Panaji: Amid vociferous protests from the opposition as well as heritage conservationists, the Goa government has backpedalled from its proposed move to include an area housing a 17th century Old Goa Church complex under an urban planning authority. Critics of the move to include Ela village near Panaji, which isContinue Reading
Unesco on Friday put four new sites on its World Heritage List. The new sites, announced in the Turkish city of Istanbul, include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape, Iran’s ancient aqueducts known as Qanat, and India’s archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara. A press release issued by UNESCO read:Continue Reading
New Delhi: Amid several theories and claims about the ‘Taj Mahal’, the 17th century Mughal monument, the Centre has now said that there is no solid evidence to prove that the historical ‘monument of love’ was a Hindu temple. While replying to a query about the evidence claiming that theContinue Reading
