Heritage
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Rs 22.10 lakh fine for defacing urban heritage
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced the imposition of a fine of up to 100,000 Saudi riyals (Rs 22,10,050) and a one-year jail term or one of these two…
- India
Tagore’s name missing in plaques on UNESCO heritage status to Santiniketan: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the Centre to remove the plaques on UNESCO World Heritage Site status to Santiniketan. Banerjee said the plaques do not bear the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Restoration of Badshahi Ashurkhana’s Naqar Khana begins
Hyderabad: Restoration works have finally begun to fix the Naqar Khana (drum house) of the historic Badshahi Ashurkhana the second oldest monument of the city. While debris was being cleared for days…
- Hyderabad
Evict parking lot near OGH, landfills on banks of Musi: Activist to Telangana HC
Hyderabad: Prominent economist and activist Lubna Sarwat has appealed to Telangana High Court to set up an ‘Ecological Heritage Bench’ for Hyderabad. She further appealed to the chief justice of HC for…
- India
Not govt, but private players working to save heritage: Mir Mukhtiyar Ali
New Delhi: In Kabir, he not only finds answers but a path that promises solace. Whenever he sings his poetry, serpentine labyrinths open into never-before horizons. “There is a peculiar state of…
