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Where Tripura Lenin Statue Stood, Theories On Vandalism Also Pulled Down
Two statues of Lenin pulled down in two south Tripura towns 50 km away, Belonia and Sabroom, set off a string of statue vandalism this week across the country, amid concern that the tit-for-tat could get out of hand. This was one of the reasons for the Home Ministry to scramble into action and send out two advisories within a gap of hours to nudge ...
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When Statues Are Destroyed, Dangerous Fissures Erupt
An iconoclastic frenzy has gripped parts of India in the last one week in the aftermath of the BJP's stunning victory in Tripura.
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"Extremely Unfortunate," Says Amit Shah On Statues Vandalism In Tripura, Tamil Nadu
BJP chief Amit Shah today termed the desecration of communist icon Lenin's statues in Tripura and Periyar's statue in Tamil Nadu "extremely unfortunate" and asserted that any party member found involved in destroying a statue will face severe action.
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Tripura: With Head Severed, 'Lenin' To Be Kept At Civic Body Premises
A statue of the communist icon Vladimir Lenin, which was pulled down by a group of people at Belonia in South Tripura district will be kept at the municipal body premises in Agartala, a top official said. The nearly 11-feet tall fibre glass statue, which stood on a pedestal at College Square, was brought down on Monday, with a bulldozer.
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Destruction Of Statues Exposes RSS Ideology
The newly-elected BJP government in Tripura should repair Lenin's statue and put it back from where it was removed. It should put an end to the violence unleashed against Left supporters. Statues can be destroyed by force, not an ideology.
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Delhi, Mumbai On Alert Amid Statue Vandalism Wars, PM's Warning: 10 Facts
Incidents of tit-for-tat vandalism of statues in Tripura, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal spurred Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to express strong condemnation and warn of "stern action". The home ministry has ordered all states to check such incidents and has cautioned that senior government and police officers will be held responsible for vandaliz...
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Lenin's Statue Bulldozed In Tripura, Sitaram Yechury Calls For Protests: 10 Points
Left party CPM's general secretary Sitaram Yechury has announced country-wide protests, accusing the BJP of "thriving on political violence" as clashes broke out between supporters of the two parties in Tripura after assembly election results were announced. The BJP swept the election, uprooting the CPM after 25 years in power. In a memorandum to P...
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Tripura Highlights: Lenin Statue Razed, Rajnath Singh Dials Top Cop
A statue of Lenin was razed in Tripura days after the BJP stunned the Left, which was in power in the state for the last 25 years. The Russian revolutionary's statue was in the heart of Belonia town in south Tripura, 90 km from capital Agartala. The Tripura police today said it has received four complaints of "post-poll" violence from various parts...
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'Welcome Back, Lenin' as Berlin Digs up Cold War Relic
A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lenin made a comeback of sorts Thursday as authorities unearthed a granite head of the Russian revolutionary to truck it across the German capital.
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Lenin Statues Toppled in Government-Held East Ukraine
Masked men have toppled several statues of the Soviet leader Lenin in eastern Ukraine, authorities said today, in a fresh show of anti-Russian sentiment as Kiev battles pro-Moscow separatists.
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Polish City's New Statue Cuts a Urinating Lenin Down to Size
A Lenin statue has returned to a onetime model communist city in Poland but the monumental hero of Soviet days is now a small, lurid green man urinating from atop a black plinth.
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Where Tripura Lenin Statue Stood, Theories On Vandalism Also Pulled Down
Two statues of Lenin pulled down in two south Tripura towns 50 km away, Belonia and Sabroom, set off a string of statue vandalism this week across the country, amid concern that the tit-for-tat could get out of hand. This was one of the reasons for the Home Ministry to scramble into action and send out two advisories within a gap of hours to nudge ...
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When Statues Are Destroyed, Dangerous Fissures Erupt
An iconoclastic frenzy has gripped parts of India in the last one week in the aftermath of the BJP's stunning victory in Tripura.
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"Extremely Unfortunate," Says Amit Shah On Statues Vandalism In Tripura, Tamil Nadu
BJP chief Amit Shah today termed the desecration of communist icon Lenin's statues in Tripura and Periyar's statue in Tamil Nadu "extremely unfortunate" and asserted that any party member found involved in destroying a statue will face severe action.
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Tripura: With Head Severed, 'Lenin' To Be Kept At Civic Body Premises
A statue of the communist icon Vladimir Lenin, which was pulled down by a group of people at Belonia in South Tripura district will be kept at the municipal body premises in Agartala, a top official said. The nearly 11-feet tall fibre glass statue, which stood on a pedestal at College Square, was brought down on Monday, with a bulldozer.
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Destruction Of Statues Exposes RSS Ideology
The newly-elected BJP government in Tripura should repair Lenin's statue and put it back from where it was removed. It should put an end to the violence unleashed against Left supporters. Statues can be destroyed by force, not an ideology.
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Delhi, Mumbai On Alert Amid Statue Vandalism Wars, PM's Warning: 10 Facts
Incidents of tit-for-tat vandalism of statues in Tripura, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal spurred Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to express strong condemnation and warn of "stern action". The home ministry has ordered all states to check such incidents and has cautioned that senior government and police officers will be held responsible for vandaliz...
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Lenin's Statue Bulldozed In Tripura, Sitaram Yechury Calls For Protests: 10 Points
Left party CPM's general secretary Sitaram Yechury has announced country-wide protests, accusing the BJP of "thriving on political violence" as clashes broke out between supporters of the two parties in Tripura after assembly election results were announced. The BJP swept the election, uprooting the CPM after 25 years in power. In a memorandum to P...
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Tripura Highlights: Lenin Statue Razed, Rajnath Singh Dials Top Cop
A statue of Lenin was razed in Tripura days after the BJP stunned the Left, which was in power in the state for the last 25 years. The Russian revolutionary's statue was in the heart of Belonia town in south Tripura, 90 km from capital Agartala. The Tripura police today said it has received four complaints of "post-poll" violence from various parts...
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'Welcome Back, Lenin' as Berlin Digs up Cold War Relic
A quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lenin made a comeback of sorts Thursday as authorities unearthed a granite head of the Russian revolutionary to truck it across the German capital.
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Lenin Statues Toppled in Government-Held East Ukraine
Masked men have toppled several statues of the Soviet leader Lenin in eastern Ukraine, authorities said today, in a fresh show of anti-Russian sentiment as Kiev battles pro-Moscow separatists.
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Polish City's New Statue Cuts a Urinating Lenin Down to Size
A Lenin statue has returned to a onetime model communist city in Poland but the monumental hero of Soviet days is now a small, lurid green man urinating from atop a black plinth.
