Cow Vigilante

West Bengal: Cow vigilantes accuse Trinamool Congress, police of cattle smuggling

Cow vigilante groups in Asansol have alleged that the police and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) are active participants in the cattle smuggling racket in West Bengal.

VHP 'gau raksha' wing functionary shot dead in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad; police suspect personal enmity

Ravi Vishwakarma (35), the district in charge of the VHP's 'gau raksha' wing, was returning from Hoshangabad with two others in a car when he was shot dead

Two Dalit children lynched in Madhya Pradesh: Father of one victim accuses locals of caste discrimination, slurs

Two Dalit children were allegedly beaten to death by some people for defecating in front of a panchayat building in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpur district on Wednesday

Tabrez Ansari one of many victims of Jai Shri Ram obsession: Rundown of latest incidents of right-wing mobs targeting minorities

When the 17th Lok Sabha convened for the first time on 18 June, a curious and worrying phenomenon manifest itself in the House of People. The Members of Bharatiya Janata Party decided to celebrate their brute majority by heckling members of the Opposition, especially Muslims, with the slogan Jai Shri Ram.

Madhya Pradesh approves proposal for anti-cow vigilante law; draft bill proposes up to 5-yr jail term, Rs 50,000 fine

The punishment will be extended to a minimum of one-year and maximum five years in case a mob is involved in cow vigilantism.

Man lynched in Bihar's Araria on suspicion of cattle theft; police say victim was accused of same crime in past, register case

A 44-year-old man was lynched to death in this district of Bihar over suspicion of cattle theft, police said Thursday.

Narendra Modi's rule has been bad for India, says Shashi Tharoor; personality cult 'Moditva' scores over Hindutva

'Paradoxical Prime Minister' is meant to be a substantive and substantiated takedown of four years of Modi rule and everything that has happened in that time, says author Shashi Tharoor.

India’s leather industry takes a hit as incidents of cow-vigilantism soar: Exports declined by over 3% last year

As production and leather exports declined, cow-related violence increased from one attack each in 2012 and 2013 to three in 2014, jumping to 37 in 2017, the worst year yet for such violence

Attack on Umar Khalid: Delhi Police detain two; accused claim they are cow vigilantes who planned to disrupt event

During interrogation, the duo told police that they had planned to disrupt the event 'Khauff se Azaadi' that was being held on 13 August at Constitution Club, where activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha were present as speakers.

Alwar lynching victim Rakbar Khan leaves behind family of eight, children who ask where their next meal will come from

A pall of gloom descended on the two-room red brick house at Kolgaon village of Haryana's Mewat district, as news spread of Rakbar Khan's lynching by an angry mob in Rajasthan's Alwar