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Rajnath reacts sharply on statue vandalism spree
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday condemned incidents of vandalism in several states and called it 'unfortunate and unjustified'.
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Tamilians can protect Periyar's honour: Kamal Haasan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Chennai [India], March 7 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said that the state does not need police deployment to protect E.V. Ramasamy Periyar's statue as Tamilians are self-capable of protecting the honour of the social reformer.
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BJP TN pres expels R Muthuraman for vandalising Periyar's statue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu) [India] Mar 7 (ANI) : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president,Tamilisai Soundararajan expelled R Muthuraman, party functionary, on Wednesday.
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Periyar's statue row: PIL filed against BJP's H Raja
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Madras (Chennai) [India] Mar 7 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Raja on Wednesday with regard to his now deleted Facebook post on Periyar's statue.
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Statue vandalism: WB BJP unit demands stern action against culprits
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata [West Bengal], Mar 7 (ANI): Condemning the defacing of the statue of Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal unit on Wednesday has demanded stern action against the guilty.
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Periyar statue vandalised in Vellore
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 7 (ANI): A statue of social reformer and rationalist leader, popularly known as Periyar, was vandalised on Tuesday night in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district.
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Kolkata: CPI(M) protests against Lenin statue demolition
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders on Tuesday staged a protest in Kolkata against the demolition of a statue of communist icon Vladimir Lenin in Tripura.
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Section 144 imposed in Tripura
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Tripura is witnessing post-poll incidents of violence following the ouster of the Manik Sarkar government in the state.
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Budget session: TDP protests for special status to AP
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 6 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament premises demanding 'Special Category Status' for Andhra.
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Congress stage protest in Parliament over PNB scam
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 06 (ANI): Congress MPs in presence of party president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday staged a protest near Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament over Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam involving diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi.
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Man arrested for stealing Frances McDormand's Oscar trophy
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Los Angeles [U.S.A], Mar. 06 (ANI): In one of the most bizarre incidents happening at the Oscars, a man has been arrested for allegedly stealing actress Frances McDormand's Oscar statuette.
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Rajnikanth unveils statue of MGR
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India]. Mar. 5 (ANI): Superstar Rajnikanth on Monday unveiled the statue of former Tamil Nadu chief minister MG Ramachandran at the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai.
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