Tipu Sultan
- India
It’s Tipu vs Savarkar this elections: Karnataka BJP president
After asking the public to prioritize ‘Love Jihad’ over civic and infrastructure development, the Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel has sparked fresh controversy by saying the upcoming state assembly elections are…
- India
Maharashtra: Shinde-Fadnavis govt ‘erases’ Tipu Sultan’s name from Mumbai playground
Mumbai: In a potentially controversial move, the Maharashtra government has ordered the removal of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Mysore kingdom, now in Karnataka, given to a prominent suburban garden and…
- Bangalore
Karnataka BJP to rename ritual ‘Salaam Aarti’ started by Tipu Sultan
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP of Karnataka has decided to rename ‘Salaam Aarti’– a ritual started by Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan in the state. The announcement to change the age-old ritual made by…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Statue politics flares up as state gets closer to Assembly polls
Bengaluru: As Karnataka inches closer to Assembly elections in 2023, the politics over statues is hotting up. First, the opposition parties took objection to the installation of a statue of Bengaluru founder…
- India
Karnataka: Muslims protest against renaming Tipu Circle after Savarkar
The Tipu Sultan Samyukta Ranga, and other Muslim organisations protested in Yadgiri district, Karnataka, on Tuesday against the municipal council’s decision to rename Tipu Circle as Savarkar Circle. The protest was held…
- India
Karnataka Congress MLA Tanveer Sait gets death threat
Mysuru: Former minister and Congress MLA Tanveer Sait has lodged a police complaint alleging that he has received a life threat for announcing to install the tallest statue of Tipu Sultan here,…
- India
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah slams BJP on Tipu Sultan’s statue row
Bengaluru: After a political controversy erupted following an announcement by Karnataka Congress MLA Tanveer Sait promising the installation of a 100 feet Tipu Sultan’s statue in Srirangapatna, former chief minister of the…
- India
Karnataka Congress MLA promises 100-ft statue of Tipu Sultan in Mysuru
Mysore: Karnataka Congress MLA Tanveer Sait on Thursday promised a 100 feet statue of Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna of Karnataka’s Mysuru. Sait, who was elected MLA from Narasimharaja constituency, said the statue…
- India
Hindutva outfit sprays cow urine to purify Idgah Maidan post-Tipu Jayanthi
Hubballi: A Hindu outfit has sprayed cow urine to purify Idgah Maidan in Karnataka’s Hubballi on Friday to cleanse grounds post-Tipu Jayanthi celebrations carried out here. This incident has raised a debate…
- India
‘Tipu Sultan was a barbarian’: BJP slams Owaisi over anniversary celebrations
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malaviya on Friday said that Tipu Sultan was a barbarian and not a freedom fighter, his statement comes a day after the All India Majlis-e-Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen observed…
- India
Karnataka BJP leader says Tipu’s struggle against British can’t be sidelined
Bengaluru: Amid threats from Hindu groups and the BJP government’s disinterest, Tipu Sultan Jayanti was celebrated in various parts of Karnataka on Thursday. Members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) celebrated…
- India
Tipu Sultan scared British then, now their slaves: Owaisi slams BJP
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the renaming of the train connecting Bengaluru and Mysuru from Tipu Express to Wodeyar Express and said…
- India
Well-known historian Sheik Ali passes away; leaves behind a sterling legacy
Mysuru: Renowned historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa Universities, Professor B. Sheik Ali has passed away on Thursday (September 1). He was 97. According to a report published in Bengaluru-based…
- Bangalore
Why communal passions now keep political kettle boiling in Karnataka
Bengaluru: For long known as the land of coffee, silk and sandalwood, Karnataka, in later years, became popular as the IT hub of India. In recent months, sadly, the state has been…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Row over BJP’s exclusion of Nehru in freedom fighters’ list
On August 14, Karnataka woke up to an advertisement splashed on the front page of a prominent newspaper featuring the ruling BJP-led state government congratulating its citizens on its 75th year of…
