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In western UP, places like Mathura show cow protection can go hand-in-hand with the development agenda

In the midst of an ongoing controversy over stray cattle ruining farmers' crops in western Uttar Pradesh and apparently causing resentment against the government, Mathura offers a model of protecting cows from slaughter in a way that is perfectly in sync with people’s religious sentiments for the sacred animal

Field report from 13 sites of hate crime in Uttar Pradesh: Lingering fear, distrust, justice delayed and denied

With 92 attacks, 2018 recorded the most hate crime in India in a decade, according to Hate Crime Watch, a database of religious identity-based hate crimes across India from 2009 to 2018.

'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.

UP's law-and-order woes under Yogi Adityanath raise key question: Has CM turned into embarrassment for BJP?

The Bulandshahr incident points to the dangers of two diametrically opposed strategies that the Yogi Adityanath government has followed since coming to power

Swami Vivekananda and a civilisation in resurgence: Remembering the monk on his 155th birth anniversary

As religion is now becoming a political cause against a particular religious community, Vivekananda is not only prevalent but also relevant in current time.

Rajasthan police deliberately weakened Pehlu Khan lynching case, says independent report; family sees little hope for justice

An independent fact-finding investigation into lynching of Pehlu Khan has exposed how police tried to "weaken" the investigation

Cow vigilantes threaten Kerala's milk self-sufficiency plan, says animal husbandry minister K Raju

Cow vigilantes pose a threat to Kerala's plans to achieve self-sufficiency in milk production, the state's animal husbandry minister said.

Centre should ban cow vigilante groups, says CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury

CPM chief Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday attacked the Narendra Modi government over growing incidents of lynchings and demanded that cow vigilante groups must be banned.

Uttar Pradesh mulls introducing cow-milk sweets as 'prasad' to boost dairy industry

The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling making sweets made of cow-milk available as 'prasad' at temples by Navratra, state dairy minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said.

Farmers' group accuses Narendra Modi of hypocrisy over his statement on cow vigilantes

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of uttering "hypocritical rhetoric" on the violence unleashed by cow vigilantes and accused him of "running with the hare and hunting with the hounds".