The Central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court it was examining the issue in connection with declaring the Ram Setu a national heritage monument.A bench, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, asked petitioner Subramanian Swamy, a .
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Culture Minister refutes reports of Netaji s missing artefact
Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patel on Sunday said Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose s cap has been given to Victoria Memorial in Kolkata for an exhibition, refuting the freedom fighter s grandnephew s claims stating the artefact has been transferred to another place it was not meant to be at . Taking to Twitter, Chandra Kumar Bose had said the cap was handed over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of a museum dedicated to Netaji at Red Fort in Delhi.
Tagging the prime minister and the Union culture minister in a tweet, he said, Bose family had handed over Netaji s historic cap to Hon ble PM Narendra Modi ji to be kept at Red Fort Museum and not to be shifted around. Request Narendra Modiji to instruct placing cap in its original place.
ASI Monuments Closed for Visitors Till May 15 Due to COVID-19
Live monuments such as Puri and Somnath temples will have daily puja but without the entry of any public.
ASI had previously closed the monuments during the beginning of the pandemic last year. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi:Â All centrally protected monuments, museums and sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been closed with immediate effect till May 15 due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the country, the Union culture ministry said on Thursday.
An order to this effect was issued by the ASI and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel this evening.
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These include 3,693 monuments and 50 museums.
New Delhi: All centrally protected monuments, museums and sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been closed with immediate effect till May 15 due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the country.
An order to this effect was issued by the ASI and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel on Thursday evening. Due to the prevailing
COVID situation, it has been decided to close all centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the ASI with immediate effect and till May 15 or until further orders, the ASI said.
As the prevalence corona virus situation, it has been decided that all the centrally protected monuments/sites and museums under @ASIGoI will be closed till May 15. pic.twitter.com/rCvX0d5Q95