TDB to move Kerala HC seeking detailed probe into Sabarimala gold plating from 1998 to 2025The Travancore Devaswom Board will approach the Kerala High Court for a detailed investigation into the gold plating of Sabarimala's Dwarap...
Ram Darbar at Ayodhya temple now open for devotees: Check timings, pass booking options and moreDevotees can now visit the Ram Darbar in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir. The temple trust decided to open it on Saturday. Passes are available for sp...
Who is Edward Coristine? The 19-year-old heir to a popcorn fortune who dropped out of college to work for Elon Musk's DOGE and is unsettling federal employeesSensitive federal documents are currently in the hands of a 19-year-old popcorn fortune heir, Edward Coristine, who considers Elon Musk as ...
Chola-era Krishna idol stolen from India returns home from BangkokAn antique Kaliya Krishna bronze idol, smuggled out of India, has been returned after its recovery in Bangkok. The Archaeological Survey of...
View: Indian idols need public supportIndeed, every time someone posts a photo of a Chola bronze or stone frieze depicting some Indian deity displayed in some museum-invariably ...
First hurdle crossed, should not be seen as victory or defeat: VHP on court order in Gyanvapi mosque caseThe Vishva Hindu Parishad on Monday termed the Varanasi district court order in the Gyanvapi mosque lawsuit as "very satisfactory", while s...
Stolen bronze idols of Lord Rama, Lakshman, Sita recovered in UK handed over to Tamil NaduOn September 15, London Metropolitan Police had handed over the statues to the High Commission of India after they were recovered. Patel ha...
India requests UK museum at Oxford for ancient idol stolen from Tamil Nadu templeThe statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby''s auction house in 1967...
Court grants anticipatory bail to Venu Srinivasan in idol theft caseB Kumar, counsellor for Srinivasan, confirmed that the anticipatory bail was granted “with no conditions imposed.” The bail was granted by ...
No decision on Tamil Nadu government order to transfer idol theft cases: CBIThe state government had filed a miscellaneous petition seeking the court's permission to provide the details of the cases to the Prime Min...
No arrest for TVS Motor chairman Venu Srinivasan for six weeks in idol theft caseSrinivasan said he had made contributions totalling Rs 70 lakh to conduct festivals at the temple. He couldn’t be reached for comment Frida...
TVS Group Chairman Venu Srinivasan files anticipatory bail in Chennai temple idol theft caseA total of Rs 25 cr was also spent by Srinivasan in the renovation of Srirangam temple, according to petition.
Ancient idols returned by United States produced in Tamil Nadu courtIdol wing police, investigating the theft of idols, arrested Kapoor after his extradition from Germany with the help of Interpol in 2012.
Meet the art sleuths bringing India's stolen heritage homeIndia Pride Project team scans catalogues of art galleries to track down looted antiquities.
M M Kalburgi's murder: CID probe ordered by Karnataka governmentA CID probe was today announced by the Karnataka Chief Minister into the murder of progressive Kannada thinker and scholar M M Kalburgi.
Archaeological Survey of India discovers antiques in Singapore from smuggler Subhash Kapoor's art galleryOfficials from the antiquity wing of the ASI, who visited Singapore, have found 30 antique objects, including idols dating to the 10th cent...
A midnight raid that changed course of historyCentral to the cast of local characters was Baba Abhiram Das, a well-built, 6-foot-tall local sadhu of the Nirvani akhara, who led three ot...