Railway station authorities launch drive to control bulls' menace

Varanasi: The increasing frequency of attacks by some rogue bulls in Varanasi has forced the temple town's Railway authorities to remove them from the Railway station premises.

The authorities have received a number of complaints by visitors to the railway station about the bulls' nuisance. Read More................Varanasi railway station authorities launch drive to control bulls' menace

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Man unleashes fighter bull on policemen

KOLLAM (KERALA): It looks like the police in Kerala will have to add the skill of bull-fighting to their repertoire. For a four-member team of Kerala police, a mission to nab an elusive criminal here turned out to be an impromptu 'jallikattu' as the accused let loose his fighting bull against them in a bid to escape. Read more..............................Wanted man unleashes fighter bull on policemen

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Cow-Bull Wedding

In Rajasthan state of India it was a wedding complete with chanting of hymns, rituals, music, sweets and many guests - only it wasn’t the usual marriage as the bride and groom were a cow and a bull! Read more..................................Rajasthan village celebrates cow-bull wedding in style

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Aircraft hits Neelgai (Blue Bull)

As many as 47 passengers of Air India flight -- IC 7801 -- from Delhi to Kanpur -- had a miraculous escape after the aircraft hit a wild cow on the Kanpur airport runway on Thursday (February 28).

The Air India flight IC-7801 hit a Neelgai (blue bull) as it came down on the runway and suffered an extensive damage to its nose with about a 1 feet deep hole. One of the propellers of the aircraft, a 48-seater ATR, was damaged. All passengers have escaped unhurt and have been sent to Allahabad via taxi. Read more......................Aircraft hits Neelgai on Kanpur runway

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Stock Markets down - Blame it on the 'Bronze Bull'

At Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), a five-foot-tall bull statue made of Bronze was installed on January 12, 2008 & ironically that day has coincided with a bearish wave sweeping across the world in the stock markets & many people in India have lost considerable amount of money due to downturn in the Stock markets.

Now call it superstition or blind faith, Brokers at BSE are of the opinion that this Bronze bull statue's position or the direction of its raging glance is inauspicious & the bull idol has to be moved if buoyancy has to return to the stock markets.

So the real bulls inside the Bombay stock exchange are now blaming it on their bronze counterpart just outside the BSE Gate 2, the eastern entrance of the Bombay Stock Exchange, for all the bear-inspired troubles in the past two weeks. “Get him to look at us (change it's direction) and all will be well,” they seem to say.

Interestingly, the BSE management has seen sense in the argument and consulted religious pundits dealing with the question. “BSE has consulted a Vaastu expert who has suggested a change in the bull’s direction,” an exchange official told ET. BSE has also applied to civic authorities for permission to relocate the idol and the municipal corporation has said it has no objection to it, official sources said. Read more....................................BSE brokers blame bull vaastu for bear maul

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Bull Wedding

A family in a Rajasthan village recently organised a marriage ceremony of a cow with a bull amidst much fanfare.

Lakhs of rupees were spent in the arrangement to ensure that it equals the real life marriage organised as per Indian tradition. People from 84 villages were invited for the wedding ceremony.

"We have organised this cow-bull wedding for a religious purpose. The money that we earn comes from various sources and so we believe that spending it on this ceremony will absolve us of all our sins," said Gopal Ram, the organiser.
Read more................Thousands participated in Bull wedding in Rajasthan

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