DESPITE SC BAN, JALLIKATTU EVENTS HELD IN MADURAI

CHENNAI: Despite a ban by Supreme Court on Jallikattu, the traditional sport was played in some parts of Tamil Nadu as part of Pongal celebrations. At least four places in Madurai district organised demonstrations supporting the ritual on Saturday. A significant number of police personnel had been deployed across the state to ensure protests remained peaceful even as police resorted to a lathi charge to disperse a crowd in Avaniyapuram, one of the places which traditionally holds the bull-taming sport. Nonetheless, they were unable to deter Jallikattu supporters from going ahead. LJP president Paswan discharged from hospital PATNA: Union minister and LJP president Ramvilas Paswan, who was admitted to the ICU of a city hospital after he complained of breathlessness, was discharged on Saturday. “Paswan was discharged after he recovered fully,” said Pramod Kumar, head of Cardiology unit of PARAS HMRI hospital, where the minister was admitted. Polling official traced in Odisha after 12 hours MAL KAN GI RI( ODIS HA ): Six persons, including five polling officials, who had gone missing in Maoist-hit Malkangiri district, have been traced after remaining incommunicado for around 12 hours and are safe, police said on Saturday. The polling officials had left their offices and remained incommunicado on Friday after being told by locals that Maoists, who had asked people to stay away from the ensuing Panchayat polls, might attack them, Rahul PR, sub-divisional police officer of Chitrakonda said. Panel formed to look into sharing of Krishna waters NEW DELHI: The ministry of water resources has reconstituted a committee to address issues related to the management of the waters of Krishna River between warring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The committee, headed by former Central Water Commission (CWC) chairman AK Bajaj, will suggest mechanism to facilitate effective functioning of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) in light of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, according to an order dated January 9 issued by the ministry. Telangana minister’s car hits bike, teen killed HYDERABAD: A 15-year-old boy was killed and his father was seriously injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a speeding car belonging to Telangana endowments minister A Indrakaran Reddy at Nirmal in Adilabad district. According to Nirmal police, the incident happened when Raju, the driver of the car, was returning after he dropped the minister and his family at an Ayyappa temple