Beef Row

Probe Ordered, Kerala College Shuts As Beef Row Spirals

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday January 31, 2018

A controversy that began over beef cutlets a week ago has led to an indefinite shutdown of the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala's Kuttanad. Around 200 students, mostly from outside the state, today boycotted internal examinations and protested outside the vice-chancellor's office on the university's main campus located 80 kilometr...

Won't Dictate Food Habits, BJP Assures North East Leaders On Beef Row

India News | Written by Sunetra Choudhury | Wednesday September 6, 2017

As BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday unveiled his target to expand the footprint of the north-eastern coalition led by the BJP across the region, a top BJP leader at the same meeting reassured leaders from North Eastern states that the party did not intend to dictate what people should eat.

BJP Creating Differences In Name Of Cow Protection: Akhilesh Yadav

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 8, 2016

Amid a row on cow vigilante groups, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today accused the BJP of creating differences in society in the name of cow protection and deviating from the discussion on development.

Beef? Akhilesh Yadav Questions Dadri Forensic Report, Triggers Political Row

India News | Written by Sidharth Pandey | Wednesday June 1, 2016

The latest forensic report in the Dadri lynching case -- which says the meat found in the dustbin outside Mohammad Akhlaq's home is beef -- has triggered a fresh political row in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

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.

Mamata Banerjee Condemns Dadri Incident, Says Eating Beef is 'Individual Choice'

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 18, 2015

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said food and religion are matters of individual choice and no one can dictate what one should eat, adding that the "biggest" duty of governments is to protect the religious freedom and rights of minorities.

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.

VHP Writes to Lieutenant Governor to Stop Beef Sale in Delhi Hotels

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 3, 2015

Fuelling the beef debate further after the Kerala House controversy, the right wing group, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor demanding that alleged beef sale in hotel and restaurants in the national capital should be checked immediately.

'President has Spoken, but PM is Silent': Sonia Gandhi Protests Against 'Intolerance'

India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday November 3, 2015

After leading a protest march of party lawmakers to Rashtrapati Bhawan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, accusing him of "silence" amid "an atmosphere of fear, intolerance and threat" that she alleged was being scripted by organisations associated with the government.

Keep BJP Members 'In Check' or 'Risk Losing Credibility': Moody's Analytics to PM Modi

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

Referring to the "ethnic tensions" in the wake of controversies over beef and other issues, Moody's today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must keep BJP members in check or risk "losing domestic and global credibility".

Kerala Chief Minister Writes Second Letter to PM on Beef 'Raid'

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 29, 2015

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today wrote his second letter in three days to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kerala House 'raid' episode pointing out legal violation by Delhi police and maintained that the state would resort to legal action if it did not receive a satisfactory reply from the Centre.

Kerala House Beef Row: Home Ministry to Submit Report to PM's Office

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 29, 2015

The Home Ministry will submit a report to the Prime Minister's Office on the row over the Delhi police 'raid' at Kerala House on a complaint that its canteen allegedly served 'beef'.

Delhi Police Submits Kerala House Beef Row Report to Home Ministry

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 28, 2015

The Delhi Police today submitted a detailed report to the Union Home Ministry over "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in New Delhi over allegations that beef was being served there.

Beef Row: AAP Seeks BS Bassi's Resignation Over Police 'Raid' at Kerala House

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 28, 2015

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday demanded Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi's resignation for "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in Delhi over allegations that beef was 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.