Baltimore City, Maryland : The Muslim Food Festival will return to Baltimore City in Maryland on August 12 for the fifth year, and it will run from noon to 10 pm at the Islamic Society of Baltimore. The family-friendly festival features foods from halal vendors in the...
Mississauga City, Ontario : More than 35,000 people visited the fifth annual Halal Food Festival Toronto 2017 that took place on Saturday and Sunday at the International Centre in Mississauga. The Halal Food Festival Toronto, North America’s biggest halal fair, took...
Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS) : The one-day special Kerala Assembly session began on Thursday with a quick beef fry breakfast as lawmakers were set to discuss the Centre's new cattle trade and slaughter rules. The Kerala legislators started their day at the assembly...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Supreme Court will hear on June 15 a plea challenging the government notification prohibiting the sale of animals at animal markets for slaughter on the grounds that it violated the right to free trade. A vacation bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Union Environment Ministry on Friday modified the animal cruelty rules, making it mandatory to ensure the cattle are not bought or sold with a purpose of slaughtering. As the ministry notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (Regulation of...
By K.S. Jayaraman, Bengaluru, (IANS) : Banning cow slaughter has become a major political and social issue in India but a study published by US researchers suggests this may indeed help mitigate global warming. A team of researchers from four American universities...
Tokyo (IINA) : Japan is rolling out the red carpet to visitors from Muslim countries, with Qibla (direction pointing towards Makkah) appearing in hotel rooms, prayer rooms being signposted in airports and commercial complexes, and halal food becoming a staple in...
Nairobi, Kenya (IINA) : In a country where 82 percent are Christians, halal, the dietary standard in Islamic law, is finding greater acceptance. Kenya is now home to a modest 100 halal-compliant food industry businesses, offering Muslims a choice of offerings and...
Panaji, (IANS) : Rejecting BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's call for a change in Goa's beef-eating tradition, a state party spokesperson on Friday said the statement was Swamy's "personal stand" and not the party's position on the issue. Asked to react to a Congress...
By Mohit Dubey, Lucknow, (IANS) : Yogi Adityanath, ever since he assumed office as the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has not only sent shivers down the spines of the bureacuracy with his blistering work pace but has also "inspired" a luxury hotel in this city...