Tag: Beef
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No shortage of beef in Goa: BJP Minister
Panaji : There is no shortage of beef in Goa, Minister for Animal Husbandry Mauvin Godinho said on Friday. However, he admitted that the state’s only legal abattoir was not running to its full capacity. Godinho was replying to a question from Congress MLA Francisco Silveira in the state legislative assembly. The minister though said…
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Five thrashed on suspicion of carrying beef in Haryana, over 15 booked
Faridabad : Five Muslim youths from Faridabad district of Haryana were thrashed by cow vigilantes who suspected them of transporting beef in Mujessar area, following which members of both the groups were booked in different cases, police said on Saturday. Police said two brothers Isaan Mohammad and Shahzad along with Shakeel, Sonu, and Azaad Mohammad…
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Communal tension grips Bihar village over beef
Patna : Communal tension gripped a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Sunday over rumours about killing of a cow, police said. Beef was seized and two people were arrested. A mob led by cow vigilantes on Sunday morning surrounded a house of a Muslim family in Abhgila village in Bhojpur district, about 60 km…
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Court says possessing beef no crime, upholds slaughter ban
Mumbai, (IANS) In a significant verdict, the Bombay High Court on Friday ruled that possession of beef slaughtered outside Maharashtra would not be a criminal offence but it upheld the government’s decision to ban the slaughter of bullocks in the state. The ruling by a division bench comprising Justice A.S. Oka and Justice S.C. Gupte…
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Beef banned in Muslim dominated Jammu and Kashmir
By maeeshat.in, Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday banned the sale of the beef in the state after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against cow slaughter. Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Janak Raj Kotwal issued the order over the PIL filed by advocate Parimoksh Seth. After Maharashtra, J&K is second state…
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BJP govt. of Maharashtra bans beef
Mumbai: Beef, the popular red meat, was on Tuesday banned in Maharashtra with presidential assent being accorded to the relevant legislation — two decades after the assembly had passed it during the former Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state. Presidential assent was accorded to the Maharashtra Animal Prevention (Amendment Bill), 1995, which bans even the…