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Taj Mahal gets babycare and feeding room for convenience of female tourist
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on Thursday inaugurated a Babycare and Feeding Room in the campus of world-famous monument Taj Mahal in Agra and began the operation of a water conservation system at the historic site.
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Prahlad Patel to undertake 4-day Pad Yatra
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Damoh [Madhya Pradesh], Aug 10 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel will undertake a four-day 'pad yatra' (foot march) from Anantpur to Damoh in Madhya Pradesh from August 16 to 19, in line of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instruction to MPs to conduct march in their constituen
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10 historical monuments to remain open till 9 pm for common public
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel has announced that 10 historical monuments across the country will stay open till 9 pm every day for the visitors and public.
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No threat to Konark Sun Temple: Union Culture Minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said on Monday that there is no threat to the structure of Konark Sun in Bhubaneswar and that the 13th-century temple is safe from all aspects.
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Odisha CM writes to culture minister over preservation of Konark Temple
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik sought Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's intervention for the preservation of Konark Temple after reports of negligence in preservation came to light.
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Congress uses money power in politics: Mahesh Sharma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 14 (ANI): Slamming Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his assertion that one of the main reasons for the BJP's astounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was polarisation, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the gra
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Espionage racket row: Mahesh Sharma raps SP MP, calls for probe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Saturday said it is unfortunate that an aide of Samajwadi Party leader Munawwar Salim has been arrested for being part of an espionage racket linked to Pakistan, adding that such activities should be looked into and st
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Ram Museum not a political gimmick, says Mahesh Sharma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): With the opposition parties training guns at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its attempts to flare communal tension in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh over the Ram Museum issue, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today d
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Every Indian woman will be in a 'burqa' if Mahesh Sharma has his
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 29 (ANI): Hitting out at Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma over his controversial comment that foreign female tourists must refrain from wearing skirts for their own safety, the Congress on Monday asserted that if he had his way, then every woman in the country right now w
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Skirt uproar: Mahesh Sharma offers clarification, says comment in context
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): After coming under fire for suggesting that woman tourists should not wear skirts in India, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday clarified his statement saying that it was only in reference with religious places so that that the sanctity of the hol
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Culture Minister retracts after advising tourists not to wear mini skirts
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug.29 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has committed a faux pax by advising female tourists not to wear short skirts while roaming around Agra city in the evenings.
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Attitude of politician determines attitude of security personnel: JD (U) o
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): After the shocking incident involving Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma's incident came in light, where three security guards of a housing society were brutally beaten by his security personnel, the Janata Dal United JD (U) on Friday said the attitude of sec
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