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India has expressed concerns to Pak over vandalistaion of Buddha statue: M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): India has expressed its concerns to Pakistan regarding the recent vandalisation of the ancient Buddha statue in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ministry of External Affairs' spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday.
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US House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 23 (ANI): The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday (local time) approved legislation that called for removing Confederate statues from the Capitol.
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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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Winston Churchill statue vandalised in London during Black Lives Matter pr
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 8 (ANI): Anti-racism protesters in England defaced the memorial to Winston Churchill in Westminster during Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday, local media reported.
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Mahatma's statue will be installed in 1400 colleges, says MP Minister
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Jitu Patwari on Saturday said that statues of Mahatma Gandhi will be installed in 1400 colleges across the state within a year.
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Sharad Pawar demands installation of statues of Tantya Bhil, other reforme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
IIndore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday demanded the installation of statues of social reformers including Tantya Bhil in the premises of Parliament.
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VHP to celebrate Ram Utsav across India from March 25 to April 8
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) will celebrate Ram Utsav from March 25 to April 8 this year and will also distribute statues of Lord Rama in 3.75 lakh villages across the country.
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BJP, Congress lock horns over Chandrashekhar Azad, Arjun Singh statues in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress have locked horns over the installation of a 10-feet statue of former Chief Minister Arjun Singh at Major Nanke petrol pump tri-section, from where the bust of freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad wa
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Statues of Christopher Columbus vandalized in California, Rhode Island
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 15 (ANI): Amid calls for replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day, several statues of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus were vandalized with red paint in San Francisco and Providence, Rhode Island.
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UP: SP leader Firoz Khan, whose crying video goes viral, says BJP govt ign
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): A day after a video of him crying in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi went viral, Samajwadi Party (SP) Firoz Khan on Thursday said he had cleaned up statues of the leader, which had been ignored for past two years under the BJP government in U
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Karnataka: Hobbyist uses chalk pencils to create micro Mahatma Gandhis!
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): A 25-year-old man from Shivamogga has found a unique way to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by carving out micro size Gandhi statues out of chalk pencils.
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Vijayawada: Photo exhibition marking Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary inau
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): To mark the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, a photo exhibition of Mahatma Gandhi's statues around the world was inaugurated here on Tuesday.
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