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Tipu Sultan, British both invaded India: Union Min Giriraj Singh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said likened Mysore ruler with the British, citing they were invaders.
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Tipu Sultan died 'heroic death fighting British': President Kovind
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 25 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday lauded erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, saying he died a heroic death fighting the British.
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Tipu Sultan's descendant urges for legal action against Hegde for making d
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 23 (ANI): Descendant of Tipu Sultan, Sahabzada Mansoor Ali Tipu, on Monday urged for a legal action against Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anant Kumar Hegde for his alleged "derogatory" comments against the 18th century Mysore ruler.
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Mangalorean Christians, Kannadigas are opposed to Tipu Jayanti, claims BJP
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of celebrating Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary just for 'vote bank politics' and said that the people of 'Coorg, Mangalorean Christians and the Kannadigas
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'Won't let Barkati perform namaz', say protestors in Kolkat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): Chaos prevailed outside was here on Friday the Tipu Sultan Masjid when a group of men said that they won't allow Imam Syed Noor-ur-Rehman Barkati perform the namaz.
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Imam Barkati attacked in mosque, claims RSS involvement
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): After being sacked from the position of the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Imam Barkati on Friday was allegedly attacked by one of the protesters demanding the former to vacate the masjid premises.
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Cong hails Barkati's removal as Shahi Imam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Backing the removal of Maulana Noor-ur-Rehman Barkati from the post of Shahi Imam of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, the Congress on Thursday accused the former of 'politics of polarisation' and said that he doesn't deserve to be called Imam
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Barkati doesn't deserve to live in India: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Welcoming the sacking of Maulana Noor-ur-Rehman Barkati from the post of Shahi Imam of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said such people who speak anti-India statements should be thrown out of the co
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Sacked Barkati refuses to step down from Imam's post
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): After being axed from Tipu Sultan Masjid, Noor-ur Rahman Barkati on Wednesday castigated the trustees of the mosque and warned of serious consequences if the order is not revoked.
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Barkati sacked as Tipu Sultan mosque's Imam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Maulana Nurur Rehman Barkati was on Wednesday sacked as the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque for "objectionable and inflammatory remarks against the country".
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War of words sparks off between Barkati and WB minister over red beacon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati on Sunday came down heavily on West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury for refusing to remove red beacon from his car.
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind stages protests outside Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
(Kolkata) West Bengal [India], May 13 (ANI): Activists of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday staged a protest outside the Tipu Sultan Masjid here against Maulana Nurur Rehman Imam Barkati.
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