PREETI KARMYOGI, NEW DELHI
The Archaeologi cal Survey of India has handed over the entire Hampi World Heritage Site to the Bengaluru circle. The much awaited move has been taken on the demand of various stakeholders and conservationists to ensure better administration.

Environmentalists have called for concerted efforts to elevate Delhi to the status of World Heritage City. The Delhi environment department has started planting trees on Yamuna bank.

DIBRUGARH, May 1: Issues big and small found place in the speeches of politicians and candidates contesting the elections, each one of them promising to solve the problems of erosion, flood and militancy.

AHMEDABAD: Over the last three years, Ahmedabad has seen a spurt in influx of scholars from foreign universities taking deep interest in its urban morphology, its origin and its organic growth in the 21st century. What has interested these scholars the most is the heritage of walled city and how it fits even in modern settings of a city.

Victoria Memorial : The high court on Thursday directed the Victoria Memorial authorities to seek clearance from the external affairs ministry before taking money from a foreign trust to build a cultural complex-cum-administrative office in the compound.

In 2005, the London-based organisation had proposed a Victoria Memorial annexe that would promote Indian art and culture.

Mumbai Says election can

Navi Mumbai: Excavation underway near the 500-year-old Janjira Fort and the historic Nawab Tomb is worrying locals who fear that these heritage structures may be in danger. The area is being excavated for soil that is required for the ongoing Dighi-Port project on the other side of the creek in Raigad district.

Rrishi Raote / New Delhi April 11, 2009, 0:14 IST

While neglected structures continue to dot the city of Delhi, Rrishi Raote wonders how to get them listed.

Jaisalmer: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on Richter scale at Mokla near Indo-Pak border on Thursday gave a blow to the 853-year-old Jaisalmer Fort, the only fort in the country with people living in it. The walls of the fort were damaged, raising concerns about the architectural marvel

LUCKNOW: It is globally known for being the city where one of the seven wonders of the world, Taj is situated. But what has Agra to do with Aaloo (Potato)?