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Saffron cloth found tied to Tamil icons' busts
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], Mar. 15 (ANI): A saffron cloth was found tied to busts of Tamil Nadu's iconic leaders on Thursday, days after several incidents of vandalism of statues took place in the country.
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Syama Prasad Mukherjee's statue vandalised in Assam
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): A statue of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee was found damaged in Assam's Kokrajhar district.
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Home Minister says 'Intolerance cannot be part of Indian culture'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Mar. 13 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday criticised the recent desecrations of statues that had taken place at various cities in the country.
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Another Ambedkar statue damaged in UP; 3 vandals identified
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police is searching for three men who allegedly vandalised a statue of BR Ambedkar in Azamgarh on Saturday.
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UP: BR Ambedkar's statue vandalised in Azamgarh
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Mar 10 (ANI): In yet another incident, social reformer BR Ambedkar's statue was vandalised in Azamgarh on Saturday.
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Another statue of Ambedkar vandalised, this time in Uttarakhand
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Adding to the list of statues of leaders being vandalised in various parts of the country, another sculpture of Dalit leader Dr B. R. Ambedkar was damaged by miscreants on Friday in Uttarakhand's Haridwar.
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Mayawati condemns vandalisation of BR Ambedkar statue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday condemned the vandalisation of statues of political and ideological figures across the country including Dalit icon BR Ambedkar's statue
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One arrested for damaging Gandhi's statue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kannur, (Kerala) [India] Mar 08 (ANI): One person was arrested in connection to damaging a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Kannur on Thursday.
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All statues of Lenin should be demolished: BJP MLA
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 7 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA on Wednesday said all statues of Russian Communist icon Vladimir Lenin in India should be demolished.
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After Lenin and Periyar, Ambedkar's statue vandalised in UP
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): The vandalisation of statues of political and ideological figures across the country found its latest victim in Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar, whose statue was targetted by miscreants in Meerut's Mawana late on Tuesday night.
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Statue vandalisation spree: Centre urges states to act tough
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi(India), Mar.06(ANI):Amid the sporadic incidents of statues vandalisation in some parts of India, the union government has issued a second advisory to the states, asking them to promptly investigate such incidents and prosecute the culprits.
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Illegal Shivaji statue removed in Goa
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Valpoi (Goa) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Valpoi Municipal Council has removed a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji as it was installed on the Council's property without its permission.
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