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The British saw the Mysore Kingdom of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali as a significant obstacle to the British Empire in India. The British lost the first three Anglo-Mysore wars before defeating Tipu in the fourth war. The British allies were the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Peshwas. Cutting to the present, the BJP's battle against Tipu is limited: it is about the Karnataka elections. The attack on Tipu is a not-so-thinly veiled attack on the Muslims. Since it is difficult to make heroes out of the British while vilifying Tipu, two Gowdas who allegedly fought against Tipu and killed him, had to be invented. Tipu has to be defeated by Gowdas and not by the British. That this incident figures in no history book or in any account of the4th Anglo-Mysore War matters little to the social media warriors of the BJP; and certainly not when what is at stake is winning elections in Karnataka.

Noida: Veteran pro Shamim Khan weathered the windy conditions and card four-under 68 to take the third-round lead at the Rs. 1 crore Delhi-NCR Open at the Noida Golf Course here on Thursday.

The latest offensive by Keir Starmer and those around him to marginalise the left in the Labour Party has captured media headlines, and of course, the full approval of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times.

The recent dissolution of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party of Myanmar, has raised concerns about the country's political stability and the ongoing conflict in the country. Myanmar, a neighbouring country of India, has long been a focus of attention for India due to its strategic location, shared borders, and economic ties. India's stance on the developments in Myanmar and its potential impact on India's interests is an important consideration. So far, India has not condemned the Myanmar military government's decision to dissolve NLD.

For the first time we face the challenges against whatever we have held sacred till now. Our Constitutional values, our composite culture rooted deep in the society with all its beauty and love, our economy built democratically with a strong public sector, with rights to live, work and express ourselves freely and then finally the right to chose our government. Today, people’s elected representatives are not allowed to function. Bills in Parliament are passed without debate. Efforts are made to mute the Opposition.

Deletion of portions pertaining to aftermath of assassination of Mahatma Gandhi from class 12 students curriculum of their political science texts goes against the spirit of argumentative democracy of the nation. The chop and change of National Education Policy (NEP) goes against its promise to throw open windows and not to bang them close.

Politics is dirty business. A lot of dust and dirt sticks to politicians. BJP Telangana unit Chief Bandi Sanjay will testify. Bandi Sanjay was dragged on a road by uniformed police officers and taken into custody, yet another "casualty" of the ongoing war between Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the world’s single largest political entity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.

Thousands of workers and peasants participated in a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on April 5 voicing their anger against the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi Government and resolving to fight them unitedly. The rally was jointly organize by the CITU, All India Kisan Sabha and All India Agricultural Workers Union.

The communal riots that shook Bihar and Bengal for three consecutive days in the wake of Ram Navami celebrations have been the part of the saffron conspiracy with three distinct motives, to destabilise the states governments of the two states, terrorise the Muslims and smash their trappings for economic elevation and empowerment.

The violence and clashes that erupted in various places during Ram Navami observance on March 30 was an event foretold. Over the years, the Hindutva forces have shaped the Ram Navami processions into an instrument for aggression and attacks on Muslims. Last year, in 2022, the Ram Navami processions led to widespread attacks and clashes in Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Jharkhand and in Shibpur area of Howrah, West Bengal.