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Here are the '470 reasons' that are defacing Taj Mahal's beautyThe Taj Mahal, one of India's most iconic monuments, is surrounded by 470 illegal structures within a 500m radius. Despite FIRs filed by th...- 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...
- Parliamentary Panels since 2008 have demanded more teeth for ASI for better protection of heritageAlmost every parliamentary standing committee on culture - at least since 2008 - has flagged that ASI is not equipped enough to protect anc...
- 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.
- Heritage by-laws of 126 protected monuments completed; Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar await ASI nodNMA Chairman Tarun Vijay said that the task of making HBLs has been speeded up by "leaps and bounds" and a separate HBL department has been...
- 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...
- Government likely to tweak heritage act for key infra projectsThe existing law forbids new constructions near protected monuments.
- Heritage Act may be amended to make way for public projectsIf cleared, the proposal will exempt key government projects from provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains ...
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