Tipu Sultan
- 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…
- World
Tipu Sultan’s bedchamber sword creates new auction record in UK
London: A fabled sword found in the private bedchamber of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan has broken all auction records for an Indian object for Bonhams in London by fetching over…
- Entertainment
Days before Karnataka polls, ‘Tipu’ film announced; to show ‘dark side’ of Mysuru sultan
Mumbai: Days before the Karnataka Assembly polls, where the name of Tipu Sultan keeps getting invoked by his right-wing critics, the makers of ‘Tipu’, the film, have announced that their feature will…
- Opinions
Did Uri, Nanje Gowda Kill Tipu Sultan?
By Anuj Rayate The current era is marked by some great stories, which are brought to us by the means of cinema, TV, or OTT platforms. The over-sensitization of information, especially the…
- India
Demonising Tipu: Vokkaliga pontiff pours cold water over BJP’s attempt
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka has made significant electoral gains by opposing erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, but its most recent campaign fell flat after a strong rebuke by the Vokkaliga…
- Politics
Congress slams BJP for ‘cooking up’ new history over Tipu’s death
Belagavi: Karnataka Congress on Monday came down heavily on ruling BJP leaders for “creating new historical characters Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda ” and allegedly propagating that they killed erstwhile Mysuru ruler…
- India
Karnataka: Banner with false narrative of Tipu Sultan’s death to welcome Modi; removed
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered Mandya district with flower petals showered by the public on Sunday, a banner flex welcoming him with fictional characters – Uri Gowda and Dodda Nanje Gowda…
- India
Tipu Sultan razed temple to build Jama Masjid, claims Karnataka BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary C T Ravi claimed that the Jama Masjid in Srirangapatnam town of Mandya district, Karnataka is built over an ancient Anjanaya (Hanuman) temple, which was ‘razed…
- India
Savarkar or Tipu? Karnataka district tensed over choosing name for junction
Yadgir: Tension gripped Yadgir city of the state after a row broke out over the naming of a junction after the 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan or BJP’s iconic figure Veer Savarkar.…
- Bangalore
If you have capacity, finish me off, Siddaramaiah dares ruling BJP
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Tuesday challenged the BJP government to finish him off if they have the capacity. “I am ready to face any consequences. It is not so…
- India
Karnataka min invoking Tipu while targeting Siddaramaiah sparks row
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused Karnataka Minister C N Ashwath Narayan of trying to ‘instigate’ people to kill him as he took exception to the latter’s statement that he…
- India
Kill Tipu Sultan’s followers or chase them out: Karnataka BJP chief
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nalin Kumar Kateel asked the public on Wednesday to “kill” all “ardent followers” of Tipu Sultan, the 18th Century ruler of Mysore. Kateel further said that…
- Bangalore
Tipu Sultan’s descendents to take legal action against politicos
Amid the political drama and mudslinging of Mysuru’s Tipu Sultan, (who ruled the region between 1782-1799) between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in Karnataka owing to the upcoming assembly elections,…
- Bangalore
Congress, JD(S) supporters of Tipu, Karnataka safe only under BJP, says Amit Shah
Dakshina Kannada: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and the JD(S), stating that both the opposition parties in Karnataka are supporters of Tipu Sultan…
