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a href= http://www.VMFA.museum target= _blank The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts /a announced that the museum has deaccessioned and returned 44 work

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture has submitted a report on the functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), emphasizing the need for improved documentation of the nations cultural heritage. While ASI is mandated to create a database of heritage sites and antiques, the report notes that only 16.8 lakh out of an estimated 58 lakh antiques have been documented.

In a communiqué to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Heritage Protection cell member Ajay Jagga sought his intervention in such auctions of Indian heritage items held abroad.

Veteran New York antiquities dealer Michael Ward was convicted of 'criminal facilitation' for helping traffickers.

Law Established New York Dealer Revealed as Antiquities Trafficker in Ongoing U.S. Probe to Identify and Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts ...

DRI has seized gold valued at Rs 19 crore following an operation spanning many locations across India. 11 persons connected to a smuggling syndicate were nabbed

Subject to certain exceptions, archaeological objects with no known owner will automatically become the property of the State.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: In a distressing incident that has left millions of devotees in dismay, the statue of deity Akash Bhairav, located near the Central Office of the Armed Police Force, was stolen. Vandals desecrated the temple and forcibly removed the idol, even assaulting the priest. Surprisingly, the police appeared oblivious to this grave incident. Yadav Lal Kayastha representing Tha Hiti Kathmandu, is currently spearheading a campaign to recover the stolen idols. He laments the indifference...

Schulz might have offered the world more literature, but he was shot dead, aged 50, by a Nazi in 1942 while walking back home in German-occupied Poland.