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  PM Modi unveils Swami Vivekananda's statue in Malaysia

  World | November 22, 2015 15:57 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled a 12-ft bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda in Malaysia, saying the sage is neither the name of a man nor identity of a system but personifies 1,000-year-old

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  China restores 800-year-old Buddha statue with 1,000 hands

  World | June 14, 2015 9:25 IST

  Beijing: Chinese experts have completed restoration of an 800-year-old Buddha statue, famous for its 1,000 hands, located in the country's southwest province after seven years.The restoration of the important landmark in Dazu County in Sichun

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  South Africa: Mahatma Gandhi statue defaced by a group of people amid racist taunts

  World | April 13, 2015 17:07 IST

  Johannesburg: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been defaced by a group of people who threw buckets of white paint on it amid racist taunts.The incident occurred on Sunday when the group came in a

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  Statue of Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated in Indonesia

  Lifestyle | March 11, 2015 9:44 IST

  Jakarta: In a unique gesture, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi made by Indonesian artist Bambang Winaryo was unveiled on Tuesday at the House of Culture in West Sumatra province, which is associated with the House

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  Viv Richards statue unveiled in Antigua.

  Cricket | March 01, 2014 15:54 IST

  St. John's (Antigua):  Former West Indies cricket captain and Antigua national hero Sir Vivian Richards says he feels privileged to have a statue unveiled in his honour..The unveiling occurred at a ceremony here attended by

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  Impleading plea on removal of Tamil actor's statue filed High Court

  India | December 13, 2013 16:23 IST

  Chennai: Madras High Court today posted before another bench the case relating to removal of a statue of veteran Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan from a busy road here.  The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice R

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  Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Sardar Patel's statue

  India | October 31, 2013 15:37 IST

  Kevadia (Narmada): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today hit back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying Sardar Patel belonged to the whole nation and not a particular party and that he favoured Patel's secularism and

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  Fulham wants MJ's statue moved again

  Hollywood | September 22, 2013 15:49 IST

  London: Mohammed al Fayed, former owner of Craven Cottage football stadium in Fulham, has requested that Michael Jackson's statue outside the ground should be relocated to his another property.The statue was created in 2011 as

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  Colin Firth's statue placed in lake

  Hollywood | July 10, 2013 17:41 IST

  London, July 10: Actor Colin Firth's statue has been installed in the midst of a lake at the Hyde Park here.A statue of Mr. Darcy, the character played by Firth in "Pride and Prejudice", was

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  Dench supports statue for World War 1 soldier

  Hollywood | January 29, 2013 11:41 IST

  London, Jan 29: Veteran actress Judi Dench is backing a campaign to immortalise a World War I hero in his hometown.She is supporting the plan to erect a statue in Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex, England in

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  Man in naked standoff on statue in central London

  World | November 25, 2012 12:03 IST

  London, Nov 25: A naked man clambered atop a large equestrian statue in the heart of London's Whitehall government district Friday, striking a variety of precarious poses before being coaxed down by police nearly three

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  Mahatma Gandhi's statue desecrated in Shimla

  India | October 02, 2012 22:43 IST

  Shimla, Oct 2: Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the historic Ridge was found desecrated early Tuesday on Gandhi Jayanti, the Mahatma's birth anniversary.Some miscreants placed a garland of glass bottles on the statue of Mahatma Gandhi,

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  Paris hosts statue of head-butting Zidane

  Football | September 27, 2012 18:55 IST

  Paris, Sep 27: The historic head-butt that marked the end of France great Zinedine Zidane's international football career is now more than just a memory.A 5-meter-high bronze statue portraying Zidane aiming his shaven head at

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  South African Town Gets First Gandhi Statue

  World | April 15, 2011 15:44 IST

  Johannesburg, Apr 15: Lenasia, the predominantly Indian suburb in south of the city, now has its first statue of Mahatma Gandhi, more than half-a-century after the area was developed by the South Africa's apartheid government