No respite for Taj

Industrialists up in arms

SAVING THE TAJ

It is time ASI stood up to demands of protecting relics

ONGC's seismic surveys in Assam affect heritage monuments

Hyderabad metro poses risks to heritage buildings

Temples of doom

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall

Stones tell a story

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

Decide if the ASI is capable of looking after the Taj: SC to Centre

Apex Court has been listening to a petition on the upkeep of the white mausoleum

Early signals

Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago

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No signs of science

IN SHORT

In the past lies the future

From being a romantic quest for treasures and lost civilisations, archaeology has now come down to earth, increasingly associated with …

In love with the land

By shielding Utah lands from developmet, US President Clinton delighted environmentalists but infuriated most Utah officials who see coal mining …

Old shine

Indian scientists have found a chemical that cleans antique metallic objets d'art without damaging the patina

Digging its own grave

Despite its glorious past, the future of the Archaeological Survey of India is jeopardised because of internal wrangling and a lack of a concrete …

Correcting the Leaning Tower's tilt

A Chinese architect claims he can stop the Leaning Tower of Pisa from tilting further, and even bring it back to the original angle of tilt.

The trouble with the Trapezmium

A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National …

Roman retreat

About 2,000 years ago, when the Romans ruled London, they gave the city its first centrally-heated homes. A look back in time

Monumental victory

A Kerala High Court order quashes quarrying operations which had dealt a bodyblow to megalithic tombstones in the state

A thing of beauty

It is a wonder! The amount of mudslinging the Taj Mahal provokes, it is surely impossible for this matchless mound of white marble to remain …

Mucking around the Taj

Is there any point in keeping an architectural beauty radiant while the rest of the city goes to pot?