When Nato had to be called in to escape from a museum in NaplesEven with enough experience of museums, the visit to Museo Madre - to balance out a trip to Pompeii and its ancient memories with contempor...
16 May, 2026, 10.26 PM IST
Marxist Tagore? A statuary warningA statue of Rabindranath Tagore in Tripura was mistaken for Karl Marx by local BJP leaders. This incident highlights a recurring problem of...
12 May, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
Relief to Mayawati, SC disposes of 2009 PIL against installation of her statues in UPThe Supreme Court has disposed of a 2009 petition seeking a probe into Mayawati's alleged spending of over Rs 2,000 crore on statues and pe...
15 Jan, 2025, 09.34 PM IST
Ahead of polls, politics of statues begins in UPAs the countdown to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections begins, the politics of statues get going in right earnest. Various political part...
14 Nov, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Belagavi tense over statue installation of 18th century freedom fighter Sangolli RayannaRayanna is considered a hero by Kannadigas, and he hailed from the present day Belagavi district. Sections of Kannada activists wanted to p...
29 Aug, 2020, 10.57 AM IST
Mayawati: If Ram statue OK, why not mine?The BSP leader’s affidavit in the Supreme Court recalled an established tradition of installing statues.
03 Apr, 2019, 09.38 AM IST
BJP announces statue of lord Ram to be put up in AllahabadMaking this announcement, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said a statue of Lord Ram embracing Nishad Raj would be installed at Shringverpur ...
21 Nov, 2018, 11.05 AM IST
PM’s Varanasi to get Deendayal Upadhyaya’s tallest statueThis is part of a plan to install Upadhyaya’s statues in nearly every district in his home state
25 May, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
Proliferation of statues in Tamil Nadu a trigger for social strifeStatues that have already come up cannot be removed, but it is high time the government put an end to proliferation of new statues, said De...
08 Mar, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Be wary of 'patthar wali sarkar', Akhilesh Yadav tells voters on BSP"Our government has a lot of achievements, but she (Mayawati) has nothing to mention," he said.
22 Jan, 2017, 02.54 PM IST
Jayalalithaa wants PM Modi to intervene and ensure ‘due respect’ for Thiruvalluvar statueJaya stated in her letter to the PM “It is learnt that the Thiruvalluvar statue is now lying in the Dam Kothi Guest House, Haridwar, in an ...
20 Jul, 2016, 02.06 PM IST
SP leaders drop plan of temple dedicated to Mulayam YadavSP had been bashing the previous BSP government for installing statues of Mayawati at important places in state capital, acted promptly aga...
30 Nov, 2012, 04.48 PM IST
- EC sets Jan 11 deadline to drape Mayawati’s statues, BSP symbol
EC formally announced that "each and every statue of elephant and each and every statue of Ms Mayawati" should be covered by 5pm on Jan 11.
09 Jan, 2012, 01.07 PM IST
- EC to take a call on plea against BSP’s ‘elephant’
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to decide whether a petition seeking derecognition of BSP’s election symbol can be main...
10 Jul, 2010, 04.29 AM IST
- Maya raising private militia at taxpayer’s cost, says Cong
The Congress on Friday trained its guns on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati over her government’s move to raise a security force for t...
30 Jan, 2010, 02.42 AM IST
- Statues not at taxpayer's expense, hints SC
SC to examine legality of UP govt using public money for statues.
09 Sep, 2009, 03.04 AM IST
- Mayawati to install more of her statues
BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to get three more of her statues installed in the state capital where two imposi...
07 Aug, 2008, 02.03 PM IST