Hyderabad: In a major setback to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Telangana High Court on Wednesday set aside a Rs 5.61 crore contract awarded to Giopel Import Export Private Limited (PIQL) for digitalization of Estampages at ASI’s Mysuru unit. The court held that the said work order should be awarded to the next […]
New Delhi: Haryana’s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. And now, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan city in Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May. The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi has so far revealed that […]
Hyderabad: People in large numbers flocked the historic Charminar on Tuesday afternoon, as rumours of a secret passage being unearthed during some digging work taken up at the monument flew wild. During the course of work taken up by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to set up a generator to provide illumination during power […]
New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will light up 100 of its heritage monuments in colours of the national flag to mark 100 crore Covid 19 vaccine doses being administered in the country, officials said on Thursday. Seventeen UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Humayun Tomb, Tughlaqabad Fort, Purana […]
Former IAS officer BV Papa Rao and former professor M Panduranga Rao recalled that it was a decade-long journey, which commenced in 2009 when they formed the KHT intending to get international recognition for Kakatiya Heritage
Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a Management Committee with the Tourism Secretary as Chairman at the State-level to oversee the implementation of Conservation Management Plan in connection with the Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Palampet. The other officials of the committee include Director, Town and Country Planning (Member Secretary) and Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of […]
After UNESCO includes a property in the Tentative List, that country has to be prepare a nomination document that will be considered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
“The Thousand Pillar temple is one of the important monuments under Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which was added once to the tentative list of World Heritage sites by UNESCO," he said