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purana qila news

UTTIPEC approves walkability plan for the Purana Qila-Pragati Maidan-Delhi Zoo stretch

The plan also includes safer pedestrian crossings, improved streetscaping, traffic calming measures and better integration with public transport facilities. (HT Archive)
Published on May 28, 2026 04:58 am IST

Boating in Delhi: Want to sail through monsoon blues? Here are 5 spots in NCR

Boating has returned to Purana Qila (Old Fort) after almost a decade, and will officially reopen for public in September this year.
Published on Jul 06, 2025 07:15 am IST

Delhiwale: A road with a view

Two people sit outside the Bharat Mandapam’s entry gate. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 25, 2024 06:02 am IST

Ayodhya aura at Old Fort: Delhiites get drenched in Ramayana fervour!

Artistes from Varanasi present a dance drama, Ram Ki Shakti Puja, at Purana Qila (Old Fort).
Published on Jan 19, 2024 06:50 pm IST

LG clears walkability plans for Purana Qila, Pragati Maidan, Delhi zoo

The plan walkability plan for the three areas, including Pragati Maidan, has been in the works for the past several months. (PTI)
Updated on Sept 28, 2023 05:54 am IST

Cell by cell: How ASI is conserving ruined structures in Delhi’s Purana Qila

Workers recreated the dome through an intricate process that involved the demolition of reinforced cement concrete and brickwork (ASI)
Updated on Sept 24, 2023 11:52 pm IST

New show at Purana Qila to go on floor soon in Delhi

New Delhi, India - September 28, 2019: A view of the illuminated Purana Qila, in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, September 28, 2019. (Photo by Amal KS / Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 26, 2023 10:27 pm IST

Survey for Sadar underpass done; construction to be completed in 18 months

The underpass is expected to be constructed in the next 18 months. (Representational Photo)
Updated on May 28, 2023 08:38 pm IST

Metcalfe House-Purana Qila stretch revamp in Delhi ahead of G20

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena reviewed the preparations for upcoming G20 events near Raj Ghat in New Delhi last Sunday. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 04:45 am IST

Purana Qila: ASI reopens trenches excavated earlier to find ‘first occupants’

Excavation in progress at Purana Quila on Tuesday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 18, 2023 04:30 am IST

Roundabout: ‘Our revels now are ended’

Manohar Singh as Tughlaq, a rare photograph by Ebrahim Alkazi.
Updated on Aug 16, 2020 11:23 pm IST

These 5 Delhi monuments will be illuminated on World Heritage Day 2020

A view of the illuminated Qutub Minar, which is a 73m-high and five-storey tower of victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak. The first three storeys are made of red sandstone, the fourth and fifth storeys are of marble and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, which is said to be the first mosque built in India.
Updated on Apr 18, 2020 06:29 pm IST

Treatment of caste sets apart India’s constitutional vision

Rajendra Prasad, President of Constitutional Assembly sign new Constitution of the Republic of India - HT Photo.
Published on Nov 25, 2019 11:58 pm IST

Third museum to come up at Purana Qila in Delhi by 2020

Gallery of confiscated and retrieved antiquities at Purana Qila. It was inaugurated in August this year.
Updated on Nov 02, 2019 12:43 pm IST

At Purana Qila, first museum for the country’s once-lost antiques

Most artefacts were handed over voluntarily by countries which possessed them, others confiscated by agencies.
Updated on Sept 01, 2019 03:09 pm IST

Earth Day Special: The enticing lakes of Delhi NCR

The Hauz Khas lake is one of the most popular ones in Delhi
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 03:44 pm IST

Revamped Purana Quila to be opened to public soon

The Purana Qila lake in New Delhi redeveloped by NBCC will soon be opened for public.
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 01:51 pm IST

New-look Purana Qila lake to be opened to public on October 2

Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma said the redevelopment-cum-beautification work at Purana Qila Lake Complex is on the verge of completion. (Sakib Ali / HT File)
Updated on Sept 09, 2018 01:34 am IST

ASI begins conservation of Purana Qila; new gallery to display ancient artefacts

The total collection of pottery and artefacts at the 16th century Purana Qila is over two lakh.
Updated on May 20, 2018 11:04 pm IST