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The action was taken after a tip off was received that a large number of cows had been held captive for slaughter in Bhainwahi area in Nainpur, Mandla Superintendent of Police Rajat Saklecha told PTI.
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The Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO shared a tweet he had posted on Dussehra two years ago and wrote: “As planet crisis gets closer, I reiterate my conviction that being vegetarian is positive for the human race’s future.”
The survey finds that nearly four-in-ten Indian adults say they are vegetarian.
The incident took place on July 31, when the victim Lukman Khan had arrived at Sadar Bazaar in Gurugram to supply buffalo meat to one Tahir at the market.
The police has registered cases against the perpetrators under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including attempt to murder.
“They can eat beef in their own country and then come to India. This is a cock-and-bull story,” the bureaucrat-turned-minister said when asked if beef ban had affected tourism in India.
Rising per-capita incomes, growth in quick service restaurants are other key reasons for the growing demand and consumption of meat in India, it said where consumption is likely to go up by 35-40 percent.
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said as per the existing meat export policy, the shipments of beef (meat of cow, oxen and calf) is prohibited.
The Supreme Court today sought the response of Maharashtra government on a plea challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action.
The decision to introduce this scheme under the NPS (new pension scheme) is likely to be taken in the board meeting of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) next week, sources said.
The court upheld Maharashtra government's decision to ban slaughter of bullocks in the state. The high court has struck down section in Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act which criminalises possession of beef brought from outside Maharashtra.
Slaughter of cows, considered sacred in Hinduism, has historically been banned in most states but was rarely enforced in India, the world's largest exporter of beef.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief veterinary officer's report backed the chargesheet filed by the police and said that the meat found at Dadri lynching victim's home was not beef but goat.
While the original act of 1976 bans slaughter of cows, the amendment prohibits slaughter of bulls too, making it an offence punishable with five-year jail term and Rs 10,000 fine.
Since the villager in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death two weeks ago over claims he butchered a cow, politicians of Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including some ministers, have made statements seemingly in defence of the Hindu mob that killed him.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the Dadri incident and said Hindu and Muslims should fight against poverty together and not fight against each other.
The core civilisational values of diversity, tolerance and plurality have kept India united for centuries and they cannot be wasted, President Pranab Mukherjee said today in remarks that come against the backdrop of the Dadri lynching over rumours of beef eating.
Since Mohammed Akhlaq was beaten to death in his home in Uttar Pradesh last week, politicians from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, ministers among them, have made statements seemingly in defence of the Hindu mob that killed him.
Iqlakh was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured by a 200-strong mob which barged into their house at Dadri in Greater Noida on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef.
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government was committed to implement the order of the state High Court prohibiting sale and slaughter of bovine animals, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said today and accused the separatists and opposition political parties of communalising the whole issue.
Coming just months after the blanket ban on sale and consumption of beef, the latest move is making Mumbaikars see red.