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Entry to all ASI sites to be free on International Museum DayTo celebrate International Museum Day, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is offering free entry to all its sites and museums nationw...
ASI employee count at 4,845 against sanctioned strength of 8,755: GovtUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat revealed a manpower shortage in the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with 4,845 employe...
HC asks Centre, ASI to produce documents on not declaring Jama Masjid 'protected' monumentThe high court was hearing a clutch of public interest litigation (PIL) pleas seeking directions to authorities to declare the Jama Masjid ...
CAG pulls up ASI for low expenditure on excavation, vacanciesThe culture ministry and ASI need to immediately evolve a strategy to ensure time-bound amendment in the relevant Acts and expedite the pre...
Top archaeology body to meet today after a gap of 7 yearsLast month, the ASI re-constituted the board with the culture minister as the chairperson and including officials from the culture ministry...
COVID-19 surge: ASI monuments closed for visitors till May 15An order to this effect was issued by the ASI and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel this evening. "Due to the prevailing COV...
ASI monuments to be reopened for public from July 6As many as 3,691 Centrally-protected monuments and archaeological sites maintained by the ASI were shut from March 17 in view of the corona...
Culture ministry nod to open 820 ASI monuments which have places of worship from June 8The 3,691 Centrally-protected monuments and archaeological sites maintained by the ASI were shut from March 17 in view of the COVID-19 cris...
State of monuments on PMO radar; panel formed for new conservation modelsThe PMO is also learnt to be closely looking at the cultural spaces and how they are being utilised.
Spell out government's efforts to bring back antiquities like Koh-i-noor, CIC tells PMO, MEAThe ASI said it can take up the issue of retrieval of only those antiquities, which have been illegally exported out of the country in viol...
Rediscovering missionary route: ASI chief’s file on Kashi-Kashgar trip reaches FSASI chief Rakesh Tiwari planning a road trip to China to retrace the ancient route of Buddhist missionaries
Probe committee formed after complaints over quality of restoration at Humayun's tombThe conservation work had involved removing repairs made with cement and instead using materials that were more historically appropriate.
Licence to shoot: Photographers may need ASI nod at monumentsCulture Ministry is likely to make it mandatory for photographers to obtain license for operating at monuments under Archaeological Survey ...
With BJP in power, the hunt for Saraswati river is on mission modeThe Modi government will set up a similar panel. Congress-led UPA had scrapped the Vajpayee government’s Saraswati project in 2004.
Now, e-tickets for Humayun’s TombA separate portal will be launched for the tickets, and links will be also available at the IRCTC website, culture ministry and ASI website.
Scientific basis for Unnao gold hunt, ASI saysDismissing suggestions that ASI Unnao gold hunt was based on a sadhu's dream, officials said that there was strong scientific and historica...
- Govt orders inquiry into Setu affidavit issue
After the suspension of two ASI officials, Culture Minister Ambika Soni has ordered an inquiry into the issue of the controversial Ram Setu...