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Congress spokesperson Lavanya Ballal Jain, while slamming the right-wingers over the findings of the ASI from the site of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque, made a huge blunder drawing the attention of netizens over her ignorance.
In a significant development, ASI in its scientific survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque has concluded that there existed a Hindu temple at the site of the Gyanvapi mosque
The Varanasi district Court on Wednesday asked that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report of Gyanvapi case be made public today and the hard copy be provided to both sides.
Joint study by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has discovered evidence of a human settlement that is as old as 800 BCE at PM Modi's village in Vadnagar , Gujarat
Popular assumption is that an individual's character and personality is reflected in his name. But India has one exception to this assumption. We have a Communist leader with the name as ‘Sitaram”
Defence public sector undertaking (PSU) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. Delivered the survey vessel, INS Sandhayak to the Indian Navy on Monday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government accusing it of “deliberately” showing an inflated population of Muslims and Yadavs in the state's caste survey.
In a huge development, the female labour force participation rate in the country has improved by 4.2 percentage points to 37 per cent in 2023.
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released findings of its much-awaited caste survey months on Monday ahead of the 2024 parliamentary election.
The latest survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre has revealed that about 79% of Indians hold positive views about Prime Minister Narendra Modi while a large majority of Indians surveyed i.e. 68% said India’s global influence is getting stronger.
Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati thanked the Union Government for approval of the final location survey of a 223 km rail line from Sairang (Aizawl) to Hbichhuah, near the Myanmar border.
A team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has started a "scientific survey" of Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque today even as the mosque management committee filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Varanasi district court's order allowing the inspection.
The Supreme Court today put on hold for two days the survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque. The mosque's management committee had approached the court with apprehensions that the survey may lead to excavation at the historic mosque complex that is located right next to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
The Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed by the Bihar government challenging the Patna High Court order putting an interim stay on the caste-based census in the state.
‘Sanshodhak’, the fourth of four ships of Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, being built by L&T/ GRSE for Indian Navy was launched on Jun 13 at Kattupalli, Chennai. The chief guest of the Launch Ceremony was VAdm Adhir Arora.
Reportedly, a centuries old tunnel-like structure was accidentally discovered at a children's museum in New Delhi this week. The tunnel that dates back to the 13th or 14th century, was discovered during one of the redevelopment efforts.
ASI has filed a police complaint against 19 owners of various properties located within the 200-meter limit of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace Kirti Mandir. The accused property owners had started construction work without the permission of ASI.
Gold deposits have been found at four places in Keonjhar District, four places in Mayurbhanj District, and at one place in Deogarh district in Odisha
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (Feb 15) termed the Income Tax survey at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai as "very unfortunate" and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
On January 22, amidst the row over British national broadcaster, BBC’s documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the All India Bar Association (AIBA) demanded the Union Home Ministry initiate a special investigation into the “international conspiracy” angle.
Frank Hoogerbeets, a researcher working under a Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS) organization that studies seismic activity tweeted on February 3, had claimed that sooner or later there will be a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in the region around South-Central Turkiye, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya criticized Union Budget 2023-24, alleging that there is nothing for the common people in the budget. The statement contradicts the earliest review of Budget 2023.
"The actual outcome for real GDP growth will probably lie in the range of 6.0 per cent to 6.8 per cent, depending on the trajectory of economic and political developments globally," the Economic Survey said.
Archaeological Survey of India is all set to begin excavation at Delhi’s Purana Qila again. The excavation will be led by Vasant Swarnkar and would be the third season of excavation at Purana Qila.
Meghalaya Trinamool Congress slammed the National People's Party for failing to take a stand against the recent Assam Police directive seeking information on churches and religious conversions in the region.
Mathura local court passed an order in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case to survey the disputed site. The Court of Senior Division, while hearing the petition of Hindu Sena, issued the order.
Recently, in an incident related to the Ram Setu it was seen that the newspaper 'Telegraph' had published a misleading news that portrayed as if the Indian govt has disowned its stance for preserving the ancient structure of Ram Setu.
Two days after Tamil Nadu Idol Wing CID chief K Jayanth Murali put out a tweet regarding auctioning of a 500-year-old Nataraja idol in France, an auction house in Paris has cancelled the bidding scheduled.
Tamil Nadu Police, Idol Wing, on Dec 7, recovered stolen idols worth Crores from an antique idol collector's residence. Officials are planning to return the stolen idols to the temples they were taken from.
