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PIL for draping Nehru, Indira’s statues rejected


The Allahabad High Court Wednesday struck down a PIL seeking directions for covering of statues of ...
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Mixed response to AP bandh over statue desecration


The state-wide bandh called by Dalit groups to protest the desecration of BR Ambedkar statues in And...
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Statues: Main accused surrenders, Dalit leaders held


Gandham Pallam Raju, allegedly involved in the desecration of the statues, surrendered before the d...
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Three held for desecration of Ambedkar statues


Police brought three arrested youths before media and said they were on the lookout for 10 others in...
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Protect Ambedkar statues:AP Govt.


Andhra Pradesh Government directed Collectors and Superintendents of Police to take necessary measur...
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PIL seeks covering of statues of Nehru, Gandhis


A PIL was on Saturday filed in the Allahabad HC seeking directions for veiling statues of former P...
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Opposition for freezing BSP`s symbol


Opposition parties alleged that huge public money was spent on installing statues of the elephant in...
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EC rejects BSP’s plea to uncover Maya’s statues


The Election Commission has rejected BSP’s plea for reconsideration of its order on covering statues...
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Draping of statues reaches poll-bound Punjab


Toeing a line similar to Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has directed the city administratio...
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Digvijay criticizes EC`s decision on statues issue


Digvijay Singh was critical of the EC`s decision, saying it should have frozen the BSP symbol `eleph...
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Maya hits back at Congress, EC on her birthday


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday used her birthday speech to hit back at the Election...
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PETA to put up banners on draped elephant statues


PETA appealed to the Election Commission to allow it to use the covered up elephant statues in UP a...
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BSP terms EC order on statues, breach of law


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati hit out at the Election Commission, claiming its order to veil...
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Parks housing statues of Maya, poll symbol closed


Work of draping the statues of UP Chief Minister Mayawati and BSP election symbol elephant was com...
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PIL for EC order for covering statues dismissed


The poll panel had said it wanted to ensure that no political party was allowed to "derive politica...
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EC deadline to drape BSP statues ends today


The EC deadline for a complete cover-up of statues of BSP supremo Mayawati and her party symbol elep...
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EC makes Maya, her elephants turn pink


With little over a day left for the deadline to expire, government officials were on Tuesday busy co...
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Statue row: PIL challenging EC`s order filed


A PIL challenging the EC`s order to cover statues of elephant, the BSP`s election symbol, in poll-bo...
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Criticism of EC order on statues ill-informed: CEC


The CEC said there is nothing per se wrong about statues of political personalities and symbols ere...
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UP govt starts to veil Maya, her elephants

UP govt starts to veil Maya, her elephants


EC`s decision to cover the statues of CM Mayawati and those of its poll symbol elephant was termed a...
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Congress hails EC move to drape statues of Maya


Congress on Saturday hailed the Election Commission`s decision to cover the statues of CM Mayawati a...
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RLD welcomes EC decision on covering Maya statues


RLD welcomed the decision of the Election Commission for covering the statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief...
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EC to drape Maya, her elephants


CEC SY Quraishi said that the order of covering the statues is being done under instructions issued ...
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`All Maya statues will be razed once SP in power’


State unit president of Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav exhorted people to vote for bringing a chang...
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Mayawati did nothing but erect her statues: Cong


Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday said Babasaheb Ambedkar was not in favour of erecting st...
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Row over re-installation of demolished statues of Telugu icons


The destruction of statues of Andhra`s cultural icons by Telangana activists here has further widene...
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Ancient trove of Egypt statues found in Luxor

Ancient trove of Egypt statues found in Luxor


Archaeologists found what may be a trove of 3,400 year old statues on the west bank of the ancient t...
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Sphinx statues unearthed in Egypt

Sphinx statues unearthed in Egypt


Archaeologists have unearthed 12 more sphinx statues along the ancient avenue connecting Luxor and K...
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Make public reasons for installing statues: CIC to LS


The Central Information Commission has directed the Lok Sabha Secretariat to put on its website de...
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Nine bronze statues stolen in Tehran serial theft: Report

Nine bronze statues stolen in Tehran serial theft: Report


Nine bronze statues, some of famous Iranians and costing thousands of dollars, have been stolen in...
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Cong MP attacks Maya for erecting own statues in UP


A Congress member on Wednesday took a dig at UP Chief Minister Mayawati, saying while she was busy ...
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We will continue to set up parks: Mayawati

We will continue to set up parks: Mayawati


The Uttar Pradesh government will continue to set up parks and memorials in the names of Dalit icons...
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No more statues and portraits in Parliament


A decision has been taken to disallow further installation of statues and portraits in the Parliamen...
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Maya govt to recruit police to guard memorials

Maya govt to recruit police to guard memorials


The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Friday took a controversial decision to start recruitmen...
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Noida statues: SC hearing on Mar 18 on plea for lifting stay


The Supreme Court today fixed March 18 for hearing the Uttar Pradesh government plea for lifting t...
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Decide if elephant statues in UP are poll symbols: SC to EC


The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission to decide whether the installation of st...
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Noida Park statues: SC stay causing Rs 3 lakh loss per day

Noida Park statues: SC stay causing Rs 3 lakh loss per day


SC on Friday fixed March 12 to hear the plea of UP government for lifting stay on the work for const...
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BSP govt to raise spcl force to protect Dalit memorials

BSP govt to raise spcl force to protect Dalit memorials


The grand memorials the BSP government has built for Dalit icons here and in Noida are still mired...
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Now, Mayawati raising force to protect statues


Chief Minister Mayawati is set to raise a security force to protect memorials and statues erected by...
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SC stay on Noida park statues causing huge losses: UP govt


UP govt today told the Supreme Court that its order to stop the work for construction of statues and...
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Ancient Chinese statues

Ancient Chinese statues


Bronze statues have found which belong to Eros, the Greek God of Love!
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Mayawati defends statues of Dalit icons


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday said the controversial memorial for B R Ambedkar...
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Bangkok international airport shifts `demons`

Bangkok international airport shifts `demons`


Bangkok`s Suvarnabhumi International Airport is shifting 12 six-metre tall "demon" statues from arri...
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‘Mayawati Govt "misled", "confused" SC on statues row’


The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh "misled" and "confused" the Supreme Court and filed a "fals...
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UP spends more on elephants statues than live ones


Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city...
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SC directive on statues shows Maya`s lopsided priorities: Cong


Congress on Friday said the Supreme Court direction to Uttar Pradesh on stoppage of all further co...
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Ancient statues

Ancient statues


Archaeologists have solved the mystery how giant stone statues on Easter Island acquired red hats.
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Living persons’ statues can also be installed: UP govt


The UP govt, which had made budgetary allocation of crores of rupees for installation of statues of ...
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Ancient figurines

Ancient figurines


Archaeologists have found 1500-years-old figurines of Aphrodite.
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