The 606 positive cases includes 43 foreign nationals, the ministry said. On Tuesday, the number of cases was 519.
Locals mistook them for child-lifters and started attacking them.
Different petitions for and against Jallikattu were posted for hearing in the first week of February.
Chandran's brother's daughter-in-law Latha filed the case.
A Hindu Munnani leader was hacked to death by unidentified persons at Tenkasi in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, triggering tension in the communally sensitive town, police said on Monday.
Paramount Airways aims at acquiring stakes in other airlines as part of its plans for a pan-India presence by 2011, according to its top official.
Special prayers and celebrations were held on Monday by ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party workers across Tamil Nadu on the occasion of the 'star birthday' of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
With this, the total number of those arrested in connection with the Wednesday's attack has risen to six.
The actresses have been summoned for posing for 'obscene' pictures.
Plans for SEZ development are still in their nascence, Chitty Babu, managing director, Akshaya Homes, said.
R Gopal, the editor of Tamil magazine 'Nakkheeran', who had written articles on a sex scandal involving a woman college teacher, was picked up by police from the airport before he could board a flight to Pune, officials said.
A total of 37 deaths were reported since Thursday evening of which 14 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, nine from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Telengana and one from Karnataka, ministry data stated.
The AIADMK had faced bigger defeats in the past and had recovered to achieve great victories, she said in a statement in Chennai reacting to the victory of DMK's Ghouse Basha by an impressive margin.
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The Madurai Spinners Association has sought removal of import duty on cotton and cotton waste, to prevent mills going into the red.
Tension prevailed in the town and all shops in and around the bus stand shut down soon after the incident.
It said any organisation or agency conducting any opinion or exit polls, while publishing the result, must indicate the sample size of the electorate covered by such polls and geographic spread of survey.
These women were offered up to Rs one lakh for their kidneys by 'organ brokers,' who took them to far-off places like Madurai to perform surgeries to remove the organs, official sources in Chennai said.
He said the government was prepared to face the court cases on the Ramar Sethu issue. The objections or protests would not have any impact on the implementation of the ongoing Sethusamudram Shipping Channel project.
The State Bank of India SC/ST Employees Welfare Association has sought implementation of reservation while filling up major vacancies in the bank, including the posts of chairman and managing director.
Patil said a Disaster Management Bill will be introduced in another two days in the Parliament.
BJP national secretary Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said the AIADMK's 'gameplan' of fielding the widow of deceased legislator S S Thirunavukkarassu at Kancheepuram and the son of murdered MLA K Sudarsanam had resulted in the party's victory.
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's support to the formation of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka was only moral in nature and "to show the world that Eelam Tamils are not orphans," party leader Vaiko said on Thursday night.
Bowing to demands from opposition parties and others, Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced a Commission of Inquiry to go into the circumstances leading to the violence during the recent pro-Jallikattu stir at the Marina and elsewhere and the alleged police excesses.
With Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam joining hands with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, rumours had it that DMDK will follow suit.
The Regional Transport Office in Madurai has received clearance from the government for allowing Maruti Omni van owners to use LPG cylinders to run their vehicles.
Indian Airlines has extended 'round-the-clock' flight helpline facility to all the cities in the country, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Transport minister M R Vijayabaskar said that despite the stir, 80% buses were running.
Police said nearly 400 bulls from Virdhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul and Sivagangai districts were used in the event. \n\n
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The fire started in the afternoon at the Vadivel Fireworks Factory at Meenampatti village in Virudhunagar district, 70 km from Madurai.
Baalu also said that the memorandum of understanding with the Suez Canal Company had been initialled by the Chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust, K Raghupathy.
Among the series of questions raised were how self-loading riffles found their way out of the armoury and came to be used in the firing, how snipers were perched atop vehicles and how persons came to be shot in the face and chest.
One of the first acts he did as minister was to issue an order enabling all Hindus, irrespective of caste or creed, to become temple priests.
Aurolab, a pioneer in manufacturing and supply high quality ophthalmic consumables to over 100 countries at affordable prices, has developed an e-com enabled website which will help domestic and international buyers place their orders.
With the latest stay, the actress has so far succeeded in obtaining 15 orders from the Madras high court and its Madurai bench
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