ASI has shared that after long standing Islamic encroachments on the site of ancient Ashokan edict at Bihar's Sasaram , the Dargah authorities have handed over the keys of the monument with the ASI
In India, an estimated 26 million children are born every year. As per the 2011 census, the share of children (0-6 years) accounts for about 13% of the total population. Hence, providing attention to child health becomes extremely important.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar who arrived in Cambodia on Friday (Nov 11) is scheduled to inaugurate the recently restored 'Hall of Dancers' at the famed Ta Prohm temple, located inside the Angkor Heritage Park adjacent to the cultural and tourist province of Siem Reap.
According to PGI reports, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Nagaland stood at the 6th rank while Arunachal Pradesh was ranked down to the 7th position. Mizoram with the highest literacy rate has come up to the 5th rank in the northeast region.
"Released ostensibly in the context of the Munugodu bypolls on Nov 3, this report is signed by an unknown person and is clearly released with the malafide intention of confusing and misleading people. We would like to state that no such survey has been conducted by the RSS and we condemn the mischievous act of publicising this fake document," said Ramesh.
Taking a firm stand over the illegal bungalow case in Old Goa, BJP spokesperson Savio Rodrigues demanded the demolition of the illegal bungalow as per law. His statement comes in response to the letter of G Kishen Reddy, Union Home Minister for Tourism to Mahua Moitra , MP, Trinamool Congress.
The Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ), Jabalpur circle, in a recent excavation has recovered more than 100 remains in the core area of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria. The unique recoveries include largest Varaha sculpture dating between 2nd century CE to 15th century CE, making the excavation a landmark in India's Archaeological history.
The Arhaeological Survey of India has excavated a Mesolithic period site on the outskirts of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The ASI team has unearthed important finds like the hand axes, scrappers, cleaver and choppers from the Mesolithic period site near Vadakkupattu village.
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a “well-intentioned” survey of properties managed by Sunni and Shia Central Waqf Boards in the state to check for any anomalies in ownership of the properties or how they were acquired, people familiar with the development said.
Recently, the Idol Wing CID of Tamil Nadu has recovered seven bronze idols in a dealer's unlawful possession in Villupuram, which have been seized. An inquiry is presently underway to identify the temples from which they were reportedly stolen.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has recently visited the site of Rakhigarhi and directed the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to develop the Harappan archaeological site at Rakhigarhi, in a museum building, that is planned to become world's largest museum.
In a bid to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in grandeur, ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has announced free entry to visitors at all the ASI protected monuments across the country. The entry will be free for the next 10 days from Aug 5.
Swamy said that he has already won the first round of the litigation in which the Centre accepted the existence of 'Ram Sethu' and added that the union minister concerned had called a meeting in 2017 to consider his demand to declare the Sethu as a national heritage monument but subsequently nothing happened.
NMA to submit a report on comprehensive development of Mahuli group of temples to Ministry of Culture. The famous group of temples - known as Dakshin Kashi, comprise of five temples belonging to 11th and 12th century CE.
Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, ceremoniously laid keel for the fourth ship of Survey Vessel (Large) and second and third ships of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) for the Indian Navy on Jun 17, at L&T Kattupalli, in presence senior officials of the Indian Navy.
Ravi Kumar Diwakar, the judge who had ordered a video graphics survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi, on Tuesday received a threat letter, police said.
ASI senior official told that about 40 images from the gallery, which had become old and worn out, were being replaced and now a display containing a list of India's World Heritage Monuments will be placed where Lord Krishna's picture used to be.
In keeping with the Naval maritime tradition, Sarbani Dasgupta, consort of the Vice Admiral, launched the ship to the chanting of invocation from Atharva Veda. The ship has taken its name from erstwhile 'Nirdeshak', which was also an Indian Naval Survey ship and was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service in Dec 2014.
The court had earlier asked the commission to submit the report by Tuesday. “A petition has been filed seeking a two-day time to file the Commission report. The matter will be heard on Tuesday,” said Assistant Court Commissioner Ajay Pratap Singh.
Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar mentioned the ongoing rows of the Gyanvapi masjid, Taj Mahal and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi and said, "People want to know the truth about the Taj Mahal, Gyanvapi mosque and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi ... people should take a stand and help the court find the truth."
