West Bengal government announces enforcement of cow slaughter rulesThe West Bengal government has reinforced a ban on cattle and buffalo slaughter. Animals must have a fitness certificate confirming they ar...
14 May, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
Cattle slaughtered illegally in Assam during Eid, 16 held: CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Police arrested sixteen individuals for illegal cattle slaughter during Eid. The arrests followed the discovery of five illegal slaug...
08 Jun, 2025, 02.29 PM IST
Karnataka assembly passes cow-slaughter bill; up to 7 years jailThe ruling BJP passed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, on the lines of Uttar Pradesh, amid oppo...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
Government dilutes rules on cattle sale in animal marketThe 2017 rules notified on May 23, 2017, have been replaced with draft rules called Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Animal Markets Rule...
10 Apr, 2018, 07.33 AM IST
Government may ease cattle trade rules to allay beef ban fearIn a press conference on Thursday, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sought to allay fears of a complete ban on beef.
16 Jun, 2017, 10.24 AM IST
- Centre may consider new law on cattle trade, says minister
Agartala, June 2 (IANS) The Centre may consider any vital proposal on the new law on cattle trade and slaughter, Environment Minister Harsh...
02 Jun, 2017, 02.25 PM IST
Centre likely to review rules on sale of cattle for slaughterCurbs on interstate transport of cattle -already a risky business due to cow vigilantism -will hurt the interest of farmers procuring anima...
31 May, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
Slaughter ban rules based on Sashastra Seema Bal chief Banshi Dhar Sharma's report on cattle traffickingClear distinction that separate cattle for agricultural use from those headed to slaughter has become the most controversial clause.
31 May, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Madras High Court stays Centre's ban on cattle slaughterLast week, the Union environment ministry had notified stringent new rules that ban sale and purchase of cattle from any animal/livestock m...
31 May, 2017, 12.33 AM IST
Centre examining representations by states post ban on cattle sale for slaughter: Venkaiah NaiduThe rules were notified in the backdrop of some observations made by the SC and a parliamentary panel on preventing cruelty to animals and ...
30 May, 2017, 04.06 PM IST
Smuggling prompted central ban on sale of cattle for slaughterThe prime focus of the regulation is to protect the animals from cruelty and not to regulate the existing trade in cattle for slaughter hou...
30 May, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
The ban on sale of cattle for slaughter is wrong for multiple reasons. Here's whyIt will kill a large industry of meat processing and export as well as ancillary industries and curtail supply to the leather goods industr...
27 May, 2017, 08.36 PM IST
New rules would ensure cattle is not ill-treated: Maneka GandhiManeka Gandhi, an animal rights activist, had earlier called for an end to cow slaughter and also suggested banning zoos across the country.
27 May, 2017, 03.43 PM IST
New nationwide rules ban sale of cattle for slaughterThe new rules define an “animal market” as a marketplace or any other premises to which animals are brought from other places and exposed f...
27 May, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
SC refuses to hear PIL seeking total ban on cow slaughterA bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N V Ramana said it cannot direct states to frame law banning slaughter of cattle.
27 Jan, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
Law prohibits serving of beef in DelhiEven if the "flesh" is that of an agricultural cattle (cow, calf, bull, bullock) that has been slaughtered outside Delhi, the person found ...
28 Oct, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
BSF wants legalization of cattle trade to stop border smugglingHome minister Rajnath Singh may have asked BSF to starve Bangladesh of beef by putting a stop to cattle smuggling.
04 Jun, 2015, 10.43 AM IST