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  Maharashtra govt unveils 91-foot tall statue of Shivaji Maharaj, nine months after collapse incident

  Maharashtra | May 12, 2025 10:28 IST

  The new statue depicts Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj wielding a sword that is 29 feet long. Maharashtra CM Fadnavis said adequate care has been taken so that the new statue lasts at least 100 years in any environment.

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  Shivaji statue collapse case: Bombay High Court grants bail to consultant Chetan Patil

  Maharashtra | November 21, 2024 17:14 IST

  Recently, the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district was toppled, leading to widespread outrage. Following the incident, authorities arrested consultant Chetan Patil on allegations of his involvement in the act.

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  Rahul Gandhi unveils sculpture of late Patangrao Kadam, slams PM Modi on Shivaji statue collapse

  Maharashtra | September 05, 2024 15:56 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was on a day-long visit to Maharashtra, unveiled the statue of party leader late Patangrao Kadam in Sangli and addressed a public meeting later in the day.

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  Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse: Sculptor Jaydeep Apte arrested from Kalyan

  Maharashtra | September 05, 2024 6:41 IST

  Shivaji Maharaj statue collapse: The collapse of the statue of the iconic founder of the Maratha state has triggered a huge political row ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra with the Opposition targeting the Eknath Shinde-led government.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, August 30, 2024

  India | August 30, 2024 23:55 IST

  India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.

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  Maharashtra govt forms committee to erect new Shivaji Maharaj statue at Rajkot fort

  Maharashtra | August 31, 2024 6:07 IST

  Earlier in the day, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had visited the Rajkot fort in Malvan where the statue had collapsed and vowed to erect a grand structure of the warrior king at the same place.

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  PM Modi apologises in Maharashtra after collapse of Shivaji Maharaj statue, says 'He is our God'

  India | August 31, 2024 6:06 IST

  An FIR has been registered against the contractor of the statue work after it collapsed on August 26 just eight months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 last year.

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  Ajit Pawar-led NCP holds 'silent protest' over collapse of Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg

  Maharashtra | August 29, 2024 21:12 IST

  Following the collapse of the 35-foot-tall statue of Shivaji Maharaj on August 26, the police booked the contractor after the state Public Works Department (PWD) claimed poor quality of the construction work.

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  Maharashtra: Committees set up to probe collapse of Shivaji Maharaj statue, build new one amid stir

  Maharashtra | August 29, 2024 10:03 IST

  The 35-foot statue of the 17th century Maratha empire founder, installed at Rajkot Fort in Sindhudurg district's Malvan tehsil collapsed on August 26, nearly nine months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy CM, apologises for collapse of Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg

  Maharashtra | August 28, 2024 18:16 IST

  An FIR has been registered against the contractor of the statue work after it collapsed on Monday just eight months after it was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 last year.

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  Sec 144 imposed in Telangana's Nizamabad as tensions erupt over Shivaji statue

  India | March 21, 2022 0:03 IST

  A Shivaji statue was placed by one group, which was opposed by another. This resulted in protests and stone-hurling, said the police.

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  Nagpur administration uses JCB to remove Shivaji Maharaj statue despite protest

  India | February 12, 2020 15:30 IST

  Workers of Shiv Sena and other organisations block Chhindwara-Nagpur Highway to protest against removal of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji by state government in Chhindwara.

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  Shivaji statue of Rs 1900 crore gets Z++ security

  India | February 22, 2015 12:22 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra government has proposed an elaborate security arrangement for the Chhatrapati Shivaji's memorial in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai. The security measures include CCTVs, bunkers, a system which will keep it invisible on radars,