In a statement, Customs informed that V. Usha, Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bengaluru handed over seized and confiscated antique items that include-Metal a Budhha image(broken), Wooden horserider, Wooden dolls and Face Mask (Metal) to Bipin Chandra, Superintending Archaeologist in Archaeol
As many as 231 stolen antiques have been brought back to India in the last nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.
Puducherry [India], October 24 (ANI): A man in Puducherry collects antiques in an attempt to prevent antiquities from being destroyed and preserve them.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 23 (ANI): The Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted raids in Jaipur and recovered not only unaccounted income of Rs 1,400 crores so far, but also precious jewels and antique items. The police will investigate the source of the procured antique items, said
Stockholm [Sweden], December 29 (ANI): A small, rusted metal bowl (called a katori in Hindi), two wooden spoons and a wooden fork -- once used by Mahatma Gandhi -- would be sold at an auction in Bristol, United Kingdom, on January 10 at an opening price of GBP 55,000 which, after adding auct
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 7 (ANI): For the first time ever, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed the remains of a chariot and other antique items that dates back to 'Bronze Age' (2000-1800 BC), in Uttar Pradesh's Sinauli village.