Jallikattu 2024: 12,000+ bulls, 4,500 bull tamers enlist to compete at 3-day mega festival in Tamil NaduJallikattu 2024: Madurai is abuzz as Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming spectacle, approaches amid Pongal festivities. State Minister ...
12 Jan, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
Bull taming sport 'Jallikattu' to begin on January 15 in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu is preparing for the traditional bull taming sport 'Jallikattu', which is celebrated as part of Pongal celebrations. The event w...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
Tamil Nadu: 'Jallikattu 2023' event beings in Madurai's AvaniyapuramPongal's main custom 'Jallikattu event' also known as 'Eru Thazhuvuthal' and 'Mancuvirattu' started in full swing in three villages of Tami...
15 Jan, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
Jallikattu turns the spotlight on MaduraiAs the bulls rushed from the 'vaadivasal' (entry point), a number of youth swarmed around them hoping to clasp their arms around the animal...
14 Jan, 2022, 02.07 PM IST
In India, a bull-fighting sport Jallikattu played by over 2000 bulls and 730 bull catchers left 71 injured — and it has just begun16 Jan, 2020, 09.20 AM IST
Madurai bull tamers get Rs 2 lakh insurance cover at Rs 12 premiumIn what seems to be a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Madurai district administration on Sunday announced a compulsory insurance scheme f...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Protests force CM to leave without inaugurating jallikattuAt Alanganallur several sections of agitators declined to hold the sport. They blocked the ways to the entry and exit points of the sprawli...
22 Jan, 2017, 03.45 PM IST
Alanganallur jallikattu will be held as per people's wish: CMThe chief minister said the ordinance will be replaced by a law after bringing in a bill in the Assembly session, beginning at Chennai tomo...
22 Jan, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
Jallikattu: Red flag over Tamil Nadu but what the fight really is for?28-year-old who was protesting against the ban on jallikkattu and another who believes that the protesters were misled, explain their respe...
22 Jan, 2017, 11.28 AM IST
Ready to hold jallikattu at Alanganallur: OfficialsDistrict Collector K Veera Raghava Rao said everything is ready and they are waiting for the green signal from the government.
21 Jan, 2017, 05.15 PM IST
Journey of jallikattu: From a local event to Tamil totemWhat got jallikattu into national headlines was when a few thousand protesters arrived at Marina Beach in Chennai.
21 Jan, 2017, 07.27 AM IST
Jallikattu supporters continue protests in TN, many detainedThe die-hard supporters of the sport along with major political parties in the state have been demanding an ordinance for conducting Jallik...
15 Jan, 2017, 12.34 PM IST
Pongal celebrated; Jallikattu ban, drought dampens spiritHowever, protests over banning of bull taming sport Jallikattu dampened the festive spirit in Madurai and the drought situation in Cauvery ...
14 Jan, 2017, 07.17 PM IST
Jallikattu supporters hold agitations, 149 heldThe die-hard supporters of the sport along with political parties in the state have been demanding an ordinance for conducting Jallikattu a...
14 Jan, 2017, 05.59 PM IST
DMK to hold state-wide protest against ban on JallikattuThe Opposition party DMK blamed the Centre and the state government for the development and announced a state-wide stir.
13 Jan, 2017, 12.40 AM IST
Supreme Court stay on Jallikattu sparks protests; Centre assures actionHours after SC stayed the Centre's notification lifting ban on Jallikattu, its proponents staged protests in parts of southern Tamil Nadu w...
13 Jan, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Jayalalithaa thanks PM Narendra Modi on jallikattu decision; Celebrations mark Tamil NaduThe Centre's notification allowing jallikattu in Tamil Nadu was today welcomed by political leaders as well as organisers and other stakeho...
08 Jan, 2016, 09.30 PM IST