NEW DELHI: Jaydeep Apte, the sculptor responsible for the Shivaji statue that recently collapsed at Rajkot Fort, has been arrested in Thane district on late Wednesday, according to police reports. Police had been searching for 24-year-old Jaydeep Apte since the Shivaji statue’s collapse on August 26, but he had been elusive until his recent arrest.The…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra directorate of art had given approval only for a 6-ft statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji for Malvan’s Rajkot fort based on a clay model submitted by the sculptor, its director Rajiv Mishra said on Thursday. He said that once the nod was given, the directorate was not informed the statue would be 35-ft tall,…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: BJP hit out at the opposition on Wednesday, urging it not to politicise the issue of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan, while deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Latur apologised “to the 13 crore people of Maharashtra” for the collapse. Congress meanwhile alleged constructions hastily inaugurated by PM…
MUMBAI: A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, unveiled by PM Modi at Rajkot fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg last year, collapsed on Monday. Terming the incident “unfortunate”, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said that “due to strong winds of around 45 kmph,” the statue “erected by Navy… fell and got damaged”. He promised to reinstall it. Opposition…
