PUDUKOTTAI: A 55-year old person, R. Rangarajan of Keezhamuthukaadu village, who was admitted to the Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital after being injured at the
Tiruchy,
NEARLY 160 persons were injured in a jallikattu held at Narthamalai in Pudukkottai district on Sunday. Ten police personnel, including Balasubramanian, DIG of Tiruchy range and two policewomen were injured in a clash between the police and the spectators and a lathi-charge that followed to control the crowd.
Mumbai Lands in police net after duping woman of Rs 2.8 lakh
The Shivaji Park police arrested a 38-year-old tantrik who duped a 30-year-old unmarried woman of Rs 2.8 lakh. According to the police, the tantrik fooled her into believing that sacrificing a rhino would help her find a match.
Sivadas Varma
KOCHI: After the death of Chalakkal Mohanan, another young tusker, Gajendran awaits death due to prolonged starvation. The tusker who attacked its first mahout, now under treatment, was abandoned by the other mahouts in a compound near Kumbalam.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today held a mock funeral procession at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the barbaric marketing strategies of cosmetic players and relentless brutality endured on innocent animals, whose fates are sealed once they enter the cosmetic-testing labs.
The State Health Department, in coordination with the HR and CE Department, is reported to be in the process of laying guidelines to be followed while offering animal sacrifice in temples (
Norway has long tried to portray itself as one of the most environmentally responsible states. But it has consistently refused to support the moratorium against commercial whaling. This article offers a cultural explanation for this seeming contradiction, by examining the way the global antiwhaling movement framed the issue and the Norwegian environmental organizations reframed it.
