India's first sunken museum at Humayun's Tomb site inaugurated
New Delhi, Jul 29: Country's first sunken museum at the site of Humayun's Tomb complex in Delhi, where the story of the Mughal emperor and lesser-known facets of his life comes alive, was inaugurated on Monday evening.
Humayun's Tomb complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the new museum in the presence of Prince Rahim Aga Khan.
"Our cultural heritage is one of our greatest assets," Shekhawat said in his address at the inauguration ceremony.
The inauguration coincided with the ongoing 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in New Delhi.
Several delegates of the WHC session, besides many scholars, architects and diplomats, among others, also attended the event.
The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval 'baolis', or traditional water tanks, showcases the legacy of Mughal emperor Humayun including lesser-known facets of his life, and the heritage of the Nizamuddin area over the last seven centuries.
The finial of the Mughal monument (Humayun's Tomb) which was knocked off in a 2014 storm is its "centre-piece".
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
