Cow Meat

South Korea Dog Meat Ban: When Choi Tae-yeon opened her restaurant 20 years ago, dog meat was a good business in South Korea. Now, she says she might have to close up shop, with a new ban on the former delicacy.

Two persons were arrested on the charge of slaughtering cows and selling their meat in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, the police said on Saturday.

A team of policemen were allegedly attacked by a group of 13 persons when they tried to prevent illegal slaughter of cows in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Friday.

A woman from a village in Assam was briefly arrested for allegedly uploading an "objectionable post" proposing to "gift" cow meat to state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said the police.

Two men were thrashed in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Sunday on allegations of illegal trafficking in cow and carrying cow meat; one person, from Madhya Pradesh, died of his injuries, while the other is in hospital.

A Muslim man in the business of transporting and selling meat was assaulted Sunday afternoon in western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district by a group of men led by a person calling himself a "gau rakshak (cow vigilante)"

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".

Two people were arrested on charges of cow slaughter in Muzaffarnagar and one quintal of meat was seized from them, police said Monday.

Two men were tied to a tree one by one and thrashed by a group for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw at a village in Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident shot by an eyewitness on a mobile phone, a woman was also seen being hit repeatedly with a slipper on her head, covered with a piece of cloth, as she curled up on the gravel and too...

The Supreme Court has directed the Meerut police to give security cover to a man who survived a mob attack in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur over suspicion of killing a cow on June 18. The top court also told the police to give a report on the incident.

Jayant Sinha, the union minister who felicitated seven men convicted of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, today apologised after searing criticism for what was seen to support the cow vigilantes sentenced to life in jail for the murder.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has used the term "lynch-pujari" to suggest the way the government is being referred to by people after union ministerJayant Sinha publicly felicitated seven men convicted of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection.

A second Union Minister, Giriraj Singh, has landed in a controversy after a show of support for a set of riots-accused leaders, whom he visited at a jail in Bihar's Nawada. Mr Singh met the jailed right-wing leaders on Saturday, days after his cabinet colleague Jayant Sinha was photographed felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trade...

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha today disapproved his son Jayant Sinha felicitating seven men convicted for killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection. Responding to demands on social media that he should spell out his stand on his son's move, Mr Sinha spoke his mind but predicted that his tweet was going to lead to "further abuse".

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".

South Korea Dog Meat Ban: When Choi Tae-yeon opened her restaurant 20 years ago, dog meat was a good business in South Korea. Now, she says she might have to close up shop, with a new ban on the former delicacy.

Two persons were arrested on the charge of slaughtering cows and selling their meat in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, the police said on Saturday.

A team of policemen were allegedly attacked by a group of 13 persons when they tried to prevent illegal slaughter of cows in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Friday.

A woman from a village in Assam was briefly arrested for allegedly uploading an "objectionable post" proposing to "gift" cow meat to state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said the police.

Two men were thrashed in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Sunday on allegations of illegal trafficking in cow and carrying cow meat; one person, from Madhya Pradesh, died of his injuries, while the other is in hospital.

A Muslim man in the business of transporting and selling meat was assaulted Sunday afternoon in western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district by a group of men led by a person calling himself a "gau rakshak (cow vigilante)"

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".

Two people were arrested on charges of cow slaughter in Muzaffarnagar and one quintal of meat was seized from them, police said Monday.

Two men were tied to a tree one by one and thrashed by a group for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw at a village in Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident shot by an eyewitness on a mobile phone, a woman was also seen being hit repeatedly with a slipper on her head, covered with a piece of cloth, as she curled up on the gravel and too...

The Supreme Court has directed the Meerut police to give security cover to a man who survived a mob attack in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur over suspicion of killing a cow on June 18. The top court also told the police to give a report on the incident.

Jayant Sinha, the union minister who felicitated seven men convicted of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, today apologised after searing criticism for what was seen to support the cow vigilantes sentenced to life in jail for the murder.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has used the term "lynch-pujari" to suggest the way the government is being referred to by people after union ministerJayant Sinha publicly felicitated seven men convicted of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection.

A second Union Minister, Giriraj Singh, has landed in a controversy after a show of support for a set of riots-accused leaders, whom he visited at a jail in Bihar's Nawada. Mr Singh met the jailed right-wing leaders on Saturday, days after his cabinet colleague Jayant Sinha was photographed felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trade...

Former union minister Yashwant Sinha today disapproved his son Jayant Sinha felicitating seven men convicted for killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection. Responding to demands on social media that he should spell out his stand on his son's move, Mr Sinha spoke his mind but predicted that his tweet was going to lead to "further abuse".

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".