A statue of BR Ambedkar is costing the Namma Metro in Bangalore nearly Rs 100 crore. Plans are on to make an alternative design and a wider pathway will be constructed around the statue. This because the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation has been forced to stop work after Dalit organisations objected against the removal of the statue. While the statues of Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru have been moved,...
09:58 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Lucknow: In yet another act of vandalism, some unidentified persons on Monday damaged a statue of Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar in Dalmau area in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh. The damaged statue was replaced with a new one by the local administration, IGP (Law and Order) B P Singh said in Lucknow. "Ambedkar's statue was vandalised by some persons in Dalmau area. The statue was replaced with a...
07:33 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Incidents of violence were reported from several parts of the state and life has come to standstill in some parts. ...
01:07 PM, Nov 30, 2006
