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TopicStatue of Unity

Topic: Statue of Unity

PM Modi pays tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

PM Modi, whose two-day Gujarat visit started on Friday, reached the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya in Narmada district this morning and offered flowers at the Statue of Unity.

Vikas and Pegasus together, as joblessness hovers above Statue of Unity

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Sardar Patel statue was built not to spite Nehru, PM Modi tells voters at Amreli

No one from Congress has visited the Statue of Unity despite Sardar Patel being a leader of their party, said PM Modi.

What Sardar Patel said on Ayodhya is relevant to mediation today

Sardar Patel wrote that Ayodhya issue can be resolved peacefully with ‘willing consent’ of Muslims, and was clear against giving advantage to any group.

The 12 controversies that Indian Twitterati loved in 2018

From ‘Lady Doritos’ to fitness challenges, from ‘Urban Naxals’ to ‘bird droppings’, here are 12 controversies that set Twitter alight in the year gone by.

Seven decades before Statue of Unity, Nehru had unveiled a Sardar Patel statue in Godhra

Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel shared mutual respect as comrades in the Independence movement and disciples of Mahatma Gandhi.

Pritish Nandy refuses to believe he mistook another Sardar Patel statue for Statue of Unity

Nandy tweeted an image of a bronze sculpture of Sardar Patel, made by Jashuben Shilpi, to claim Statue of Unity has no resemblance to Patel’s actual face.

Gujarat government plans air and rail connectivity to Statue of Unity

An airport will be built at Rajpipla town for tourists coming to see the 182-metre Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue.

Crowds overwhelm Statue of Unity, expose teething issues at site

Authorities at the Statue of Unity were underprepared to deal with the influx as long queues spark heated arguments   

India’s infrastructure could use a dose of ironclad resolve that got Statue of Unity done

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. took less than three years to erect the statue. By comparison, China needed 11 years to construct its Buddha.

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Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.