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KAMBALA NEWS

Panel to inspect effect of kambala race on zoo animals: state govt informs Karnataka HC

November 21, 2024 11:04 pm

The PETA PIL relating to the kambala race will be heard next on December 4

Karnataka govt begins submissions against PIL seeking to restrict kambala bullock race to 2 districts

October 24, 2024 8:20 pm

In the PIL, PETA has requested that the Karnataka government be restrained from giving permission to hold bullock races outside the two districts and also be directed to enforce provisions of the amended Animals Act as well as Supreme Court directions in any further race.

Kambala comes to Bengaluru: How buffalo race's popularity outran bans

November 28, 2023 6:48 am

Kambala has in the past been banned by the Supreme Court, but the Karnataka government, keeping its popularity in mind, amended legislation to allow the races to go on.

Bengaluru News Highlights: Metro services between Yeshwanthpur and Sampige Road on Green line resumes

October 04, 2023 8:49 am

Bengaluru News Highlights: Services on the Green line was disrupted due to technical glitches in Rajajinagar metro station.

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

Srinivas Gowda sets new record in Kambala racing

March 21, 2021 10:52 pm

Gowda covered the 125 metre-long Kambala track in 11.21 seconds. On calculating the speed versus distance, he covered 100 metres in just 8.96 seconds and broke his own previous records, the organisers said.

Kambala jockey Nishant Shetty said to have 'beaten' Srinivasa Gowda's 'record'

February 18, 2020 4:15 pm

Shetty covered 143m in 13.68 seconds, reportedly at the Soorya-Chandra Jodukare Kambala at Venoor, which would mean he was 0.04 seconds faster than Gowda over 100 metres.

Comparing kambala racer Srinivasa Gowda with Usain Bolt is unfair to both

February 18, 2020 10:08 am

The notion that India is only 100m away from an Olympic sprint gold medal is insulting the dash and the challenges it represents for the athletes.

'Faster than Bolt' Kambala jockey says he won't go for athletics trials

February 18, 2020 10:04 pm

Srinivasa Gowda, the Kambala jockey who was pushed to instant stardom last week, says he will not take part in the SAI trials the government has invited him for and that he will focus on his own sport instead.

Supreme Court refuses interim stay on Kambala

February 13, 2018 2:36 am

To pave the way for the festival, the state cabinet had on January 28 last year decided to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, (Central Act 59 of 1960), which was enacted to prevent infliction of unnecessary cruelty and suffering on animals.

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A race like no other: The story of Kambala

March 09, 2020 5:00 pm

A centuries-old tradition of buffalo racing in coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala, kambala has new ambitions and a shining new mascot in Srinivasa 'Bolt' Gowda.

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