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414 protected monuments and areas witnessed encroachments; government says appropriate action taken in such casesIndia has declared 3,688 ancient monuments as national importance sites. Of these, 414 protected sites have reported encroachments by indiv...- World Heritage Day: The missing Nicholson and other problems with India's monumentsStatue of John Nicholson, the notorious East India Company officer who led the assault on Delhi in the 1857 war, is one of the many missing...
- Govt should come up with a detailed procedure for declaring monuments of national importance: EAC-PMIndia currently has 3,695 MNI that are under the protection of ASI. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR A...
- ASI to get more powers on encroachments once bill becomes lawThe Amasr Act, 1958, amended in 2010, had prohibited construction 100 metres around a protected monument. The next 300-metre radius is regu...
- Amasr Act to be tweaked to make it more flexible: Culture minister G Kishan ReddyThe ministry said officials believe this blanket ban stalls many developmental projects and is not logical. Critical for the preservation o...
- ASI opposes 'restoring deities' at Qutub Minar, says it's 'not a place of worship'The legislation has been in the spotlight over the last few days, ever since the dispute around ASI-notified monuments reached the courts.
- Qutub Minar row: Temple cannot be revived at protected monument site, ASI tells Delhi courtWhile admitting that there are a number of sculptures existing within the Complex, the statutory body has stated that since 1914, Qutub Min...
- After Puri temple, Naveen Patnaik seeks withdrawal of NMA bylaws for Bhubaneswar shrinesUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has assured the people of Odisha and Patnaik that the Centre will leave no stone unturned in honouring th...
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