As a child, I have seen the “Mot”, an oxen-pulled leather bucket used for irrigating the fields when pumping-sets was rare and the tube well was still unheard of. The Mot was made either of cow or bullock hide. It was continuously dipped in the well and we drank from[Read More…]
Tag: Cow
After Aadhaar for humans, now comes UIDs for cows
While the debate over cow vigilantism intensifies after repeated instances of violence across the country, the Centre has now decided to create Aadhaar-like UID for approximately 47 million indigenous and crossbred cows across the country. The Centre has made this proposal to the Supreme Court, said reports on Monday. The[Read More…]
Man told to marry off his 7-year old daughter for killing a calf
A caste panchayat of the Banjara community in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh had ordered a man to get his seven-year-old girl married to an eight-year-old boy as punishment for killing a calf three years ago, New Indian Express reported. Jagdish Banjara, had already been punished when the incident happened[Read More…]
Minister justifies Muslim man’s murder in Alwar
Rajasthan: Gaurakshaks assaulted five men, one dead
A 55-year-old man succumbed to his injuries on Monday night after he was allegedly attacked by a group of gaurakshaks for transporting cows in Rajasthan’s Alwar on Saturday evening, The Indian Express reported. Rajasthan Police said the deceased, Pehlu Khan, and four others were attacked even as they produced documents[Read More…]
4 arrested for attacking couple who threw stone at cow
Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested four persons for allegedly attacking a couple after the woman allegedly hurled a stone at a cow in south Delhi’s Kusum Pahadi area. The incident happened on March 31 when Jaishankar and his wife Sharmila, who live in slums in Savitri Camp, were going to[Read More…]
Yogi Adityanath chairs first cabinet meeting
‘Cow is mummy in UP, but yummy in Northeast’
Rajya Sabha discusses cow, applications of its urine and dung
Haemoglobin level of patients using “gaumutra” does not fall even after chemotherapy; cows are the only animal that inhale as well as exhale oxygen; ghee made of cow’s milk contains 47 per cent oxygen; “gaumutra (cow’s urine)” in sugarcane field will ensure longer, thicker and sweeter sugarcane and yield more[Read More…]
Cow slaughter to be punishable by life sentence in Gujarat
Stone pelting, arson in Gujarat after severed head of calf found in road
Crowd pelted stones and indulged in arson on Monday at Godadara locality in Surat after the severed head of a calf was found on the road, police told media. “Severed head of a calf was found on the road in Godadara locality on city outskirts today morning following which people[Read More…]
Weird! Stray cattle banned from producing more than 3 kg dung per day
In a rather strange order, a municipality in Gujarat has banned stray cattle from producing more than three kilograms of dung per day (for calves the cap has been put at one kilogram a day). Also, the owners of cattle who defecate more than 3 kgs a day will be[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi visits Una during Dalit upsurge
In the wake of a political storm over the thrashing of Dalit youth in Una, Gujarat, by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes (Gau Rakshaks), Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the victims’ family members on Thursday. In the pictures surfacing online, Rahul can be seen taking a look at Balu Sarvaiya’s wounds,[Read More…]