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
MEA rejects US report on religious freedom as 'deeply biased, motivated by votebank considerations'MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addressed the media, stating, "We have noted the release of the US State Department’s report on internatio...
28 Jun, 2024, 05.49 PM IST
Assam government tables Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021 to regulate sale of beefThe bill was tabled by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma which provided that every animal committee of recognised animal markets sha...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
Dog isn’t cattle: Mizoram assembly clears animal slaughter (amendment) bill, 2020The Mizoram government had mentioned dog as a cattle in the Mizoram Animal Slaughter Act, 2013. The Animal Welfare Board had threatened to ...
05 Mar, 2020, 08.54 AM IST
Animal health certificates issued flouting normsThe chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Slaughter Monitoring Committee (Urban Development Committee) wrote back saying that he would respond t...
22 Mar, 2018, 09.32 AM IST
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar backs beef tradersThe beef traders called off their four-day-long strike yesterday, citing assurance by the police that they would not allow harassment of de...
11 Jan, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
Home Ministry's panel report may help to regulate animal marketsPanel report which suggests 'a uniform act for cow preservation and protection in India ' be brought to check illegal cattle smuggling was ...
01 Jun, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
Decision to ban cattle slaughter will impose a greater burden on farmers: Krishna Byre GowdaKarnataka’s agriculture minister, who hails from a dairy farming family, told ET that "this is a continuation of the old, exploitative soci...
31 May, 2017, 12.14 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
Illegal slaughter to be criminal offence in Uttar Pradesh?Given CM Aditya Nath Yogi's focus on the subject, UP could soon become the first state to make illegal slaughter of animals a criminal offe...
23 Mar, 2017, 12.24 PM IST
SC issues notice on plea against Bombay HC verdict allowing beef consumptionThe High Court had upheld law banning cow slaughter inside Maharashtra, but said ban won’t apply on meat brought from outside.
18 Aug, 2016, 01.45 AM IST
Congress attacks Manohar Lal Khattar on beef issueTaking on BJP, the former Haryana Chief Minister said, "I am Arya Samaji. I am against eating of cow meat. When we said we will be opposing...
10 Feb, 2016, 01.41 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir High Court says state government should review obsolete lawsThe court put the onus back on the state government, directing it to take further action in accordance with the court's observations.
17 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Beef ban: Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea to conduct hearing in Jammu benchThe observation of the bench came when the counsel said that there could be a law and order problem if matters are heard and decided at Sri...
14 Oct, 2015, 01.46 PM IST
HC seeks Mufti government's view on cow slaughter; NC to bring bill to scrap beef ban law in J&KThe J&K high court has asked the state government to give its opinion on a petition seeking to scrap the legal provisions criminalising sla...
17 Sep, 2015, 05.35 AM IST
PMO seeks Law Ministry's opinion on cow slaughter 'model bill'The PMO has referred to a similar provision in the Constitution that provides prohibition of slaughter of cows and milch animals.
08 Mar, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
- Panel proposes 51% sale of Neyveli Lignite
NEW DELHI: THE Disinvestment Commission has recommended 51 per cent disinvestment in Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Manganese Ore, and Rail I...
06 Feb, 2002, 01.32 AM IST