Cow Protection

Travels through the Hindi belt: Ex-corporator in Kanpur cultivates following by helping the unemployed take on the system

According to the CMIE, Uttar Pradesh’s unemployment rate is 8.1 percent as against the national average of 6.7 percent. In Kanpur, the numbers reflect starkly.

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA demands transfer of Khandwa collector who invoked NSA for cow slaughter, calls move 'unjustified'

A Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA has demanded an SIT and the transfer of the Khandwa district collector for invoking the NSA on three accused of cow slaughter.

Cabinet approves another cow-related scheme: Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog is Modi govt's latest initiative to protect the bovine

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal seeking the establishment of 'Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog' for cow protection and effective implementation of welfare schemes.

Uttar Pradesh allots Rs 447 crore in budget for cow shelters as Yogi Adityanath govt presents Rs 4.79-lakh crore plan

Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh government presented a Rs 4.79 lakh crore budget for the 2019-2020 financial year at the state Assembly on Thursday, out of which more than Rs 447 crore was allocated for the welfare of cows.

Congress betrays political heritage by invoking NSA for cow slaughter, risks compromising opposition to BJP

The politics of majoritarian mobilisation is central to the BJP’s political philosophy, the Congress, on the other hand, has historically been a broad church. It will never be able to compete on this terrain with conviction

BJP has ensured cow protection becomes universal brand of politics; Congress-led govt invoking NSA in MP a typical example

The cow has turned into a potent political totem, much like the seasonal iftar photo-ops, ever since BJP graduated from Ram mandir politics to gau mata politics.

Narendra Modi's popularity declines as number of stray cattle rises: Rural UP says will think twice before voting for BJP

While stray cattle ambling around towns and villages have always been a feature of life in rural India, farmers say their number has increased sharply in recent years to the extent that they have become a menace, and blame the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government

'Cow vigilantes' beat 24-year-old cattle trader for 2 hours in Rohtak, police chain victim instead of taking him to hospital

Naushad Muhammed, a dairy worker, was thrashed by alleged cow vigilantes on the suspicion that he was transporting cows for slaughter, but his employer said he was transporting buffaloes for trade.

'What have politicians who speak of cow protection really done for the bovines,' says industrialist Rahul Bajaj

In a jibe at the ruling dispensation, veteran industrialist Rahul Bajaj on Tuesday alleged that none of the politicians who support cow protection and mob lynching in the name of it have done anything worthy for the animal. He also said everyone should ask these politicians what their fathers or forefathers had done to protect cows.

Shift stray cattle to cow shelters by 10 January: Yogi Adityanath's diktat to Uttar Pradesh's district magistrates

Yogi Adityanath told the DMs to ensure that farmers and others do not face any problems due to stray cattle. The district magistrates should impose fines on those who come to the shelters to claim their cows after abandoning them.