Suvendu Adhikari tightens cattle slaughter rules, cracks down on illegal markets in BengalThe Suvendu Adhikari government has enforced strict regulations on animal slaughter in West Bengal, mandating compliance with the 1950 Act....
15 May, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
Fit certificate a must: Bengal govt issues new guidelines for animal slaughterThe West Bengal government has introduced new rules for animal slaughter. Animals must now have a 'fit certificate' from authorities before...
14 May, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
SC verdict on bullock-cart races: Maha ministers call it victory of farmers, promise all assistance for such eventsMaharashtra Excise Minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the validity of amendment laws allo...
18 May, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
SC refers pleas against Jallikattu to Constitution benchA bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R F Nariman framed five questions to be adjudicated on by the Constitution bench.
02 Feb, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Maharashtra passes legislation to resume bullock cart raceThe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill would regularise the bullock race, a popular sport in rural Maharashtra w...
06 Apr, 2017, 07.37 PM IST
HC upholds Maharashtra's ban on slaughter of bullocks, decriminalises possession of beefThe Bombay HC upheld Maharashtra government's law to ban slaughter of bulls and bullocks, but held as "unconstitutional" the ban on possess...
07 May, 2016, 05.21 AM IST
Centre set to allow bull taming sportsPrakash Javadekar today saying that the government will let such cultural practices as Jallikattu continue while ensuring that animals are ...
28 Dec, 2015, 06.08 PM IST
High Court to hear petitions challenging beef ban in Maharashtra from December 5The Bombay High Court today said it would start hearing from December 5 all the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the be...
19 Nov, 2015, 06.03 PM IST
Mumbai beef ban may dim Bakrid festivitiesThe BMC-run Deonar abattoir which saw sale of around 10,000 bulls and bullocks for Bakrid last year is preparing to meet the spike in deman...
13 Sep, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
How Chennai's sand mafia trains bulls to carry out smuggling operationsThese are trained bulls that can transport smuggled sand in the cover of darkness and carry it to the right destination without a cart driv...
30 May, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Won't take back ban on cow slaughter despite protests from allies: Devendra FadnavisRPI Chief Ramdas Athavale meanwhile has asked President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene in the issue of banning cow slaugther.
20 May, 2015, 08.03 PM IST
Drought, beef ban force distress sale of cattle in villagesNearly half the village of 5,000 people sold has off its bullocks over the last few months, says sarpanch S M Balki.
18 May, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Shankaracharya Saraswati hails beef ban decision in MaharashtraHe said the ban on bulls and bullocks slaughter will increase the production of milk which will in turn help feed children in the country.
07 May, 2015, 03.12 PM IST
Maharashtra CM: No move to ban slaughter of other animals except cows, bulls and bullocksFadnavis' clarification comes after advocate general Sunil Manohar on Monday told the Bombay HC that the state 'may consider banning the sl...
07 Apr, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
Why ban only on slaughter of cows and bulls? Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra governmentA division bench of Justices V M Kanade and A R Joshi was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a provision under section 5 (d) of the r...
06 Apr, 2015, 06.42 PM IST
No kidding! Worth millions, but these politicos have no cars to flauntHere are the modes of transport the politicians' wealth, legit or otherwise, can buy them.
16 Oct, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
- SC upholds Gujarat order banning slaughter of bulls
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of a Gujarat government notification prohibiting indiscriminate slaughtering of th...
29 Feb, 2008, 02.31 AM IST