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Punjab assembly passes animal welfare bill to resume bullock cart racing. ‘Not cruelty,’ says CM Mann

Chandigarh: The Punjab assembly Friday unanimously passed the 'The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2025' to facilitate the resumption of bullock...

DMK marks Kalaignar’s centenary celebrations with opening of Tamil Nadu’s 1st Jallikattu stadium

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin inaugurated Jallikattu stadium located in Keelakarai village near Madurai’s Alanganallur. Stadium was built at an estimated cost of Rs 62.77 crore.

Our take on Jallikattu matter, Kerala ordinance, Sameer Wankhede episode—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Toxic masculinity’ vs ‘tradition’ — Why Tamil Nadu’s bull-taming sport jallikattu is controversial

A Constitution bench of Supreme Court Thursday upheld the Tamil Nadu law allowing the bull-taming sport jallikattu, stating that it does not go contrary to constitutional provisions.

‘Won’t disrupt legislature view’: Supreme Court upholds bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’

The order came on a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra’s laws allowing the bull-taming sport and bullock cart races.

SC reserves judgment on pleas to strike down Tamil Nadu law protecting Jallikattu

In its detailed report before the SC, PETA India said at least 23 bulls & 86 humans have died ever since Jallikattu was legalised by the Tamil Nadu government in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi to attend Jallikattu in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, 10 yrs after Congress banned it

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be a spectator at a bull-taming event in Madurai Thursday in what will be his first visit to the poll-bound state this year.

Animal welfare body pulls up Tamil Nadu govt for ‘death’ of bulls during Jallikattu

Animal Welfare Board of India has sent a letter to Tamil Nadu govt, asking it to furnish comments/views of Jallikattu inspection report at the earliest.

Jallikattu begins today — the ‘barbaric sport’ that celebrates hard-working Tamil farmer

As thousands of bulls are readied for jallikattu once again, ThePrint revisits the debate around the barbaric ‘bull-taming’ sport.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.