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Tipu’s ghost and Trump’s jibes haunt a transatlantic Franco-American rift

TOI correspondent from Washington: In the hallowed halls of the White House and the Elysee Palace, the United States and France have managed to upgrade a centuries-old alliance into something far more contemporary: a full-blown, transatlantic group chat gone wrong.

The Times of India

What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

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Inscriptions in a temple submerged by Bhavanisagar dam reveal a trade route

Discover the submerged Sri Madhava Perumal Temple in Erode district, revealing a 1,000-year-old trade route and historical inscriptions.

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Surendran seeks to change name of Sulthan Bathery to Ganapathi Vattam

K. Surendran, BJP State president, vows to change Sulthan Bathery town's name to Ganapathi Vattam if elected.

The Hindu

The legacy of Tipu’s incursion into erstwhile Malabar becomes an election talking point in Wayanad

The Hindu

Once a source of drinking water, Mananchira is now precious part of city heritage

Mananchira, a historic pond in Kozhikode, now a heritage property protected from pollution, with water usage declining over time.

The Hindu

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: State to miss deadline for implementation of Kannada in signboards, and more

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Protest staged in Sirwar of Raichur district following desecration of Tipu Sultan portrait

Superintendent of Police Nikhil B. told The Hindu that an FIR has been registered. A team of police officers has been formed to arrest the culprits.

The Hindu

Why is there resistance to converting Kunigal Stud Farm into a township?

The proposal to develop an integrated township in place of the historic Kunigal Stud Farm has stirred a debate

The Hindu

Loot by Tania James review – imperialism through the eye of a tiger

James uses the pursuit of a plundered 18th-century artefact to examine the legacy of colonialism in a vivid novel that straddles continents

The Guardian - UK

Loot by Tania James review – the incredible tale of a toymaker’s tiger

An automaton and its maker journey from India to England in this cinematic novel of empire, colonialism and romance

The Guardian - UK

Malaikottai in Dindigul, a cauldron of rebellions for two millennia

Explore the Rockfort (Malaikottai) in Dindigul, a 900ft granite outcrop with a gory history & Jain beds, & witness the influence of Pandyan architecture.

The Hindu

BSY says Siddaramaiah has toned down posture on hijab ban after BJP’s criticism

Continuing the attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the hijab ban, former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Sunday said that the Chief Minister had gone back on his statement after the BJP attacked him

The Hindu

Hariprasad’s remarks ruffle BJP’s feathers in Karnataka

The BJP leaders launched a fresh round of tirade against the Congress, after MLC B. K. Hariprasad’s remarks that “those who term us (the Congress) as Tipu Sultan’s followers were bootlickers of the British” ruffled their feathers

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Multicultural harmony mela to be held on Dec. 1 in memory of Tipu’s birthday

Samana Manaskara Vedike to host Multicultural Harmony Mela 2023 in memory of Tipu Sultan on Dec 1 in Srirangapatna. Minister Cheluvarayaswamy, MLAs, MLC, Jnanaprakash Swamiji, Hazrath Mohammed Zuber, social workers, journalist Prakash to attend. Tipu's descendant Mansoor Ali Khan from Kolkata to participate. Programme to create awareness of region's history…

The Hindu

Tanveer Sait against resumption of Tipu Jayanti celebrations by Karnataka government

Tanveer Sait, Congress MLA, opposes move to resume Tipu Jayanthi celebrations in Karnataka. He offered floral tributes to Tipu Sultan's tomb & expressed disapproval of cutting cake/bursting crackers. He urged to pray for global peace & protect Tipu's real history from distortion.

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All 8 people who were trapped in a dangling cable car in Pakistan have been rescued

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of feet above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke. Army commandos rescued them after an hourslong operation.

The Independent UK

Pakistani rescuers try to free 6 children and 2 men from a cable car hundreds of feet in the air

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of feet above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke on Tuesday

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When a letter informing the British of Napoleon’s death reached Madras

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Bengaluru’s flower power: Early blossoming under Hyder and Tipu

Since the 18th century, Bengaluru became a haven for the elaborate baghs of Hyder and Tipu, influenced by the Persian and Indo-Persian Charbagh tradition

The Hindu

Ghosts of history joust for the soul of progressive Kolhapur amid the spectre of orchestrated communal clashes

“The attack was clearly pre-planned. The mob began targeting properties belonging to Muslim families…”

The Times of India

Man held in Navi Mumbai for using Aurangzeb's picture as social media profile

MUMBAI: An FIR was registered by Navi Mumbai police against a man for allegedly using Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's image as his Whatsapp profile picture after the issue was raised by a Hindu organisation, an official said on Sunday.

Dynamite News

Maharashtra: Illegal monument of Tipu Sultan removed from Dhule, days after clashes in Kolhapur

An allegedly illegally built monument of Tipu Sultan was removed from Maharashtra's Dhule, said police officials. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Internet services partially restored in Maharashtra's Kolhapur

Internet services have been partially resumed in Kolhapur in Maharashtra 2 days after tensions erupted over alleged objectionable social media status with reference to Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan

The Hindu

After Kolhapur, Maharashtra’s Beed tense now after social media post on Aurangzeb

A teenage boy’s alleged act of putting social media status message glorifying Mughal emperor Aurangzeb has triggered tension in Ashti town of Maharashtra’s Beed district

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