Beef Controversy

BJP Okays Beef On Meghalaya's Political Platter For Now

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday April 10, 2017

Even as the beef controversy heats up in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India, BJP has no plans to go hard on the beef eaters of North East.

Elect Me First: BJP Leader In Kerala Looks For Exit From Beef Controversy

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy | Monday April 3, 2017

A BJP leader in Kerala who is running for parliament attempted today to dismount a controversy centred on his stand on whether beef should be banned.

Cow Vigilantes Mistake Chicken Feed For Beef, Set Truck On Fire In Bhopal

Bhopal News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 4, 2016

Cow vigilantes on Saturday set a truck carrying chicken feed on fire, and beat up the owner of the vehicle suspecting that it was carrying beef, at Zhora village, 40 km from Bhopal.

'Minimal': That's How Minister Describes Beating Of Women Over Beef Rumours

India News | Reported by Siddharth Ranjan Das, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday July 29, 2016

A minister of Madhya Pradesh has added to the controversy over the beating of two Muslim women in his state following rumours of their carrying beef - saying the women were at fault and the beating was minimal.

Let People Decide What To Eat: CEO Of Government's Think Tank On Beef Row

India News | Edited by Jatin Gandhi | Thursday February 4, 2016

India is a democracy and if people want to eat beef they should be allowed to, top bureaucrat and CEO of the Prime Minister's policy think tank Niti Ayog, Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday night.

National Security Act Used Against Ex-BJP Leader Accused Of Cow Killing

India News | Reported by Siddharth Ranjan Das, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday February 1, 2016

An expelled BJP leader arrested in Madhya Pradesh for alleged cow killing has been charged under the National Security Act or NSA, a tough law used to detain suspects who threaten the country's security.

'Were Provoked by Cow-Killing Rumours,' Said Dadri Accused: Police Charge-Sheet

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday December 24, 2015

The main accused in the mob lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri have admitted that they were "provoked by rumours of cow killing", reveals a police charge-sheet. The police, however, have not mentioned the word "beef" in their charges.

PM Must Send Strong Message To 'Go To Pak' Leaders: Writer Aatish Taseer

India News | Written by Sunetra Choudhury | Friday December 11, 2015

Aatish Taseer, writer and New York Times columnist, has linked an unappetising encounter with the beef controversy in Delhi with unusual scrutiny of his passport by an immigration officer, to complain that there is an atmosphere of fear in the country.

BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya Retracts Tweets, Now Says SRK 'Most Popular After Amitabh'

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Wednesday November 4, 2015

After triggering outrage with his five-tweet attack on Shah Rukh Khan, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya retracted his comments on Wednesday morning and said they had been "misunderstood."

Holy Cow! BJP Ad Rubs It In Before Final Voting in Bihar

Bihar | Written by Alok Pandey | Wednesday November 4, 2015

A day before Bihar votes in the fifth and final phase of the assembly elections, the state woke up this morning to a prominent ad in newspapers featuring a woman hugging a cow and an attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his "silence" over statements made by his allies on beef.

India May Lose Credibility if PM Modi Fails to Rein in BJP Members: Moody's

Business | Press Trust of India | Friday October 30, 2015

Moody's Analytics on Friday cautioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the country may lose domestic and global credibility if he doesn't rein in the members of his party amid the raging beef controversy.

Bihar Election About Chemistry, Not Arithmetic: Arun Jaitley to NDTV

India News | Written by Sunetra Choudhury | Wednesday October 28, 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Kerala House beef controversy and the Dalit killings in Haryana were examples of "channel-driven news as opposed to actual news". These and the row over reservation would have no impact on the ongoing Bihar election, he said.

'Beef Fry' Back In Kerala House, Chief Minister Won't Stomach Police Action

India News | Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday October 28, 2015

Buffalo meat returns to the menu at Kerala House in Delhi today, chief minister Oomen Chandy confirmed this morning, also dismissing as "unacceptable" the Delhi Police explanation that it had not "raided" the state guest house and only responded to a complaint about beef being served there.

Kerala House 'Beef' Row: PM's Office Steps In, Police Chief Says Was Doing Duty

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday October 27, 2015

The Delhi Police was doing its duty and a "wrong impression was created" that it carried out a raid at Kerala House, said its chief BS Bassi this evening.

Arvind Kejriwal Condemns 'Raid' by Delhi Police at Kerala Bhavan

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 27, 2015

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today condemned a "raid" by Delhi Police at Kerala Bhavan in Delhi following a complaint that its canteen was serving beef, and wondered if a Chief Minister would be arrested from a state guest house if he was suspected of eating something that BJP does not like.