COVID impact: Museums, monuments under ASI to remain closed till June 15

Earlier, the ministry announced that all sites and museums under the ASI would remain closed till May 15. But later it was extended till May 30.

Archaeological Survey of India caps online ticket booking to Taj Mahal. Check details

As per norms, number of visitors are calculated on the basis of the total number of adults and children visiting the Taj, which is capped at 5,000, a daily limit of visitors fixed by the cultural ministry since the monument reopened after the Covid-19 lockdown on September 21.

Haunted Qutub, Lotus Temple with near-zero footfalls

Government's aggressive social distancing pitch coupled with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) shutting all its protected sites from Tuesday has left Delhi's two iconic structures the Qutub Minor and Lotus Temple desolate, giving an eerie feeling.

ASI finds 8th century objects, trade centre remains in Andhra

The excavation done, 80 kilometres east of Tirupati and Nellore, by the ASI team has discovered the remains of a huge settlement surrounded by a massive brick enclosure. Among many antiquities unearthed, is a life-sized Vishnu sculpture and a wide variety of pottery of the early centuries of the current era.

4 old cannons found in Nagpur, to be handed over to ASI