Unesco’s World Heritage

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Minister Ashish Shelar to visit France to receive Unesco World Heritage certificate for 12 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj forts

February 10, 2026 2:47 pm

Ashish Shelar will also pay obeisance to Dr B R Ambedkar at the Unesco headquarters in Paris, where the Maharashtra Government has installed his half-bust statue.

Lucknow receives UNESCO 'Creative City of Gastronomy' honour, spotlights Awadh's rich and historic cuisine

November 02, 2025 4:25 pm

From food markets to traditional ingredients, community of chefs to generational recipes, everything is taken into consideration while determining which cities make the final list.

Six Indian places added to tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites; know about them

May 20, 2021 12:19 pm

The sites on the tentative list are: Satpura Tiger Reserve, Iconic riverfront of the historic city of Varanasi, Megalithic site of Hire Benkal, Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra, Bhedaghat-Lametaghat in Narmada Valley- Jabalpur, and temples of Kanchipuram

Railways steps in after UNESCO warns Darjeeling toy train off track

July 01, 2018 12:26 pm

The ‘toy train’ and stations of Darjeeling were declared World Heritage sites two decades ago, then a first for India.

Capitol Complex: Cricket ground can play spoilsport for UT’s world heritage status bid

July 31, 2015 3:02 am

The idea behind this pathway, as per experts, was to provide an easy access to these places with substance of design and architectural elements.

Why rains caught Jaipur napping

August 31, 2012 3:49 am

3 decades with little rain had allowed govts to let city’s drainage system fall into neglect.

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