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Priceless 2000-year-old lion broken at Kolkata museum

Meanwhile, in Kolkata, a priceless statue of a lion, over 2000 years old, has been broken while it was being relocated in the Indian Museum.The sculpture that has been severely damaged is of the Rampurva Lion Capital , built in the time of Ashoka the Great, and acknowledged as a rare specimen of Mauryan culture.The museum is being renovated for its 200th anniversary, and the statue, which is seven feet tall and weighs several tons, was being moved to a different part of the lobby. -- ... Rediff.com, 2 months ago

Silicon India

Finance Ministry cracks whip on Income Tax using 'state emblem' on vehicles

NEW DELHI: Even as the controversy over the incorrect usage of red beacons brews, the Finance Ministry has cracked its whip on instances of some unauthorisedly flashing the 'state emblem' on their vehicles. The incident came to light after the ...

Economic Times, 1 week ago Finmin cracks whip on I-T officers using emblem on vehicle The Freepress Journal, 1 week ago

ASI launches excavation to ascertain Sarnath's actual age

VARANASI: The Archaeological Survey of India has launched a hunt for past of Sarnath, the famous Buddhist site where Buddha delivered his first sermon. The ASI began excavation on the west side of Ashoka pillar on Wednesday. According to ASI ...

Times of India, 2 weeks ago

New Straits Times

Venerable history of Lotus Sutra

| last updated at 12:20AM WIDELY EMBRACED: Exhibition focuses on the sutra's essential message of peace and co-existence KUALA LUMPUR: IN the Buddhist canon, Lotus Sutra, or better known as "The king of sutras", treasures the trove of ...

New Straits Times, 3 weeks ago Venerable history of Lotus Sutra CARI, 3 weeks ago

Restoring the magic of Jadu Ghar

Asia's oldest museum, the Indian Museum in Kolkata, is back with its collection of rare artefacts after undergoing a Rs 100-cr makeover Kamalika Ghosh February 8, 2014 Last Updated at 20:28 IST The Indian Museum or the Jadu Ghar, as it is popularly ...

Business Standard India, 1 month ago

By The Holy Ghats

The land of Benaras has as much history as it has piety, writes Shefali Tripathi Mehta, adding that the place enables introspection and peace amid the din M y favourite mythological tale as a child was one about the river Narmada that flows through ...

Deccan Herald, 1 month ago

Probe into damaged antique in Kolkata soon

A fact-finding team from the Centre will soon visit Kolkata to probe reports of irreparable damage to a 2200-year-old priceless antique called the Rampurva Lion Capital, sustained during renovation work at the Indian Museum recently. The three-member team ...

Deccan Herald, 1 month ago

The Sunday Indian

Memories to Cherish

I would like to record here an account of the first Republic Day celebrations as told to me by my father, Nooruddin Ahmed in his own words: As the nephew of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, (son of Azad's elder brother Maulana Abu-n-Nasr Aah Ghulam Yasin), ...

The Sunday Indian, 1 month ago