What architect Bimal Patel is to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s architectural ambition — reshaping the Kashi corridor, Delhi’s Central Vista, and designing the new Parliament building — Alok Tripathi has become its go-to archaeologist no 1.
Protected complex in MP’s Dhar is claimed by both sides. While ASI has access rules for both, it hasn’t clarified arrangements when Basant Panchami coincides with Friday prayers.
The Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute is threatening Dhar's tenuous ‘peace’ arrangement in place since 2003, when the ASI came up with a plan: Hindus will perform puja on Tuesdays and Muslims will offer namaz on Fridays. Local Hindutva groups, RSS, and BJP are rallying followers on WhatsApp to come and pray at the site in large numbers this Tuesday.
ASI’s scientific survey found sculptures of four-armed deities, images of various Hindu gods and goddesses as well as animals, apart from mythical and composite figures (both human and animals).
Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
The facts are visible to the naked eye at Gyanavapi even for the biassed. No need for expert archeologists.