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Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitionsPalestinian homes face demolition in East Jerusalem as Israel expands Jewish settlements. Families are displaced, losing their properties a...- Stolen Indian idols abroad: Why global rules on sacred antiquities must changeWith great pride, the Ashmolean Museum has repatriated a 16th-century bronze idol back to its homeland, India. This significant gesture shi...
- Roman museum houses stolen artefactsThe "Museum for Rescued Art" is housed in a spectacular hall within the majestic Diocletian Baths, ancient Rome's largest bath complex.
- How to get Koh-i-noor backThe British Museum curator stole nearly 2,000 items, but 356 have been recovered and displayed. The museum holds vast collections from arou...
- Parliamentary Committee urges strengthening Archaeological Survey of India's documentation effortsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Sur...
- Intergovernmental coop essential to crack down on masterminds behind smuggling, illicit trade: FMFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized the need for collaboration between governments to exchange "actionable information" in order...
- Drugs worth USD 650 bn trafficked globally; need insight sharing on emerging trends: CBIC"The undercurrent of illegal trade in narcotics remains strong. Global drug trafficking is estimated to be worth USD 650 billion, contribut...
- Centuries-old 'priceless' cultural artifacts smuggled out from Cambodia brought back homeIn Feb, a spectacular collection of jewelry returned from the estate of antiquities collector.
- Politically dynamic year for TN culminating in poll modeThe October 23 Coimbatore car explosion in a communally sensitive area in the city, which witnessed deadly serial blasts in 1998 coinciding...
- Egyptians urge British museum to return the 'icon of their identity' the Rosetta StoneEgyptians have termed Britain's possession of the stone as an act of 'cultural violence'.
- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno to visit India tomorrowDuring his visit, Albares will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutu...
- US repatriates two antique statues stolen from IndiaBoth of the items were forfeited once the owners were presented with evidence that the artifacts were previously stolen from India.
- 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...
- U.S. to help Egypt restore hundreds of pharaonic era coffinsEGYPT-CULTURE/COFFINS (TV,PIX):U.S. to help Egypt restore hundreds of pharaonic era coffins
- 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.
- Singapore returns stolen 11th Century sculpture to IndiaA Singaporean museum today said it is returning to India an 11th-century bronze sculpture, dating back to the Chola dynasty which it had pu...
- Siliguri corridor is now conduit for live animal smugglingAfter items like antiques, narcotics, sandalwood or animal body parts, now it is the turn of live animals like snakes.
- Illegal antique dealers prefer Siliguri corridorThe West Bengal Police recovered a bronze idol of Goddess Durga on Thursday from Siliguri and arrested one in this connection.
- Siliguri becomes major underground international antique trade conduitWhile Sikkim, Tibet, Bangladesh or eastern India are in the supply side, wide Western world market via Nepal are there in the receiving sid...
- Ivory antiques seized in CuttackThe seized ivory, kept in a bag and weighing about 20 kg, was estimated to cost over Rs one crore in international market.
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