President gives assent to Rajasthan bill keeping buffaloes out of list of bovinesThe bill to amend the 1995 Bovine Act was introduced by the Vasundhra Raje government in 2018 but after the Congress came to power in Rajas...
22 Dec, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
Alwar lynching: Pehlu Khan chargesheeted posthumouslyThe charge sheet against Pehlu Khan was prepared on December 30 last year, 13 days after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's government came into...
29 Jun, 2019, 03.00 PM IST
President nod to introduction of anti-cow slaughter bill in Rajasthan AssemblyAmendments have been made to exclude buffalo and its progeny from the list of bovine.
15 Jun, 2019, 08.38 AM IST
Vasundhara Raje’s plans for cow sanctuary in Rajasthan stuck in rule book“There are rules for gaushalas, but sanctuary is a new entity for rule book. We are deliberating to find a leeway to get this allotment thr...
31 Aug, 2018, 08.03 AM IST
Alwar lynching survivor keeps mum as probe goes onVictim’s friend Aslam has not come forward despite police summons. Villagers fear he will be arrested.
27 Jul, 2018, 11.57 PM IST
Lapses by police during Alwar lynching? High-level panel to probe"Allegations of delay in taking Khan to the hospital and policemen crossing their limits have come to fore.
23 Jul, 2018, 03.13 PM IST
Rajasthan to exclude buffaloes from bovine listState parliamentary affairs minister Rajendra Rathore said, the relaxation was made in tune with the central law which also makes a distinc...
27 Feb, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
Why the cow has gone from mata to menaceAfter the Centre notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, it has become even more diffi...
24 Sep, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
Cow substitute to mother and God, says Hyderabad HC judge"This question needs to be posed and answered in view of the national importance of cows which are substitutes to Mother and God," Justice ...
10 Jun, 2017, 06.25 AM IST
Ban on cow vigilante groups: SC waits for Centre, states to replyThe bench also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar said the Centre and five states, which have not filed their replie...
03 May, 2017, 08.04 PM IST
Mission cow ID: Govt spreads 1 lakh technicians across the country to map cattle populationsNearly one lakh technicians, armed with 50,000 tablets are on a mission to affix a tag with a 12-digit unique identification number inside ...
04 Jan, 2017, 01.10 AM IST
Holy cow urine industry gets boost from Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu agendaIn cow-worshiping India, the increased protection and reverence given to the cows have become a source of inter-faith conflict, given its c...
18 Jul, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Rajasthan Cabinet takes steps to curb illegal animal transportationTo curb illegal transportation of animals for slaughter, Rajasthan Cabinet cleared a proposal to include two sections in the Rajasthan Bovi...
15 Sep, 2015, 05.12 PM IST
SP MLA waylaid a truck carrying buffaloes and let them outRajkumar Yadav waylaid a truck carrying buffaloes and let all the bovines out. The MLA was angry that the truck had dared to overtake his c...
07 Jul, 2015, 10.23 AM IST
Meet India’s first cow minister Otaram Devasi who likes to address himself as “Gaupalan Mantri”Otaram Devasi, 48, happens to be the Rajasthan’s minister in charge of cow affairs. As for himself, India’s first-ever minister for the ‘di...
09 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Rajasthan government to set up a separate department for protection of cowsThere are the Cow Conservation Directorate, Animal Husbandry Directorate and the Rajasthan Livestock Development Board, each with specific ...
11 Feb, 2014, 08.49 AM IST
Despite four agencies on bovine welfare, Rajasthan to set up cow ministry soonRajasthan’s animal husbandry department’s officials are hard at work to set up India’s first ministry for cows.
08 Feb, 2014, 12.54 PM IST