As many as 100 cows were found dead in past two days at several villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, following which, an inquiry ha bee ordered in the matter. As per the early emerging reports, it has been stated that cows either consumed poisonous grass or polluted water which must have[Read More…]
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JMM leader calls BJP goons responsible for falling market price of cows
Member of Parliament from Rajmahal Lok Sabha and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader (JMM), Vijay Hansdak came down heavy on Bharatiya Janata Party during a party worker conference in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand. He did not even miss to use derogatory words against the ruling government in his attack on BJP.[Read More…]
Uttarakhand becomes first Indian state to declare cow ‘Rashtra Mata’
The Uttarakhand Assembly one and all passed a resolution on Wednesday to declare cow the ‘Rashtra Mata’. The State Animal Husbandry Minister Rekha Arya moved a resolution in the Assembly and got it passed without exception after it got the support of both opposition and treasury benches. “Giving a very[Read More…]
Cow vigilantes try to lynch four Hindu youth in suspicion of cow slaughter
Kanpur: Four youths Ashish Pandey, Vicky Sharma, Ravi Dubey, Diwakar Tiwari beaten up by the mob at a police post in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of involvement in cow slaughter. Watch:
More cows dying on track; number rose from 2,183 in 2015-16 to 10,105 in 2018
More and more cattle are dying on railway tracks by coming under running trains in India. This has become an alarming situation for the cattle safety. So far 1,300 cases of accidents of cattle by speeding train have been registered in the North Central Railway division since April making it[Read More…]
Delhi: 36 cows found dead in Gaushala
36 cows were found dead in a cowshed Dwarka, Delhi on Friday afternoon. The cowshed has 1,400 cows and it is suspected that the 36 cows died due to “some disease.” Deputy Commissioner of Police Anto Alphonse said that the cows were of the Acharya Sushil cowshed. Rain water was[Read More…]
What is ‘Girinka’ and why PM Modi gifted cow to Rwanda?
The dust of sensitive mass lynching incident is yet to settle and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi made news of gifting cows to the villagers in Rwanda. India wondered what made him gift this unusual present to the beef-eating nation Rwanda. PM Modi too expected Indians to be pleasantly surprised[Read More…]
I want New India where you don’t get lynched for the food you eat: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that he wants a “New India where you don’t get lynched for the food you eat and faith you hold dear and not the one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s kind of ‘New India’”. Speaking at the Times Lit Fest here[Read More…]
Now people fear cow, thanks to Modi: Lalu Yadav
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying that earlier people used to fear the lion but now they fear the cow thanks to cow vigilantism across the country. “Pahle log sher se darte the, ab gai se darte hain. Yeh sab Modi sarkar ki[Read More…]
Haryana: Undergraduate students to learn ‘why cow is called the mother’
Undergraduate students in Haryana will learn why cow is being given the status of mother. Haryana Gauseva Aayog chairman, Bhani Ram Mangla will visit universities across the state to give lessons on the benefits of cows to humans. “The young students need to be taught the importance of cows so[Read More…]
85 lakh cattle have been tagged with UID number: Agriculture Ministry
According to the agriculture ministry, as many as 85 lakh milk producing cattle and buffaloes have been hunted and tagged with the 12-digit unique identification (UID) number to provide better health services to animals. This data about productivity and health status of each animal is being uploaded on the Information Network on[Read More…]
Cow urine helped politician to recover from illness: BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi
Bhartiya Janata Party member Meenakshi Lekhi spoke about the importance of cow urine in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. While talking about it, she said that cow urine is so beneficial that it helped a former government law officer recover from a serious illness. She also questioned whether the government[Read More…]
This state in India is planning to start ‘cow hostels’!
