Tag: Cow Slaughter

Bhubaneswar: The government railway police (GRP) today said the two youths who were detained and thrashed at the city railway station were ‘legally’ transporting cattle. After carrying out an investigation to find out the reason behind cattle transportation, the GRP in its preliminary inquiry found that the duo was ‘legally’ transporting the cows. On Wednesday, […]

Lucknow: Bajrang Dal leader Yogesh Raj, the prime suspect in the killing of police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during mob violence in December in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, was finally arrested on Thursday. Yogesh Raj was caught after a tip led a police team to his hideout in Bulandshahr. Raj is the district coordinator of Bajrang […]

Jaipur: Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on Friday gave the Ajmer Literature Festival a miss due to strong protests by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and other right wing associations for his controversial statements. In a TV interview, Shah had said that he fears for his children in this country. He has reportedly said, “In some […]

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday transferred Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Krishna Bahadur Singh and attached him to the office of the Director General of Police here, a Home Department official said on Saturday. The state government has named Prabhakar Chowdhary as the new district police chief of Bulandshahr. Two more police officials […]

Lucknow: The family of slain Uttar Pradesh Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was killed allegedly by cow vigilantes in Bulandshahr, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Thursday and was promised all help for his sons to pursue their education. Adityanath met Sunita, the deceased officer’s wife, and her two sons Shreya and Abhishek […]

Bulandshahr: Three leaders from the Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and BJP have been named in the FIR lodged by police in the violence that rocked Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh killing a police officer and a young man, authorities said on Tuesday. VHP activist Upendra Raghav, BJP city youth wing President Shikhar Agarwal and […]

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that action is being taken against cow vigilantes and the party maintains that no one should take the law into their own hands. “Our message is loud and clear. Everyone must adhere to law and order. No one should take law in their own […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said “Gau Rakshaks” (cow vigilantes) are committing acts of terror against innocent people and warned that continued attacks will stoke anarchy in the country. The Member of Parliament alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its government did not want to stop Gau Rakshaks as they had […]

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly on Friday amended its cow protection act making the law stringent and even punishable with life term. The state assembly passed the amendment to the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act of 1954 providing for maximum punishment of up to life imprisonments and a fine of up to Rs five lakh. With this Act, […]

Lucknow: The son of the police inspector killed in mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in Bulandshahr said his father wanted him to be a good citizen who doesn’t provoke violence over religion. “My father has lost his life in this Hindu-Muslim dispute. Whose father is next?” Abhishek Singh said. Inspector Subodh Singh, who had […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could pose a major challenge for the State government to check cattle trafficking, the Animal Welfare Board has presented an alarming fact that thousands of cattle from as many as six districts of Odisha are being smuggled to the neighbouring States including West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Disturbed with the Welfare […]