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Bombay High Court seeks speedy filling of over 3,000 vacant judicial posts across Maharashtra.

ASI rules out national monument tag for Savarkar Sadan, suggests state or BMC heritage listing

January 31, 2026 4:46 pm

The Archaeological Survey of India informed the Bombay HC that to declare any structure as a centrally protected monument of national importance, it has ‘to fulfil criteria of being more than 100 years old’.

Since the early 2000s, various right-wing groups have been seeking the closure of the mosque, a ban on Friday namaz in it and the installation of a Saraswati idol in the complex. (Express photo by Deepika Singh)

As SC allows Basant Panchami prayers and namaz at Bhojshala, recalling the dispute

January 23, 2026 2:05 pm

Since the early 2000s, various right-wing groups have been seeking the closure of the mosque, a ban on Friday namaz in it and the installation of a Saraswati idol in the complex.

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ASI’s sole mandate ends, conservation of protected monuments opens up to private agencies in 2 weeks

January 09, 2026 11:19 am

Private donors can engage conservation architects directly once they are cleared by the Ministry of Culture.

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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.

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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”.

House panel recommends prayers, rituals at protected sites of ‘religious significance’

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.