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Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki’s statue reveal goes wrong, bat breaks mid-ceremony; internet reacts: ‘Real bat would be stronger’

April 11, 2026 4:36 pm

At Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, fans filmed Ichiro Suzuki’s statue reveal, but as a “51” countdown ended, the bat got stuck and snapped mid-unveiling, falling awkwardly as confetti burst into the air.

More than a rodent: Cambodia unveils statue for Magawa the landmine hunter

April 06, 2026 6:07 pm

The heroic rat sniffed over 100 landmines and other explosives during its five-year career!

Madras high court bronze statue veerapandiya kattabomman

Why Madras High Court declined nod to erect freedom fighter Veerapandiya Kattabomman’s statue on private land

March 23, 2026 1:34 pm

Nothing prevents the petitioner or others from paying their respects to freedom fighter Veerapandiya Kattabomman at the current memorial in Thoothukudi, the Madras High Court observed.

Madras High Court allowed installation of freedom fighter's statute in the Sivakasi community hall.

‘Tehsildar has no power to seize’: Madras High Court orders statue’s return, installation in Sivakasi

October 29, 2025 9:48 pm

Madras High Court ruling, Sivakasi statue case: The Madras HC ordered release of a freedom fighter’s statue in Sivakasi and allowed its installation in the local community hall saying the tehsildar had ‘no right in law’ to take it away.

Nine statues that honour loyal pets around the world

September 28, 2025 5:04 pm

A look at nine remarkable statues around the world that honour pets whose loyalty and love left a lasting legacy.

Village garbage man helped unearth ancient bronze statues in Tuscany

June 03, 2023 9:05 am

About two dozen bronze statues from the third century BC to the first century AD, extracted from the ruins of an ancient spa, will go on display in Rome's Quirinale Palace from June 22, after months of restoration.

Govt faces flak over removing statues of Phule, Holkar at Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi

June 04, 2023 3:36 pm

NCP held a protest in Mumbai on Monday and demanded an apology for disrespecting Phule and Holkar.

'Curvy' mermaid statue causes stir in Southern Italy

May 01, 2023 12:40 pm

Adolfo Marciano, headteacher of the Luigi Rosso art school, said the statue was a "tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy"

Karnataka's statue-building spree is loaded with segmented politics of caste

March 20, 2023 9:52 am

The ‘New Karnataka’ that is daily being promised rests firmly on segmented caste ‘banks’ that hollow out the meaning of a secular, democratic, citizenship.