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    • Seer's 33-day ultimatum to Centre to decide ban on cow slaughter, declare her as 'Rashtra Mata'

      Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand, on Tuesday gave the Centre 33 days to decide on banning cow slaughter in the country and declaring cow as ”Rashtra Mata”

    • Assam passes cattle slaughter prevention bill: Muslims can't consume beef in front of Hindus, Sikhs

      The bill will prevent slaughter, sale, and purchase of beef within five-kilometre radius of any temple or monastery. Additionally, it will prohibit Muslims from consuming beef in the presence of non-beef-eating people.

    • NSA invoked against three men accused of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh

      The trio, identified as Shakeel, Nadeem and Azam, were sent to jail by a local court on February 5.

    • Opinion | When cows become white elephants

      Often, policies with good intentions have costs and consequences not foreseen by policymakers

    • In draft rules, govt scraps ban on sale of cattle for slaughter

      Once the new rules are notified after consultation with stakeholders, cattle, including cows, can be sold in animal markets, even for slaughter wherever it is legal

    • A high court judge's theories on cows and peacocks provide fodder for thought

      Rajasthan High Court Judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma was armed with reasons why the cow should be declared the national animal.

    • Cow slaughter ban has to be decided by states, not centre: BJP

      The issue of banning cow slaughter has to be decided by the respective states and the Centre's recent notification on sale of cattle has nothing to do with it, the BJP said today amid a major controversy.

    • Cow slaughter ban has to be decided by states, not centre: BJP

      BJP leader Nalin Kohli, who is in-charge of the party's affairs in Meghalaya, said the state governments can decide on cow slaughter ban keeping in view the local food habits even as he admitted that in this state, a majority of the BJP leaders eat beef.

    • Cow shelters hail govt's new rules on cattle slaughter

      The Centre's decision to ban the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter has evinced a positive response from cow shelters.

    • VHP demands stringent law to check cow slaughter

      The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today termed fresh restrictions on sale of cattle as mere "tokenism" that will not address the issue of cow slaughter.

    • Centre bans sale of cattle for slaughter, places restrictions on trade

      The amendment passed by Environment Ministry defines cattle as cows, bulls, bullocks, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves, and camels.

    • Mohan Bhagwat pitches for All-India Law against cow slaughter amid Alwar upoar

      RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday strongly pitched for an all-India law against cow slaughter and asked the vigilante groups to obey the law while espousing the cause of protecting the animal.

    • Ban cow slaughter to promote harmony: Ajmer dargah head

      Dargah Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan said Muslims should take initiative to stay away from slaughter of bovine animals and not consume beef so that a good and positive message could be communicated in the country.

    • Cow slaughter in Gujarat can land you a 10-year jail term

      Cow slaughter can attract jail term between 7 and 10 years, according to the The Gujarat Preservation (Amendment) Bill. Besides, a Rs 1 lakh penalty will also be levied on violators.

    • Will break limbs of those who kill cows: BJP MLA

      Khatauli MLA Vikram Saini is an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case and was detained under the National Security Act.

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