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Kerala Protestors Throw Stones At Truck For Defying Strike. Cleaner Dies
A cleaner, Mubarak Badshah, was killed and the driver injured when stones were hurled at a truck from Tamil Nadu near Kanjikode in Palakkad district early today, police said.
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Anti-Sterlite Protest: DMK, Allies Call Dawn-To-Dusk Bandh On May 25
The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25, condemning the police action against protestors in Tuticorin, in which 11 people lost their lives in the last two days.
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Jallikattu: Marina Beach, Apolitical, Peaceful Zone So Far, Sees Arson And Violence
The nearly week-long protest of thousands at Chennai's Marina Beach was remarkable not just because of its monumental scale -very often, the head count touched 15,000, according to the police - but also because of the determination of its young leaders to keep it apolitical and peaceful.
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Protesters Refuse To Accept Ordinance On Jallikattu, Demand Permanent Solution
Protestors who have been camping in Chennai's Marina beach against ban on Jallikattu have rejected the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to facilitate Jallikattu, demanding a permanent solution to the bull-taming sport.
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President To Approve Order Allowing Jallikattu, PM Narendra Modi Tweets In Support: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all efforts are being made to fulfil the cultural aspirations of Tamil people, a day after an executive order or ordinance by the state, which allows the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, was cleared by the centre. It has been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors, gathe...
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Order Allowing Jallikattu Moves Up The Ranks To The President: 10 Facts
Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...
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Amid Jallikattu Protests, Supreme Court Agrees To Delay Verdict: 10 Facts
The Supreme Court has agreed that for the next seven days, it will not rule on whether to lift a ban on Jallikattu, as requested by the union government. With more than 10,000 protestors holding unflagging but peaceful demonstrations at Chennai's Marina Beach in support of the bull-taming sport, judges were told that a verdict, due today, could cre...
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British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade stopped by Tamil protestors in Jaffna
British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade was stopped today by Tamil protestors in Sri Lanka's Jaffna, a district which bore the main brunt of the country's ethnic conflict in 2009. 40,000 Tamil civilians were allegedly killed in the final days of the ethnic violence. At Jaffna's Kannagi camp for about 500 people yet to be resettled after t...
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Kudankulam stir: Tamil Nadu seeks week to gather details of cases
The Tamil Nadu government has sought one week's time from the Madras High Court to gather details of the cases filed against the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protestors, said an advocate who had filed a PIL on the issue.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa prays at Tirupati temple, returns to Colombo
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Colombo on Saturday after praying at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati.
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Kerala Protestors Throw Stones At Truck For Defying Strike. Cleaner Dies
A cleaner, Mubarak Badshah, was killed and the driver injured when stones were hurled at a truck from Tamil Nadu near Kanjikode in Palakkad district early today, police said.
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Anti-Sterlite Protest: DMK, Allies Call Dawn-To-Dusk Bandh On May 25
The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25, condemning the police action against protestors in Tuticorin, in which 11 people lost their lives in the last two days.
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Jallikattu: Marina Beach, Apolitical, Peaceful Zone So Far, Sees Arson And Violence
The nearly week-long protest of thousands at Chennai's Marina Beach was remarkable not just because of its monumental scale -very often, the head count touched 15,000, according to the police - but also because of the determination of its young leaders to keep it apolitical and peaceful.
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Protesters Refuse To Accept Ordinance On Jallikattu, Demand Permanent Solution
Protestors who have been camping in Chennai's Marina beach against ban on Jallikattu have rejected the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to facilitate Jallikattu, demanding a permanent solution to the bull-taming sport.
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President To Approve Order Allowing Jallikattu, PM Narendra Modi Tweets In Support: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all efforts are being made to fulfil the cultural aspirations of Tamil people, a day after an executive order or ordinance by the state, which allows the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, was cleared by the centre. It has been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors, gathe...
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Order Allowing Jallikattu Moves Up The Ranks To The President: 10 Facts
Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...
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Amid Jallikattu Protests, Supreme Court Agrees To Delay Verdict: 10 Facts
The Supreme Court has agreed that for the next seven days, it will not rule on whether to lift a ban on Jallikattu, as requested by the union government. With more than 10,000 protestors holding unflagging but peaceful demonstrations at Chennai's Marina Beach in support of the bull-taming sport, judges were told that a verdict, due today, could cre...
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British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade stopped by Tamil protestors in Jaffna
British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade was stopped today by Tamil protestors in Sri Lanka's Jaffna, a district which bore the main brunt of the country's ethnic conflict in 2009. 40,000 Tamil civilians were allegedly killed in the final days of the ethnic violence. At Jaffna's Kannagi camp for about 500 people yet to be resettled after t...
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Kudankulam stir: Tamil Nadu seeks week to gather details of cases
The Tamil Nadu government has sought one week's time from the Madras High Court to gather details of the cases filed against the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protestors, said an advocate who had filed a PIL on the issue.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa prays at Tirupati temple, returns to Colombo
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Colombo on Saturday after praying at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati.
