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Zara Pulls Out Controversial Ad Amid Boycott Calls
Fashion brand Zara has pulled down an advertising campaign that featured mannequins with missing limbs and statues covered in white sheets from the landing page of its website and mobile application.
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G20 Nataraja Statue At Bharat Mandapam Now PM Modi's Cover Photo On X
The G20 summit is a high profile event being hosted by India. It will be held at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan on September 9 and 10.
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Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela's Statues In London Boarded Up Ahead Of Protests
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is among several monuments being covered and boarded up in London ahead of another set of planned protests, which erupted after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd.
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"Everyone Wants Ram Temple": Yogi Adityanath After Unveiling Ram Statue
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today unveiled a seven-foot-tall statue of Lord Ram at a museum in Ayodhya. During his visit, Yogi Adityanath also presented released books and a postal cover, in addition to honouring the sculptors, painters and writers at the museum, news agency ANI reported.
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Ambedkar Statue Vandalised In UP Gets Saffron Makeover, Then Repainted
BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.
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Netaji Statue Vandalised On Independence Day In Bengal's Birbhum District
In a tiny village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, Independence Day did not get off the ground at all today. Villagers at Panchra woke up to find a statue of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - to be inaugurated to mark the day - covered with tar and its nose broken by miscreants in the night.
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UP Elections 2017: Elephant Statues Won't Be Covered In This Assembly Polls
Unlike the last Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, statues of elephants, the BSP's poll symbol doting various parks and memorials in Lucknow and in Noida, will not be under wraps this time.
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Donald Trump Beheading Statue Of Liberty Cover Sparks Criticism
German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied knife in the other.
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Americans Get Offended By Statues Of Naked People, Too
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani toured the world famous Capitoline Museum in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday, ugly white plywood boxes were used to cover beautiful antiquity artworks - apparently because they show naked human figures.
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Anger In Italy As Statues Covered To Save Iranian Blushes
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Tuesday after ancient nude statues in Rome's Capitoline museum were covered up to avoid any possible offence to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who is visiting the country.
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Waiting For Naked Statues At Khajuraho To Be Covered: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who was among the first to speak out on perceived intolerance in the country, today said she is waiting for the day when the culture minister drapes naked statues at Khajuraho with a saree.
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In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.
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Battleground UP: It's Behenji vs Maya Memsaab
The canny BSP chief tried to turn the veiling of statues into a political advantage saying the pride of Dalits was being attacked. Has she overplayed her hand this time?
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Uttar Pradesh polls: Covers come off Mayawati's statues in Lucknow, Noida
A day after the seven-phase polls ended in Uttar Pradesh, the covers have gone off the statues of chief minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol, the elephant, which were under the wraps for almost two months on the direction of the Election Commission (EC) for the assembly polls.
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Election Commission asks UP govt to uncover statues
The Election Commission (EC) today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to uncover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the elephant, the BSP's poll symbol, in the state.
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Zara Pulls Out Controversial Ad Amid Boycott Calls
Fashion brand Zara has pulled down an advertising campaign that featured mannequins with missing limbs and statues covered in white sheets from the landing page of its website and mobile application.
-
G20 Nataraja Statue At Bharat Mandapam Now PM Modi's Cover Photo On X
The G20 summit is a high profile event being hosted by India. It will be held at Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan on September 9 and 10.
-
Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela's Statues In London Boarded Up Ahead Of Protests
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is among several monuments being covered and boarded up in London ahead of another set of planned protests, which erupted after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd.
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"Everyone Wants Ram Temple": Yogi Adityanath After Unveiling Ram Statue
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today unveiled a seven-foot-tall statue of Lord Ram at a museum in Ayodhya. During his visit, Yogi Adityanath also presented released books and a postal cover, in addition to honouring the sculptors, painters and writers at the museum, news agency ANI reported.
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Ambedkar Statue Vandalised In UP Gets Saffron Makeover, Then Repainted
BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.
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Netaji Statue Vandalised On Independence Day In Bengal's Birbhum District
In a tiny village in West Bengal's Birbhum district, Independence Day did not get off the ground at all today. Villagers at Panchra woke up to find a statue of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - to be inaugurated to mark the day - covered with tar and its nose broken by miscreants in the night.
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UP Elections 2017: Elephant Statues Won't Be Covered In This Assembly Polls
Unlike the last Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, statues of elephants, the BSP's poll symbol doting various parks and memorials in Lucknow and in Noida, will not be under wraps this time.
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Donald Trump Beheading Statue Of Liberty Cover Sparks Criticism
German news magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy Saturday with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied knife in the other.
-
Americans Get Offended By Statues Of Naked People, Too
As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani toured the world famous Capitoline Museum in Rome with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday, ugly white plywood boxes were used to cover beautiful antiquity artworks - apparently because they show naked human figures.
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Anger In Italy As Statues Covered To Save Iranian Blushes
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Tuesday after ancient nude statues in Rome's Capitoline museum were covered up to avoid any possible offence to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who is visiting the country.
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Waiting For Naked Statues At Khajuraho To Be Covered: Nayantara Sahgal
Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who was among the first to speak out on perceived intolerance in the country, today said she is waiting for the day when the culture minister drapes naked statues at Khajuraho with a saree.
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In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.
-
Battleground UP: It's Behenji vs Maya Memsaab
The canny BSP chief tried to turn the veiling of statues into a political advantage saying the pride of Dalits was being attacked. Has she overplayed her hand this time?
-
Uttar Pradesh polls: Covers come off Mayawati's statues in Lucknow, Noida
A day after the seven-phase polls ended in Uttar Pradesh, the covers have gone off the statues of chief minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol, the elephant, which were under the wraps for almost two months on the direction of the Election Commission (EC) for the assembly polls.
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Election Commission asks UP govt to uncover statues
The Election Commission (EC) today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to uncover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the elephant, the BSP's poll symbol, in the state.
