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Three more places in India included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat's Vadnagar, Modhera Sun Temple and Tripura's Unakoti have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites tentative list.
Interviews

‘We still prosecute temple heritage loot as house theft, need strict antiquity laws’: Vijay Kumar, the co-founder of India Pride Project speaks to OpIndia

Pallav -
The India Pride Project is a global organisation dedicated to restoring India's lost heritage.
News Reports

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee takes credit for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage tag for Durga Puja. Here is the truth

Dibakar Dutta -
While Mamata Banerjee takes credit for UNESCO heritage tag for Durga Puja, fact is it was the result of efforts of Modi government at center
News Reports

Durga Puja in Kolkata included in UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, PM Modi calls it a matter of great pride

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Durga Puja included in UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee
News Reports

Harappan-era city Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage site list

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat's Dholavira is now the 40th site in India to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage list
News Reports

‘Jab kutte pe sassa aaya, tab Badshah ne shehar basaya’: Read the fascinating trivia about Ahmedabad on its 610th Foundation Day

OpIndia Staff -
The Ahmedabad city in Gujarat was founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah on 26 February 1411 AD
News Reports

Pathological compulsion to comment on India’s internal matter, spread hate: India tells Pakistan to stop its ‘juvenile propaganda’ on Ayodhya verdict

OpIndia Staff -
India denounced unwarranted remarks of Pakistan on Ayodhya and Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani minister Shafqat Mahmood as “juvenile propaganda” and “fabricated lies”
Politics

UNESCO headquarters erupt with ‘Modi, Modi’ chant as PM Modi addresses Indian community in Paris, France

OpIndia Staff -
These chants were followed by "Modi hai to mumkin hai (If Modi is there, it is possible)".
Fact-Check

UNESCO slams Indian Express story on heritage tag of Darjeeling toy train being ‘under threat’, calls it misleading

OpIndia Staff -
The UNESCO New Delhi team and the Indian Railways have been working closely to find a solution to the threats that DHR, popularly known as Darjeeling toy train, faces.
Crime

Hampi Vandalism: Four youths punished to re-erect the pillars they had knocked down, fined ₹70,000 each

OpIndia Staff -
The four accused reportedly admitted their guilt and assured the court that they would not indulge in vandalism in the future. All the four were also released on Thursday after they remitted ₹2.8 lakhs fine.
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