Government in May decreed that animal markets could only trade cattle for agricultural purposes, such as ploughing and dairy production.

In a press conference on Thursday, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad sought to allay fears of a complete ban on beef.

The counsel appearing for one of the petitioners told the apex court that due to the notification, serious problems have cropped up in plac...

A vacation bench comprising Justices R K Agrawal and S K Kaul issued notice to the Centre and asked it to file response within two weeks on...

The Kerala Chief Minister asked the assembly to cancel the notification as it interferes with the rights of people to eat the food they lik...

While the BSF is tasked with preventing cattle smuggling and the markets come under its jurisdiction, the haats are run by the state govern...

Agartala, June 2 (IANS) The Centre may consider any vital proposal on the new law on cattle trade and slaughter, Environment Minister Harsh...

Karnataka’s agriculture minister, who hails from a dairy farming family, told ET that "this is a continuation of the old, exploitative soci...

Curbs on interstate transport of cattle -already a risky business due to cow vigilantism -will hurt the interest of farmers procuring anima...

"The situation will stabilise if buffalo is excluded from the ban," a government official said on condition of anonymity.

Exporters body is planning to write to the environment ministry asking it to allow trading of buffaloes at animal markets like goat and she...

The rules were notified in the backdrop of some observations made by the SC and a parliamentary panel on preventing cruelty to animals and ...

The prime focus of the regulation is to protect the animals from cruelty and not to regulate the existing trade in cattle for slaughter hou...

The DMK's working president also hit out at the TN government for "keeping mum" when the neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka have o...

People may be divided along religious lines here. But the lines blur when it comes to the cattle economy.

Home minister Rajnath Singh may have asked BSF to starve Bangladesh of beef by putting a stop to cattle smuggling.

The state government's decision to extend the ban on cow slaughter to bullocks in March cut off the demand from abattoirs.