Tipu Sultan
- 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: 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
‘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
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
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…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Tipu flex controversy: 7 booked, 4 accused held
The Bangalore police registered an FIR against seven right-wing Hindutva workers and arrested four including Puneet Kerehalli who tore down the hoardings of Tipu Sultan in Hudson Circle accusing him of not…
- Andhra Pradesh
Row over Tipu Sultan resurfaces in Andhra town
Amaravati: The Tipu Sultan controversy has resurfaced in Proddatur town in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district. Unidentified person wrote ‘Tipu Sultan Centre’ on a divider on Jinnah Road Centre, once again bringing to…