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Several museums, including the National Museum and Rail Museum, and two mental health institutes -- IHBAS (Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences) and VIMHANS (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro and Allied Sciences)

The National Museum in Delhi, home to a collection of rich ancient artefacts, is likely to be vacated by the end of this year as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project, sources said on Thursday.

The upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum - billed to be the largest museum in the world - will have eight thematic segments telling the story of India spanning over 5,000 years.

Over 60 ancient artefacts highlighting early Buddhist art have been brought from India and will be on display at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) here for a special exhibition marking 75 years of the country's independence.

The golden 'Sengol', which was kept in Allahabad Museum has been moved to the national capital ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament building.

Mr Cook made most of his time in Delhi visiting the artistic lanes of the Lodhi Art District and the National Crafts Museum.

Delhi's the National Museum, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and the National Archives Annexe are set to be demolished as part of the centre's Rs 20,000 crore Central Vista project.

Non-vegetarian food has been dropped from the menu of the National Museum's week-long exhibition-cum-event on India's culinary history, Historical Gastronomica, due to an "unwritten policy" based on "sentiments", a senior official of the museum said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a memorial and a museum dedicated to the police of the country in Delhi today. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leader LK Advani also paid tributes to the policemen killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh's Hot Spring area, on the National Police Memorial Day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the refurbished national police memorial, including a newly built museum of these forces in khaki, in Delhi this Sunday, officials said today.

People can now listen to the "recreated heart beats" of Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi's National Gandhi Museum, which will launch a series of programmes Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested that Mahatma Gandhi's wax figure at the Madame Tussauds in New Delhi should show the Father of the Nation cleaning his surroundings with a broom. "It'll serve to inspire the 1.25 billion people of the country with the message of cleanliness across India that is enshrined in the 'Clean India' movement under...

When an extremely precious replica of the ancient Olduvai Handaxe went missing from the National Museum in Delhi, the authorities weren't expecting it to be found at the home of a millionaire in Gurgaon.

Inspired by popular Bollywood film 'Dhoom 2', three men, who allegedly stole 16 antique Pashmina shawls worth Rs two crore from the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, commonly known as National Crafts Museum in Lutyens' Delhi, were arrested, police said today.

India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, may soon have to share space with other national leaders at the campus of Delhi's Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. A plan to expand and digitize the memorial -- which is at the drawing board stage -- is there that involves showcasing the lives and works of various national icons, including BJP ideol...

Several museums, including the National Museum and Rail Museum, and two mental health institutes -- IHBAS (Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences) and VIMHANS (Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health, Neuro and Allied Sciences)

The National Museum in Delhi, home to a collection of rich ancient artefacts, is likely to be vacated by the end of this year as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project, sources said on Thursday.

The upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum - billed to be the largest museum in the world - will have eight thematic segments telling the story of India spanning over 5,000 years.

Over 60 ancient artefacts highlighting early Buddhist art have been brought from India and will be on display at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) here for a special exhibition marking 75 years of the country's independence.

The golden 'Sengol', which was kept in Allahabad Museum has been moved to the national capital ahead of the inauguration of the new Parliament building.

Mr Cook made most of his time in Delhi visiting the artistic lanes of the Lodhi Art District and the National Crafts Museum.

Delhi's the National Museum, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and the National Archives Annexe are set to be demolished as part of the centre's Rs 20,000 crore Central Vista project.

Non-vegetarian food has been dropped from the menu of the National Museum's week-long exhibition-cum-event on India's culinary history, Historical Gastronomica, due to an "unwritten policy" based on "sentiments", a senior official of the museum said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a memorial and a museum dedicated to the police of the country in Delhi today. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior BJP leader LK Advani also paid tributes to the policemen killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh's Hot Spring area, on the National Police Memorial Day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the refurbished national police memorial, including a newly built museum of these forces in khaki, in Delhi this Sunday, officials said today.

People can now listen to the "recreated heart beats" of Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi's National Gandhi Museum, which will launch a series of programmes Monday to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested that Mahatma Gandhi's wax figure at the Madame Tussauds in New Delhi should show the Father of the Nation cleaning his surroundings with a broom. "It'll serve to inspire the 1.25 billion people of the country with the message of cleanliness across India that is enshrined in the 'Clean India' movement under...

When an extremely precious replica of the ancient Olduvai Handaxe went missing from the National Museum in Delhi, the authorities weren't expecting it to be found at the home of a millionaire in Gurgaon.

Inspired by popular Bollywood film 'Dhoom 2', three men, who allegedly stole 16 antique Pashmina shawls worth Rs two crore from the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, commonly known as National Crafts Museum in Lutyens' Delhi, were arrested, police said today.

India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, may soon have to share space with other national leaders at the campus of Delhi's Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. A plan to expand and digitize the memorial -- which is at the drawing board stage -- is there that involves showcasing the lives and works of various national icons, including BJP ideol...