Riyadh, June 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s centuries-old fortress, once a strategic stronghold guarding key routes into the Indian subcontinent, is slowly deteriorating due to neglect, encroachment, and environmental damage despite being protected under the country’s Antiquities Act of 1975, a report has stated. “Nearly 40 kilometres from Islamabad, on a rugged plateau encircled by the Soan River and the hills of the Potohar region, the ruins of a once-formidable fortress rise above the landscape. Belie…
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Bhopal/Damoh, May 24 (IANS) A major controversy erupted in the Futera Ward area of Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district after a large number of British-era silver coins were discovered during excavation work for the foundation of a house.The incident sparked allegations of concealment, drawing significant attention from local residents and police authorities. The discovery was made at the ancestral home of Alok Soni, a government school teacher, in the Futera locality under Kotwali Police Station lim…
Raipur/Raigarh, May 16 (IANS) A research and conservation expedition turned into a scene of chaos and panic when a team from the Department of Archaeology was unexpectedly targeted by a massive swarm of bees inside the historic Singhanpur Cave in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district, officials said on Saturday. The researchers had travelled to the ancient site on Friday to conduct vital inspection, documentation, and preservation work on the cave’s famous prehistoric rock paintings when the sudden wi…