Modi On Cow Cow Vigilantes

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.

Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has joined issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his comment that the minorities have been "deceived" and "made to live in fear".

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh Friday accused his successor Narendra Modi of failing the electorate and eroding voters' faith as he attacked him for his silence on incidents of communal violence, lynching and cow vigilantism in the country.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on cow vigilantism and "rising intolerance" in the country and said the "Hindu rashtra project" being promoted in the name of nationalism would be a fundamental betrayal of India's past and its constitutional values.

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked state governments to take strong action against cow vigilantes who indulge in violence, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

One of the policemen accused of taking three hours to take a critically wounded mob attack victim to hospital in Rajasthan's Alwar on Friday admitted today to the inexplicable delay and said, "I made a mistake". No action has been taken against him till now. Rakbar Khan and his friend Aslam were attacked late at night when they were walking with tw...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he has had a detailed discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on attacks by cow vigilantes and that the Prime Minster has stated that such attackers must be dealt with sternly.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said his government was against people taking the law in their hands under the pretext of saving cows from slaughter

In an Independence Day speech that presented his vision of a new India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasised that "violence in the name of faith is unacceptable." It was another reminder from the Prime Minister that mob attacks by cow vigilantes on people they accuse of smuggling or eating beef will not be brooked.

Stormy debates on cow vigilantism, farmers' protests, the Kashmir unrest, corruption charges against opposition leaders and India's stand-off with China are expected to dominate the discourse of the Parliament in the Monsoon Session that begins today. The Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha will be adjourned today due to the death of sitting membe...

A BJP worker who was beaten up by alleged cow vigilantes in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Wednesday, had beef in his possession, the police have said. Salim Shah, 34, was arrested after forensic tests confirmed that the meat he was carrying was beef, which is banned in Maharashtra, news agency Press Trust of India reported. He has been sent to p...

A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that people should not take the law into their hands in the name of cow protection and the government will not spare anyone involved in criminal activities.

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...

India has rejected the findings of a report on religious freedom published by the US State Department that claimed, among other acerbic allegations, "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" continued throughout the year.

Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has joined issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his comment that the minorities have been "deceived" and "made to live in fear".

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh Friday accused his successor Narendra Modi of failing the electorate and eroding voters' faith as he attacked him for his silence on incidents of communal violence, lynching and cow vigilantism in the country.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on cow vigilantism and "rising intolerance" in the country and said the "Hindu rashtra project" being promoted in the name of nationalism would be a fundamental betrayal of India's past and its constitutional values.

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked state governments to take strong action against cow vigilantes who indulge in violence, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

One of the policemen accused of taking three hours to take a critically wounded mob attack victim to hospital in Rajasthan's Alwar on Friday admitted today to the inexplicable delay and said, "I made a mistake". No action has been taken against him till now. Rakbar Khan and his friend Aslam were attacked late at night when they were walking with tw...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he has had a detailed discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on attacks by cow vigilantes and that the Prime Minster has stated that such attackers must be dealt with sternly.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said his government was against people taking the law in their hands under the pretext of saving cows from slaughter

In an Independence Day speech that presented his vision of a new India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasised that "violence in the name of faith is unacceptable." It was another reminder from the Prime Minister that mob attacks by cow vigilantes on people they accuse of smuggling or eating beef will not be brooked.

Stormy debates on cow vigilantism, farmers' protests, the Kashmir unrest, corruption charges against opposition leaders and India's stand-off with China are expected to dominate the discourse of the Parliament in the Monsoon Session that begins today. The Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha will be adjourned today due to the death of sitting membe...

A BJP worker who was beaten up by alleged cow vigilantes in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Wednesday, had beef in his possession, the police have said. Salim Shah, 34, was arrested after forensic tests confirmed that the meat he was carrying was beef, which is banned in Maharashtra, news agency Press Trust of India reported. He has been sent to p...

A day before Presidential elections and the beginning of the Monsoon Session of parliament, hectic meetings were held in the ruling NDA and the opposition camps. The government, which is preparing to face a united opposition - a bloc of 18 parties - on a host of issues including the landmark Goods and Services Tax, held not only a strategy session ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that people should not take the law into their hands in the name of cow protection and the government will not spare anyone involved in criminal activities.