrally protected monuments and said there were a large number of minor monuments with no national significance.
PIL seeks protection of ancient rock carvings in refinery project site
September 14, 2023 7:05 pm
The rock art- geoglyphs or petroglyphs, estimated to be 20,000 years old and classified as protected monuments by the state archaeology department and the Archaeological Survey of India, have been added to the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites.
Gujarat Confidential: Lab Grown Diamonds
April 08, 2023 12:40 am
Some disgruntled party workers refer to the situation in the terminologies of the diamond industry.
Bengal cops write to ASI over Vishnu idols found during dig
March 18, 2023 5:35 am
While one of the idols is nearly three feet in height, the others are two feet in length.
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