NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Protests by thousands of people demanding the resumption of a traditional Indian bull-taming festival have disrupted daily life across the southern state of Tamil Nadu, forcing its leader to urge intervention by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. No one has the right to stop a sporting activity," said Kanimozhi Subramanian, 23, a university student spearheading youth protests. The state's chief minister, O. Panneerselvam, flew to the capital New Delhi to ask Modi to issue an ordinance allowing the festival this year. The reference was to a final ruling awaited from India's highest court on a 2016 federal measure that permitted the rite. More than 1,200 spectators have been injured at such events between 2010 and 2014, says animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Source: The Star January 19, 2017 09:18 UTC