Hyderabad: A day-long shutdown began in Andhra Pradesh on Monday on a call given by Dalit groups to protest the recent desecration of statues of Dr B R Ambedkar. Schools, colleges, shops and business establishments remained closed in many districts while protestors blocked roads to stop buses of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC). Student organistaions, especially Osmania University student Joint Action Committee has also called for a...
09:35 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Guntur: Close on the heels of desecration of the statues of Dalit icon Babasaheb Ambedkar, figures of two Congress leaders were found on Saturday to be defiled in Tenali town in the district, police said. Statues of Congress leaders NG Ranga and Vangaveeti Ranga were found damaged, they said. In a bid to prevent any untoward incident, police reinstalled the image of Vangaveeti Ranga even as people gathered near the...
09:40 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Allahabad: A Public Interest Litigation was on Tuesday filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking directions for covering of statues of former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi across Uttar Pradesh till assembly elections were over in the state. The PIL, filed by Allahabad-based organisation "Adivasi Samajotthan Evam Kalyan Samiti" through its president RK Maurya, comes barely a fortnight after the Election Commission had ordered covering of...
09:26 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Lucknow: Attacking Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, BJP on Monday said that if voted to power, it will install statues of saints like Kabir, Ravidas and other great personalities, irrespective of their caste, in the memorials and parks set up by the BSP supremo. "There is no place for self-glorification in BJP's dream Uttar Pradesh. If BJP comes to power, statues of Kabir, Sant Ravidas, martyr Uda Devi, Jhalkari Bai...
08:31 AM, Jan 17, 2012
The Congress also criticised Election Commission's decision to cover Mayawati's statues and her party symbol, elephant. ...
09:28 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Lucknow/New Delhi: Bringing the Election Commission in the line of fire, Mayawati on Sunday accused it of buckling under Congress pressure and dared it to order the draping of the party's 'hand' symbol like it has done for her statues and the BSP symbol 'elephant' in Uttar Pradesh. The BSP chief said that following its constitutional responsibility with honesty, the EC should have issued directives to get Congress' poll symbol...
07:33 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Lucknow: The BSP on Thursday claimed that the Election Commission decision of covering statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and party symbol elephant is one-sided and unjustified and was a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. BSP National General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra said that due to the decision taken on the memoranda of SP, Congress and BJP, Dalits and backwards were feeling cheated. "The decision is violation...
03:00 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Bhopal: Terming as "childish" the Election Commission (EC) directive of covering up the statues of UP Chief Minister Mayawati and elephant, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said the constitutional body should refrain from such decisions. "The EC's decision to cover up Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's statues and the elephant models is childish and impractical," Modi, chairman of the Empowered...
07:15 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: A PIL was moved in Allahabad High Court on Monday challenging Election Commission decision to cover all the elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh. The petitioner said that elephant is a symbol of Hinduism. The Election Commission recently ordered that all statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and her party symbol, the elephant, installed at several places in Uttar Pradesh be covered until the completion of Assembly poll process. Chief...
04:42 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Some voters in Uttar Pradesh have questioned the Election Commission's move, saying it is wasteful expenditure. ...
03:35 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party is livid after the Election Commission decided to cover up all statues of Mayawati to deny any advantage whatsoever. The party says the move is anti-Dalit. Everybody must have seen the curious sight of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati unveiling her own statue in Lucknow in 2009. On Saturday, the Election Commission - in a first of sorts - ordered all her statues to be...
06:54 AM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Election Commission for covering the statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and BSP's poll symbol elephant during the assembly election in the state but said the Commission should have taken the step earlier. "The issue was raised in courts long ago that Mayawati should not install the statues of elephants as it is her election symbol also....
08:14 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Budapest: In the Hungarian capital, Steve Jobs has been cast in bronze. Graphisoft, a Hungarian software company, will unveil a bronze statue commemorating the co-founder of Apple on December 21 in recognition of his leadership and vision, and appreciation for Jobs' support of the fledgeling firm while Hungary was still under communist rule. Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth's statue depicts Jobs with all his trademark characteristics - a mock turtleneck, jeans...
10:10 AM, Dec 11, 2011
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