Standing tall at 73 m, the Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret ... 5. There are 379 stairs inside the minaret to reach the top. 6. It is also the first Indian monument to have an E-ticket ...

In 1981, a stampede occurred inside the Qutub Minar following a power failure. It led to fatalities and the closure of the tower's interior for public. There are 379 stairs to reach the top of the ...

On December 4, 1981, a Friday, the Qutub grounds were abuzz with tourists and there was a crowd at the minar door trying to get inside. While public access to the minar’s top had been stopped in ...

A lawsuit has been filed in a Delhi court seeking restoration of Hindu and Jain deities in what the petitioners claimed was temple situated inside the Qutub Minar complex at Mehrauli(Sanchit ...

NEW DELHI: It is called the Mini Qutub Minar, but this 17th century minaret in a village in west Delhi has neither been protected nor promoted for its archaeological value. In fact, if one were to ...

The court, while hearing a plea claiming that the intervenor was a necessary party in an appeal seeking the restoration of deities inside the alleged temple complex within Qutub Minar property ...

A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea challenging the dismissal of a civil suit that sought to “restore” 27 Hindu and Jain temples inside the Qutub Minar complex in New Delhi ...

Thirty years ago, on the morning of December 4, 1981, a bulb blew in the spiral stairwell of Qutub Minar. Sudden darkness triggered shrieks of panic, and soon after, a chaotic human slide. The girded ...