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Bullock cart races to resume soon at Kila Raipur Rural Olympics: Punjab minister

February 01, 2025 8:02 am

Bullock cart races, once the main attraction, were banned in 2014 following a Punjab and Haryana High Court order

A day on, 65-yr-old hit by racing bullock cart dies

April 17, 2024 8:49 pm

The deceased Vishnu Genba Bhome was a resident of Shind village in Pune's Bhor taluka.

Supreme Court upholds validity of amendments by states to carry on with bovine races

May 19, 2023 3:41 am

Satisfied that large part of pain-inflicting practices, as they prevailed, substantially diluted, says bench

Amended acts on bullock-cart race upheld by SC

May 18, 2023 10:43 pm

“In particular, we direct that the district magistrates/competent authorities shall be responsible for ensuring strict compliance of the law as amended along with rules/notifications,” the bench said.

Bullock-cart race: SC order validates Maharashtra govt report, says Fadnavis

May 18, 2023 7:00 pm

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Maharashtra government had submitted a report that established the ‘running ability of bullocks’.

Pune: Farmers protest cancellation of bullock cart races; Ajit Pawar points at Covid

January 01, 2022 9:38 pm

The alleged ‘last-minute’ cancellation of the bullock cart races irked participants and they staged a protest.

SC allows Maharashtra to conduct bullock cart races

December 16, 2021 2:39 pm

"If it is a traditional sport and going all across the country except Maharashtra, it does not appeal to common sense," Justices AM Khanwilar said.

‘Farmers attending, not Taliban’, says BJP leader over police presence to prevent banned Sangli bullock cart race

August 17, 2021 3:32 pm

Locally referred to as the “bailgadi shariyat” or “shankarpath”, bullock cart races were an annual feature in rural Maharashtra until the ban in 2014 when the Supreme Court observed that inflicting physical and psychological abuse on animals did not suit a civilised society.

Pune: 12 arrested after cops bust illegal bullock cart race in Katraj

July 18, 2021 11:58 pm

According to police, Bharti Vidyapeeth police station received information that a bullock cart race was being organised in an open space near a hillock in Gujarwadi area of Katraj.

Alandi: 3 booked for organising bullock cart race

November 25, 2019 5:00 am

An FIR in this regard has been registered at Alandi police station, according to which a bullock cart race was held in a forest area near Markal village on Saturday morning.

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