Jallikattu news

Day after Tamil Nadu legalizes Jallikattu, life is back to normal in Chennai

Triplicane is near Marina Beach and its streets saw pitched battle on Monday between police and the protesters.

Jan 24, 2017, 10:34 AM IST

Jallikattu stir: As it happened on Monday

Violence broke out on Sunday in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu.

Jan 23, 2017, 21:52 PM IST

Jallikattu stir: Madras HC declines to hear matter on police action on students

The Madras High Court on Monday declined to hear a matter raised in open court about police action on pro-Jallikattu protesters at Marina Beach, epicentre of the stir for the past one week.

Jan 23, 2017, 13:01 PM IST

Making a case for Jallikattu

Bulls used for Jallikattu are treated much like prize boxers -- with supplemented diets and adequate care to ensure they are strong for many years.

Jan 23, 2017, 08:25 AM IST

Two dead, 28 injured during Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu's Pudukottai district

Jallikattu protests are still on. Madurai locals are furious against temporary solution (Ordinance). Here are all the LIVE updates:- 

Jan 22, 2017, 21:41 PM IST

Jallikattu row: Centre clears Tamil Nadu government's ordinance

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet is expected to meet on Saturday morning to clear the ordinance and recommend it to the Governor Vidyasagar Rao for promulgation.

Jan 21, 2017, 00:18 AM IST

Tamil Nadu can make law to treat Jallikattu as traditional sport: Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

As protests demanding Jallikattu swelled on the streets of Tamil Nadu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Thursday said the state government has the power to enact a law to treat Jallikattu as a traditional sport, but cautioned that the animals should not be harmed or cruelly treated during such events.

Jan 19, 2017, 21:44 PM IST

PETA may take legal route if Centre brings ordinance on Jallikattu

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India on Thursday said it may take the legal route if the Centre brings an ordinance to enable the conduct of Jallikattu or continue its campaign to create awareness against the holding of the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu.

Jan 19, 2017, 18:13 PM IST

Jallikattu stir intensifies as thousands continue protest at Chennai's Marina Beach; Tamil Nadu CM to meet PM Modi on Thursday

The Supreme Court in May 2014 banned Jallikattu, saying that bulls cannot be used as performing animals either for Jallikattu events or for bullock-cart races.

Jan 18, 2017, 23:56 PM IST

Social media comes in handy in coordinating Jallikattu stir

Social media appeared to have played a key role in bringing together thousands of pro-Jallikattu protesters to the sprawling Marina Beach here and other parts of Tamil Nadu, with updates on the ongoing students' spontaneous stir and messages flooding the platform.

Jan 18, 2017, 23:28 PM IST

Jallikattu protests spread across Tamil Nadu: Know what happened today

Thousands of students on Wednesday gathered on the sands of Marina in Chennai as protests demanding lifting of the ban on bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' snowballed across Tamil Nadu.

Jan 18, 2017, 22:41 PM IST

Resolution in support of Jallikattu, legal action against PETA: AIADMK

Amidst protests across Tamil Nadu for permission to conduct jallikattu, ruling AIADMK on Wednesday said a resolution would be adopted in the coming session of the state assembly seeking the lifting of the ban on the bull taming sport.

Jan 18, 2017, 21:48 PM IST

Jayalalithaa pays tributes to MGR on his 99th birth anniversary

Rich tributes were paid to AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister MG Ramachandran in Chennai by party supremo J Jayalalithaa and senior party leaders on his 99th birth anniversary on Sunday.

Jan 17, 2016, 14:47 PM IST

Dhanush rejects association with PETA, gives his support to Jallikattu

Popular actor Dhanush on Saturday said he endorses the ancient bull taming sport Jallikattu.

Jan 16, 2016, 14:56 PM IST

Jallikattu protests intensify in Tamil Nadu

Supporters of Jallikattu continued to stage protests in several parts of Madurai, demanding that the ban imposed on the traditional sport be removed.

Jan 14, 2016, 12:09 PM IST