Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, unveiled the world’s tallest statue on Wednesday as military aircraft flew overhead and released flower petals and colored balloons in the shape of the Indian ...

KEVADIA, India (Reuters) - India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's ...

India has taken the crown from China for building the world's largest statue, a 182-meter memorial to politician Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It was inaugurated on Wednesday at a ceremony in Narmada ...

Right on schedule, the world's tallest statue has officially opened in India. Standing almost 600 ft (182 m) tall, the new Statue of Unity depicts Indian freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, and was ...

The tallest statue in the world, honoring India's first deputy prime minister and twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty, was unveiled Wednesday. The 597-foot steel and bronze "Statue of Unity," ...

Reporting from New Delhi — India on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue – a 597-foot bronze likeness of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, an independence movement leader who later served as the ...