Tamil Nadu: TV reporter stabbed by drug peddlers in Madurai

A 50-year-old Tamil TV channel reporter was allegedly stabbed and seriously injured by a gang of drug peddlers in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on Sunday, police said. Chandran, a reporter with Polimer TV, was attacked by four persons when he was buying milk at a grocery store near his house in P and T nagar this morning.

Bull-taming tradition resumes in southern Indian state

In the darkness just before dawn, the southern Indian town buzzed with excitement and energy as revelers began arriving for the spectacle of Jallikattu, the region’s version of running with the bulls. The deeply held religious ritual had been banned in Tamil Nadu for two years after India’s Supreme Court found it cruel.

Jallikattu protesters keep up pressure, government mulls options14 min ago

Chennai/New Delhi, Jan 19: Protests demanding jallikattu swelled on the streets of Tamil Nadu after agitators rejected statements by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and the state braced for a shutdown tomorrow. Late night reports indicated that the state government could consider promulgating an ordinance to ensure holding of jallikattu or convene the Assembly for adopting a resolution in its favour.