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Several Old Monuments, Sites "Under Encroachment": Centre Tells Lok Sabha
At least two people were killed in Bangladesh Monday after mortar shells fired from Myanmar during clashes there landed in a village across the border, police said.
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Parliament Panel Suggests Changes In Law To Tackle Monument Encroachment
A parliamentary panel has recommended to the Centre that in the upcoming amendment of the AMASR Act, "strong provisions" may be incorporated for fixing accountability of government officials for tackling encroachment of centrally protected monuments.
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Culture Ministry Seeks Partnership With Google To Map Heritage Sites
Banking on cutting-edge technology, the Culture Ministry has envisioned a plan to digitally map boundaries of over 3,600 centrally-protected monuments for greater security and checking encroachment through enhanced monitoring of these sites.
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No Information For RTI Query On Taj Mahal, Archaeological Survey Officials To Lose Salary
Not providing information about illegal constructions in the prohibited area around Taj Mahal proved costly for two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India as the CIC imposed a maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 on them. The transparency panel was irked that despite its clear directives to disclose information about the specifics of illegal const...
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Remove Illegal Occupants In Religious Structures: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today refused to grant relief to a man against an anti-encroachment drive in a park around a monument in the national capital, observing that "squatters" cannot be allowed in such buildings just because their ancestors also stayed there.
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Hundreds of Delhi Monuments Lost to Encroachers: Parliament Panel
Expressing concern over losing hundreds of monuments to encroachers in the national capital, a Parliamentary Panel today raised apprehensions that areas adjoining Qutub Minar may also face the same fate.
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Over 50 historical monuments encroached in Bijapur
Out of a total of 80 historical monuments in Bijapur that are protected by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI), as many as 53 have been encroached, a senior Archeological Survey of India official said on Saturday.
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Shops around monument in Old city removed
Officials from the archaeology department and the Hyderabad Collectorate along with the police demolished the encroachments around Badshahi Ashoorkhana at Patherghati in old city early Saturday morning.
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Heritage monument damaged by encroachers in Jammu
A 150-year-old Mahal built by the Dogra kings in Jammu and Kashmir has suffered "heavy damage" due to encroachment, even as controversy brews over the state government's move to lease out another heritage monument to a private firm for setting up a five-star hotel.Locals had raised protest over the government's move to give 'Mubarak Mandi', the sea...
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Several Old Monuments, Sites "Under Encroachment": Centre Tells Lok Sabha
At least two people were killed in Bangladesh Monday after mortar shells fired from Myanmar during clashes there landed in a village across the border, police said.
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Parliament Panel Suggests Changes In Law To Tackle Monument Encroachment
A parliamentary panel has recommended to the Centre that in the upcoming amendment of the AMASR Act, "strong provisions" may be incorporated for fixing accountability of government officials for tackling encroachment of centrally protected monuments.
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Culture Ministry Seeks Partnership With Google To Map Heritage Sites
Banking on cutting-edge technology, the Culture Ministry has envisioned a plan to digitally map boundaries of over 3,600 centrally-protected monuments for greater security and checking encroachment through enhanced monitoring of these sites.
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No Information For RTI Query On Taj Mahal, Archaeological Survey Officials To Lose Salary
Not providing information about illegal constructions in the prohibited area around Taj Mahal proved costly for two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India as the CIC imposed a maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 on them. The transparency panel was irked that despite its clear directives to disclose information about the specifics of illegal const...
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Remove Illegal Occupants In Religious Structures: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court today refused to grant relief to a man against an anti-encroachment drive in a park around a monument in the national capital, observing that "squatters" cannot be allowed in such buildings just because their ancestors also stayed there.
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Hundreds of Delhi Monuments Lost to Encroachers: Parliament Panel
Expressing concern over losing hundreds of monuments to encroachers in the national capital, a Parliamentary Panel today raised apprehensions that areas adjoining Qutub Minar may also face the same fate.
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Over 50 historical monuments encroached in Bijapur
Out of a total of 80 historical monuments in Bijapur that are protected by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI), as many as 53 have been encroached, a senior Archeological Survey of India official said on Saturday.
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Shops around monument in Old city removed
Officials from the archaeology department and the Hyderabad Collectorate along with the police demolished the encroachments around Badshahi Ashoorkhana at Patherghati in old city early Saturday morning.
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Heritage monument damaged by encroachers in Jammu
A 150-year-old Mahal built by the Dogra kings in Jammu and Kashmir has suffered "heavy damage" due to encroachment, even as controversy brews over the state government's move to lease out another heritage monument to a private firm for setting up a five-star hotel.Locals had raised protest over the government's move to give 'Mubarak Mandi', the sea...
