Statue
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PM Modi unveils Swami Vivekananda's statue in Malaysia
World | Nov 22, 2015, 03:57 PM ISTKuala 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 | Jun 14, 2015, 09:25 AM ISTBeijing: 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 | Apr 13, 2015, 05:07 PM ISTJohannesburg: 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 | Mar 11, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTJakarta: 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 | Mar 01, 2014, 03:54 PM ISTSt. 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 | Dec 13, 2013, 04:23 PM ISTChennai: 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 | Oct 31, 2013, 03:37 PM ISTKevadia (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 | Sep 22, 2013, 03:49 PM ISTLondon: 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 | Jul 10, 2013, 05:41 PM ISTLondon, 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 | Jan 29, 2013, 11:41 AM ISTLondon, 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 | Nov 25, 2012, 12:03 PM ISTLondon, 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 | Oct 02, 2012, 10:43 PM ISTShimla, 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 | Sep 27, 2012, 06:55 PM ISTParis, 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 | Apr 15, 2011, 03:44 PM ISTJohannesburg, 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