Cow owners in Haryana may soon have the option of sending their animals to a ‘hostel’ if they don’t have enough space at home. The Haryana ‘Gau Sewa Aayog,’ an independent body constituted by the state government in 2013, will soon sends its proposal of setting up “cow hostels” across[Read More…]
Govt do not support cow vigilantism, states must tackle so-called groups: Centre tells SC
Solicitor general Ranjit Kumar who was appearing for the Centre told Supreme Court on Friday that the government does not support cow vigilantism and it was for the states to tackle so-called groups. Kumar said law and order was a state issue and it was up to them to restrain[Read More…]
Man attacked by cow-vigilantes was carrying beef, says Police
The Muslim man who was beaten up by cow vigilantes was carrying beef, said the cops on Saturday. Police held four involved in this case Salim Shaha (34), a member of Katol unit of the BJP, on July 12 and sent the meat he was carrying to a forensic laboratory.[Read More…]
Gujarat saw three-fold rise in Dalits embracing Buddhism post-Una Incident
Year after the Una incident, where four Dalits were flogged on the allegation of slaughtering a cow, Gujarat saw nearly a three-fold rise in the number of Dalits converting to Buddhism. As per the data of the Buddhist Society of India, about 1,500-1,600 Dalits have embraced Buddhism post the incident.[Read More…]
Film on Amartya Sen stalls as director refuses to mute ‘Gujarat’, ‘cow’, ‘Hindu India’
After a clash with Central Board of Film Certification, the Argumentative Indian – a documentary on Amartya Sen by filmmaker and economist Suman Ghosh will not be released in Kolkata this week. The development took place as Ghosh has refused to follow the CBFC’s order to mute words like ‘Gujarat’,[Read More…]
As cow vigilantism claims lives, Gaurakshaks get awards
While India is at a stage where lawless acts of cow vigilantism are claiming human lives, several gaurakshaks were given awards for their “great service” at the National Conference on the Indian Cow organised by Virat Hindustan Sangam at the Bombay Stock Exchange. My speech #BosIndicusCow https://t.co/nVMYa2wtfC — Subramanian[Read More…]
Cow dung beneficial over wood for cremation, says RSS
Amidst the uproar over Cow and banning on their slaughtering, Gau Seva Parivar- an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh recently approached the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to implement the use of cow dung cakes in funeral pyres instead of firewood at government crematoriums. GSP pracharak Lalit Agarwal claimed that cow[Read More…]
Gujarat: Cows for winning team of the match!
In a bizarre instance, the organisers of a cricket tournament in Vadodara presented cows as a prize to the winning team. Taking cow welfare to another level, the Rabri community in Gujarat organised a tournament and decided to gift a cow each to the players of the winning team so[Read More…]
Gujarat Congress now joins demand to make cow the national animal
Amidst the ongoing tussle about the cow slaughtering, Gujarat Congress President, Bharatsinh Solanki on Thursday demanded the national animal tag for cow along with a nationwide ban on its slaughter. The remark came in the middle of the protests and demonstrations for cow protection, conducted by his party members. The[Read More…]
My Safety is more important than the National Menu!
At the outset please note that the my intention is not to hurt the sentiments of any community or sect. I am, in fact, amazed that I need to write this article in the hope of bringing fellow citizens back in focus. The utter ridiculousness that we, as a country, have been[Read More…]
Declare cow as the national animal: Rajasthan HC to Centre
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday suggests the Centre to declare cow as the national animal of India. The recommendation comes as a number of states in the nation are protesting the government’s move to impose ban on the slaughter of cattle, mainly cows, for commercial purposes. Presently, the tiger[Read More…]
Centre restricts cattle trade in India
In order to prevent cattle slaughter, the Environment Ministry has banned the sale of cattle from marketplaces for the purpose of culling. A gazette notification, titled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change states that no one[Read More…]
Make cow Indian national animal: Maulana Arshad Madani
On Wednesday, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani while expressing concern at the “atmosphere of fear” following violence by ‘gau rakshaks’ said that the government should accord national animal status to the cow. “The government should give national animal status to the cow and we will support it,” Madani[Read More…]