Beef Killing

A man was beaten to death Saturday night allegedly by a group of vigilantes on suspicion of smuggling beef in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

Karnataka's ordinance to stop killing of cattle came into effect from today after the governor cleared it. The ordinance clears the way to punish people for killing cattle and protects those "acting in good faith" to save them. A bill on this is yet to be cleared by the legislative council.

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

A day after attacking the Prime Minister over the Pulwama terror strike, which killed over 40 soldiers, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at PM Modi's #VoteKar campaign on social media to increase voters' participation in the general elections next month.

Telangana politician Asaduddin Owaisi has taken a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, saying were they sleeping after having "beef biryani" when the Pulwama terror attack was planned and carried out.

The devastating floods in Kerala are the result of cow slaughter in the state, a BJP lawmaker in neighbouring Karnataka has said in an outrageous comment. Basangouda Patil Yatnal went as far as to say that Kerala was suffering the consequences of "hurting Hindu sentiment".

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

Even as Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria today promised strict action in the Alwar mob killing case, his colleague and state Labour Minister Jaswant Singh Yadav asked Muslims and the Mev community to "stop consuming beef'' and "keep away from cow smugglers to respect the Hindus."

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Eleven people have been convicted by a trial court in Jharkhand over the killing of a man by self-styled cow vigilantes last year. The man was beaten death and his car set on fire on suspicion of carrying beef.

Counting of votes for Assembly Elections in Meghalaya began today after it went to polls on February 27, the election commission had said earlier. Meghalaya has strength of 60 seats, but voting was held only for 59 seats after a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed in Meghalaya.

Power conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation today denied reports that it has offered jobs to men accused of killing Mohammed Akhlaq -- the 52-year-old man from Dadri's Bisada village, who had been lynched after rumours of beef consumption two years ago.

The 30-year-old man, alleged to have stabbed 16-year-old Junaid Khanon in a train in Haryana a fortnight back, had hoped to put the murder behind him and found himself a job in a factory in Maharashtra's Dhule. He initially went to his relatives in Mathura and Vrindavan, and later got in touch with a relative in Maharashtra, who helped get him a jo...

A man has been beaten to death in Jharkhand by a group of people who accused him of carrying beef in his car, which they set on fire. Two days ago a dairy owner was attacked by a 1,000-strong mob in the state and his home was set on fire after the carcass of a cow was found near the house.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the killing of people by cow vigilantes is unacceptable. "Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable," he said, stressing, "No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country."

A man was beaten to death Saturday night allegedly by a group of vigilantes on suspicion of smuggling beef in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

Karnataka's ordinance to stop killing of cattle came into effect from today after the governor cleared it. The ordinance clears the way to punish people for killing cattle and protects those "acting in good faith" to save them. A bill on this is yet to be cleared by the legislative council.

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

A day after attacking the Prime Minister over the Pulwama terror strike, which killed over 40 soldiers, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at PM Modi's #VoteKar campaign on social media to increase voters' participation in the general elections next month.

Telangana politician Asaduddin Owaisi has taken a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, saying were they sleeping after having "beef biryani" when the Pulwama terror attack was planned and carried out.

The devastating floods in Kerala are the result of cow slaughter in the state, a BJP lawmaker in neighbouring Karnataka has said in an outrageous comment. Basangouda Patil Yatnal went as far as to say that Kerala was suffering the consequences of "hurting Hindu sentiment".

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

Even as Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria today promised strict action in the Alwar mob killing case, his colleague and state Labour Minister Jaswant Singh Yadav asked Muslims and the Mev community to "stop consuming beef'' and "keep away from cow smugglers to respect the Hindus."

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Eleven people have been convicted by a trial court in Jharkhand over the killing of a man by self-styled cow vigilantes last year. The man was beaten death and his car set on fire on suspicion of carrying beef.

Counting of votes for Assembly Elections in Meghalaya began today after it went to polls on February 27, the election commission had said earlier. Meghalaya has strength of 60 seats, but voting was held only for 59 seats after a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed in Meghalaya.

Power conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation today denied reports that it has offered jobs to men accused of killing Mohammed Akhlaq -- the 52-year-old man from Dadri's Bisada village, who had been lynched after rumours of beef consumption two years ago.

The 30-year-old man, alleged to have stabbed 16-year-old Junaid Khanon in a train in Haryana a fortnight back, had hoped to put the murder behind him and found himself a job in a factory in Maharashtra's Dhule. He initially went to his relatives in Mathura and Vrindavan, and later got in touch with a relative in Maharashtra, who helped get him a jo...

A man has been beaten to death in Jharkhand by a group of people who accused him of carrying beef in his car, which they set on fire. Two days ago a dairy owner was attacked by a 1,000-strong mob in the state and his home was set on fire after the carcass of a cow was found near the house.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the killing of people by cow vigilantes is unacceptable. "Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable," he said, stressing, "No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country."