The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to declare Agra a "heritage city" and said there is nothing to show that such a declaration would give the city any special advantage. During the hearing, the Bench asked the counsel what advantage the city would get if it was declared a heritage city and what were the provisions under …
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of a fact finding committee to study the "real history of Taj Mahal and to put to rest the controversy and clarify its history". According to petitioner Dr.Rajneesh Singh, though it has been stated that the Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan for his wife Mumtaz …
Taj Mahal or Tejo Mahalya? However, for Dr Rajneesh Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party media in-charge of Ayodhya district, the Taj Mahal remains a bone of contention. For those who don’t know, it was Dr Rajneesh Singh, who filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court, demanding for a “fact-finding inquiry” into the history of the Taj Mahal and the …
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