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TN: Periyar statue desecrated in Coimbatore, complaint filed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 17 (ANI): Saffron colour was allegedly thrown on social reformer EV Ramasamy Periyar's statue in Sundarapuram in Coimbatore on Friday.
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Chandrababu Naidu should apologise to Dalits for obstructing construction
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 9 (ANI): Hitting out at Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on Thursday said that he should apologise to Dalits for obstructing the construction of 125-feet high Ambedkar statue at Swa
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US: Protestors topple Christopher Columbus statue, throw it in water
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 5 (ANI): A group of protestors in Baltimore, in the eastern US state of Maryland, toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus on Saturday (local time) and threw it into the city's Inner Harbor, CNN reported.
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YSRCP MP requests LS Speaker to install Alluri Sitarama Raju statue in Par
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
(West Godavari) (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): YSRCP MP K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju on Saturday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the unveiling of the statue of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju in Parliament premises.
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Mahatma Gandhi Statue in Washington refurbished and inaugurated
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Washington on Thursday morning (local time) along with the Indian envoy to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
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Human rights activists stage demonstrations against China at Hachiko statu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 28 (ANI): Several human rights activists of various nationalities, including Japanese, Indians, Taiwanese, Tibetans and others, staged a demonstration against China at Hachiko statue near Shibuya station in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Leaders from across party lines attend foundation stone of 108-feet tall s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 27 (ANI): Kempegowda International Airport on Saturday witnessed a historic and memorable event of laying the foundation stone for 108-feet tall brass statue of Bengaluru's founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda.
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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa performs Bhoomi Pooja for Kempegowda statue
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 27 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday performed a Bhoomi Pooja to begin work on the 108-feet tall Kempegowda statue at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
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Trump signs executive order protecting monuments, statues
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that he has signed a "very strong" executive order aimed at protecting the country's monuments and statues from vandalism.
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Cost of building new Kempegowda statue in airport should be borne by KIAL:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 26 (ANI): Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Thursday suggested that the cost of building and installing a new statue of Nada Prabhu Kempegowda in the Bengaluru airport should be borne by Kempegowda international airport (KIAL).
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Roosevelt statue in New York to be removed as museum considers it racist
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 22 (ANI): The statue of former US president Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will be removed amid protests across the United States triggered by the killing of African-American man George Floyd, the museum said in a state
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Protesters topple, burn statue of Confederate General Pike in DC, media re
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 20 (Sputnik/ANI): A group of protesters toppled and set on fire a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike near the police headquarters in Washington DC, amid anti-racism demonstrations, media reported on Saturday.
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