Beef Remarks

Actor-turned-political Kanagan Ranaut today dismissed the reports that said she once ate beef, referring to Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar's remarks against her.

Congress MLA Kamalaksha Dey Purkayastha lodged a police against Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for allegedly hurting feelings of Hindus after his controversial beef remark.

Major Japanese beef bowl firm Yoshinoya Holdings Co Ltd sacked a managing director who made derogatory comments about getting naive young women "hooked" on the company's products, saying his conduct was "completely unacceptable."

The BJP's top leader in Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, said on Monday that "intellectuals who eat beef should eat dog meat too" as it is all the same for their health. In a set of bizarre remarks at a public gathering, he also said the milk of cows in India contains gold and foreign cows are "not our mothers but aunties".

The government does not want to "alter" the food habits of people and put businesses in "any kind of difficulty", union minister Harsh Vardhan said. His remarks come amid protests over the notification issued by his ministry on the sale of cattle for slaughter at markets across the country.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre will not impose any restrictions on people's choice of food. The same assurance had been given earlier by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu following the criticism by several states that the Centre, though its new rules on cattle trade, was interfering in the people's choice of food, which is ...

A court in Allahabad has issued notice to retired Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju on a petition accusing him of having made "objectionable" remarks with regard to consumption of beef in his blog posts.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today refused to be dragged into the controversy over his cabinet colleague Anil Vij's reported remarks on beef consumption, saying it was "waste of time" to discuss the beef ban.

A local BJP leader in Karnataka was arrested today after he threatened chief minister Siddaramaiah over his comment on eating beef, saying that he will be 'beheaded' if he 'dared' to do so.

Facing criticisms over rising instances of intolerance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today confirmed that "fringe" elements in the BJP, who have made inflammatory remarks especially after a man was lynched over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri, were pulled up by party president Amit Shah on Sunday.

Controversial BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj today pitched for a law that provides for death penalty for cow slaughter and defended his party MLAs beating up Sheikh Abdul Rashid in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly as a "natural reaction" to the independent legislator's action.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today demanded sacking of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after a row erupted over his reported comments that Muslims can live in the country but will have to give up eating beef. Mr Khattar later said his remarks have been distorted.

The BJP today dissociated itself from the views of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that Muslims in the country will have to quit eating beef, and said this was not the party's stand.

Observing that India has imposed a complete ban on export of cow meat, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today dared Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to prove his claim of 14.5 per cent increase in export of the product since the NDA government came to power last year.

BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today flayed RJD president Lalu Prasad for "hurting the sentiments of lakhs of people rearing cows" by justifying eating of beef and asked him to apologise for taking refuge behind the "shaitan" (devil) in him for making the controversial remarks.

Actor-turned-political Kanagan Ranaut today dismissed the reports that said she once ate beef, referring to Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar's remarks against her.

Congress MLA Kamalaksha Dey Purkayastha lodged a police against Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for allegedly hurting feelings of Hindus after his controversial beef remark.

Major Japanese beef bowl firm Yoshinoya Holdings Co Ltd sacked a managing director who made derogatory comments about getting naive young women "hooked" on the company's products, saying his conduct was "completely unacceptable."

The BJP's top leader in Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, said on Monday that "intellectuals who eat beef should eat dog meat too" as it is all the same for their health. In a set of bizarre remarks at a public gathering, he also said the milk of cows in India contains gold and foreign cows are "not our mothers but aunties".

The government does not want to "alter" the food habits of people and put businesses in "any kind of difficulty", union minister Harsh Vardhan said. His remarks come amid protests over the notification issued by his ministry on the sale of cattle for slaughter at markets across the country.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre will not impose any restrictions on people's choice of food. The same assurance had been given earlier by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu following the criticism by several states that the Centre, though its new rules on cattle trade, was interfering in the people's choice of food, which is ...

A court in Allahabad has issued notice to retired Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju on a petition accusing him of having made "objectionable" remarks with regard to consumption of beef in his blog posts.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today refused to be dragged into the controversy over his cabinet colleague Anil Vij's reported remarks on beef consumption, saying it was "waste of time" to discuss the beef ban.

A local BJP leader in Karnataka was arrested today after he threatened chief minister Siddaramaiah over his comment on eating beef, saying that he will be 'beheaded' if he 'dared' to do so.

Facing criticisms over rising instances of intolerance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today confirmed that "fringe" elements in the BJP, who have made inflammatory remarks especially after a man was lynched over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri, were pulled up by party president Amit Shah on Sunday.

Controversial BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj today pitched for a law that provides for death penalty for cow slaughter and defended his party MLAs beating up Sheikh Abdul Rashid in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly as a "natural reaction" to the independent legislator's action.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today demanded sacking of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after a row erupted over his reported comments that Muslims can live in the country but will have to give up eating beef. Mr Khattar later said his remarks have been distorted.

The BJP today dissociated itself from the views of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar that Muslims in the country will have to quit eating beef, and said this was not the party's stand.

Observing that India has imposed a complete ban on export of cow meat, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today dared Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to prove his claim of 14.5 per cent increase in export of the product since the NDA government came to power last year.

BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today flayed RJD president Lalu Prasad for "hurting the sentiments of lakhs of people rearing cows" by justifying eating of beef and asked him to apologise for taking refuge behind the "shaitan" (devil) in him for making the controversial remarks.