Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Minister

In a dramatic incident that was caught on camera, the personal assistant of a Tamil Nadu minister was kidnapped by a gang of four men from the latter's office in Tiruppur district today, police said. He was released within hours after the kidnapping, around 8km away from Animal Husbandry Minister Udumalai Radhakrishnan's office, they said.

After reports of birds testing positive for avian influenza AH5N8 emerged in States, including neighbouring Kerala, Tamil Nadu Minister for Animal Husbandry B Balakrishna Reddy today directed officials to take immediate steps to prevent its outbreak in the State.

Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Minister P Balakrishna Reddy on Friday said the state government was making all-out efforts to resume the banned bull taming sport of 'jallikattu'.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today sacked Animal Husbandry Minister TKM Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C Vijayabaskar from their party posts.

With the High Court not granting blanket permission to conduct the famous bull-taming festival Jallikattu, the events were conducted in 18 villages since February by organisers after filing separate writ petitions, the Government said. The Madurai bench of Madras High Court had, on January 30 2012, said that the organisers of individual events woul...

In a dramatic incident that was caught on camera, the personal assistant of a Tamil Nadu minister was kidnapped by a gang of four men from the latter's office in Tiruppur district today, police said. He was released within hours after the kidnapping, around 8km away from Animal Husbandry Minister Udumalai Radhakrishnan's office, they said.

After reports of birds testing positive for avian influenza AH5N8 emerged in States, including neighbouring Kerala, Tamil Nadu Minister for Animal Husbandry B Balakrishna Reddy today directed officials to take immediate steps to prevent its outbreak in the State.

Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Minister P Balakrishna Reddy on Friday said the state government was making all-out efforts to resume the banned bull taming sport of 'jallikattu'.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today sacked Animal Husbandry Minister TKM Chinnayya and relieved him and Health Minister C Vijayabaskar from their party posts.

With the High Court not granting blanket permission to conduct the famous bull-taming festival Jallikattu, the events were conducted in 18 villages since February by organisers after filing separate writ petitions, the Government said. The Madurai bench of Madras High Court had, on January 30 2012, said that the organisers of individual events woul...