BJP targets Siddaramaiah for "Muslim area" remarks, calls it "Jihadi mindset""Siddaramaiah seems to be in a confusion, does Muslim residential areas belong to Pakistan? It is part of India....Savarkar fought for the ...
17 Aug, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
Dropping Pandit Nehru's image in govt advertisement deliberate: BJP MLC RavikumarSpeaking to the reporters, Ravikumar said, "Dropping Nehru's image in the advertisement was deliberate. Gandhiji had said that Congress sho...
15 Aug, 2022, 02.11 PM IST
32-ft-long mural of Haider Ali & Tipu Sultan fetches $830K at London auction, but Indian rulers have a complicated legacyThe mural, made in the early 19th century, consists of 10 large sheets mounted on canvas.
31 Mar, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
Karnataka to remove textbooks of Tipu Sultan"We are not going to allow anything about Tipu in textbooks," CM Yediyurappa said in response to a question at the meet.
31 Oct, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversaryKhan took to Twitter to express his admiration for the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom also known as the Tiger of Mysore.
05 May, 2019, 01.34 PM IST
Karnataka minister pitches for renaming Haj Bhavan after Tipu Sultan, stokes controversyKhan said that during a recent review meeting of the Haj committee, officials told him there were several requests to change the name of th...
22 Jun, 2018, 09.18 PM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind hails Tipu Sultan, sparks war of words between Congress and BJPThe celebrations have been opposed tooth and nail by the BJP which sees Tipu Sultan as a "religious bigot" and a "brutal killer".
26 Oct, 2017, 11.18 AM IST
Tipu a monarch, not freedom fighter, observes Karnataka HCJustice Mukherjee also questioned the logic behind celebrating Tipu Jayanti amid fears of communal tension escalating in Kodagu district.
02 Nov, 2016, 07.22 PM IST
Digging up history of Tipu Sultan and other monarchs a bad ideaIn the simplistic binary narratives anyone who was speaking a different language, wearing a different dress and professing a different fait...
15 Nov, 2015, 04.13 AM IST
Intolerance linked to PM Modi: Girish KarnadKarnad denied he had demanded renaming of the Bengaluru airport and strongly believes there can't be any civilized debate on Tipu Sultan be...
13 Nov, 2015, 09.10 AM IST
Girish Karnad gets death threat for Tipu Sultan comment, says sorryKarnad has been threatened he would meet the same end as murdered writer MM Kalburgi for demanding renaming of the Kempegowda International...
12 Nov, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
Girish Karnad says Tipu Sultan support is no insult to KempegowdaHe said If Tipu had not been a Muslim, but a Hindu, he would have been honoured just like Shivaji has been, with the airport in Mumbai name...
12 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Violence erupts after BJP protest against Tipu Sultan event; VHP worker deadA VHP supporter died when he fell off a boundary wall while trying to escape, after BJP cadre protested against Tipu's birth anniversary ce...
11 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
BJP attacks Karnataka govt over death of VHP leaderBJP today lashed out at Karnataka government over the death of a VHP leader in a violence during Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary celebratio...
10 Nov, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
Karnataka government to celebrate Tipu Sultan’s birthday; CM Siddaramaiah invites all BJP leadersThe Tipu Sultan float by the Karnataka government in the Republic Day this year had provoked protests against the Siddaramaiah government.
10 Nov, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
BJP to boycott Tipu Sultan birth anniversary celebrationsThe Opposition BJP has announced the boycott of Karnataka government's birth anniversary celebrations of the 18th century legendary king Ti...
09 Nov, 2015, 06.14 PM IST
Karnataka to celebrate Tipu Sultan's birthday, BJP protestsThe Congress-led Karnataka government has said it will celebrate as a state event the birthday of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century warrior kin...
23 Dec, 2014, 11.38 AM IST