Heritage
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: HMWSSB breaks outer boundary wall of Badshahi Ashurkhana
Hyderabad: The Mutawalli Mujawer (adminstrator) of the Badshahi Ashurkhana on Monday approached various government authorities stating that former encroachers of the place are trying to erect a religious (Islamic) flag of a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Water fountains are part of city’s Indo-Islamic heritage
Hyderabad: Fountains have been an integral part of the Indo-Islamic or Indo-Persian architecture in India for centuries. Hence one can find fountains, or houz as it is known in Persian, at important…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Photo exhibit held to commemorate World Heritage Day
Hyderabad: On the occasion of the International Day of Monuments and Sites – World Heritage Day – an exhibition of photographs on the theme of ‘Heritage and Climate’ was held on April…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Govt takes up more restoration works, heritage walks
Hyderabad: Telangana special chief secretary for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Arvind Kumar announced that restoration works of Sardar Mahal, Mahboob Chowk, and Mir Alam Mandi will be taken up shortly. The…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Notices issued to King Kothi palace owners on demolition
Hyderabad: Taking cognizance of reports pertaining to the alleged demolition of th historic King Kothi palace (Nazri Bagh), special chief secretary (municipal administration and urban development) Arvind Kumar on Sunday said that…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Goons lay siege on last Nizam’s King Kothi palace
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at the historic King Kothi palace here on Tuesday, when over 100 goons tried to barge in and forcefully occupy the site. They were reportedly sent by Sukesh Gupta,…
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Hyderabad: Residency Building restored, open for public soon
Hyderabad: The British Residency Building, situated in the Koti Women’s College premises, has been finally restored to its past glory. On Thursday, a memorandum of understanding was signed by four parties, including…
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Hyderabad: HMDA begins survey of Khajaguda rocks for fencing
Hyderabad: The civic authorities have finally begun surveying the Khajaguda heritage rock site, to figure out its boundary. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) in all likelihood will fence the site, which…
- Hyderabad
Destruction of heritage: Khusro Manzil finally bites the dust
Hyderabad: After many years of being chipped away part-by-part, Khusro Mazil, a heritage structure, was finally torn down on Thursday night. The demolition that began in 2013 has now finished, leaving a…
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Hyderabad: Mutawalli of Saidanima’s tomb sacked for forging documents
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) here on Tuesday removed Syed Mohammed Ali Khan (son of Syed Ifteqar Ali Khan) as the Mutawalli (caretaker) of the Maqbara (mausoleum) Abdul Haq, popularly…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: FIR against 4 for destruction at Khajaguda rock site
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has suspended a Village Revenue Assistant (VRA) after it was found that four persons had encroached and destroyed rocks at the historic Khajaguda rock site. Municipal Administration and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Destruction of rocks at Khajaguda continues under HMDA’s nose
Hyderabad: The Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple trust (which is near the Khajaguda rocks) started the construction of a borewell in the wee hours of the night, resulting in more destruction at the…
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Raymond’s Tomb: Hyderabad’s last French connection gets facelift
Hyderabad: After years of neglect, the tomb of Monsieur Raymond, who was the last French commander in the city, is finally getting a much needed facelift. While the structure has largely been…
- India
Post Independence, new construction took place only for few families from Delhi: PM Modi
Ahmedabad: In a veiled attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that after Independence, new construction took place only for a “few families from Delhi”, but his government…
