Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is pushing for a Uniform Civil Code, stating it will empower minority women and promote equality...

A recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...

The West Bengal government has introduced new rules for animal slaughter. Animals must now have a 'fit certificate' from authorities before...

Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday took strong exception to Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh's ...

The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill-2020 bill proposes a maximum of seven years' imprisonment and fine of...

Former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday reiterated his party's opposition to the anti-cow slaughter bill passed in ...

The minister, who has already announced that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the state legislature session starting f...

"The government is committed to enact the anti-cow slaughter law. Once the Covid-19 crisis eases an expert committee would be constituted t...

In case of illegal transportation, apart from the driver, the owner of the vehicle will be charged under the ordinance, unless it is proven...

It was necessary that cow slaughter act be made more robust and effective. Considering these points, the Cabinet decided to amend the cow s...

The proposal to amend the MP Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention Act, 2004, was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Kamal N...

The 2017 rules notified on May 23, 2017, have been replaced with draft rules called Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Animal Markets Rule...

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...

Maneka Gandhi, an animal rights activist, had earlier called for an end to cow slaughter and also suggested banning zoos across the country.

The new rules define an “animal market” as a marketplace or any other premises to which animals are brought from other places and exposed f...

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...

BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi promised to frame a legislation to ban cow slaughter in the state if NDA comes to power in Bihar Assembly elec...