Tipu Sultan
- India
Bombay HC questions police ban on Tipu Sultan rally, affirms right to celebrate
Bombay High Court on Thursday, December 12, addressed the feasibility of holding the birth-anniversary rally of Tipu Sultan, an influential ruler of Mysore in the 18th century. During the hearing, the court…
- India
Tipu Sultan a ‘complex figure’ in history: Jaishankar
New Delhi: History is “complicated” and the politics of the day often indulges in “cherry-picking facts” and to a considerable extent that has happened in Tipu Sultan’s case, External Affairs Minister S…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: DYFI opposes police notice to remove Tipu Sultan cut-out
Mangaluru: DYFI has refused to remove a cut-out of Tipu Sultan erected at their local office as part of their Karnataka state conference to be held at Thokkottu near here from February…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Youth arrested after garlanding of Tipu Sultan statue with slippers
Raichur: Karnataka police have arrested an accused in connection with the case of garlanding Tupu Sultan’s statue with slippers in Raichur district, police said on Friday. The accused is identified as 23-year-old…
- Bangalore
Tipu Sultan’s statue garlanded with slippers; Karnataka town tense
Raichur: Karnataka’s Sirwar town in Raichur District is tense following the violation of the statue of the erstwhile ruler of Mysuru, Tipu Sultan on Wednesday. Some miscreants garlanded the statue of Tipu…
- Bangalore
Tipu Sultan or Krishnaraja Wadiyar? Mysuru Airport naming debate heats up
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and BJP are confrontational following the proposal to name the Mysuru airport after Tipu Sultan. The BJP unit is opposing the proposal with full force and the issue…
- India
Tension in Karnataka town after posters insulting Tipu Sultan surface
Belagavi: Tension prevailed Chikkodi town in Belagavi district in Karnataka after posters insulting erstwhile ruler of Mysuru Tipu Sultan and other minority community kings surfaced on Saturday. The development had led to…
- World
Gem-set, enamelled Tipu Sultan sword sells for GBP 100,800 at UK auction
London: A gem-set and enamelled sword, believed to be from the personal armoury of 18th century Mysore king Tipu Sultan, has gone under the hammer for GBP 100,800 at a sale at…
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Independent India cannot but salute Tiger Tipu, writes RSS Ideologue Malkani in his book India First
In the wake of the BJP’s constant vilification of Tipu Sultan, using him to stoke communal fire, it would do one good to read what one of the main ideologues of the…
- India
Maha: Illegal Tipu Sultan memorial built by AIMIM MLA demolished in Dhule
Mumbai: A memorial of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan on a traffic junction in Dhule in Maharashtra was demolished by the civic body which claimed it was illegal. It was allegedly…
- India
Bajrang Bali didn’t help, now BJP is digging up Aurangzeb: Sanjay Raut
Aurangabad: `Bajrang Bali’ did not help the BJP in the Karnataka elections, so the party is now relying on historical figures like Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut…
- India
Kolhapur violence: 5 held for ‘offensive’ social media status are minors
Pune: The five persons detained in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur for allegedly keeping offensive social media account status and an image of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan were college-going minors and a probe…
- India
Maha: Kolhapur returning to normalcy, 36 people held so far; say police
Pune: The situation in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur is gradually returning to normal, a day after violence during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image along with an objectionable audio message…
- India
Pro Aurangzeb, Tipu posts go viral in Maha; Hindus, Muslims clash
Pune: Tension prevailed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra after social media posts adulating the 18th-century Mysuru leader Tipu Sultan and Mughal emperor Aurangzeb went viral in the district. The posts evoked angry reactions from…
- India
Kolhapur clash: Maharashtra CM Shinde appeals for calm
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday appealed for calm and said nobody should take the law into their hands. #WATCH | It's the government's responsibility to maintain law and order in…
