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UP govt to roll out cow-based rural income scheme soon

July 07, 2025 5:09 am

According to the government, while livestock contributes 4.11 per cent to India’s GDP overall, UP contributes a much higher, 7.1 per cent

Separate cow protection cell in Delhi: HC seeks Centre, state govt stand

March 03, 2023 4:27 am

The plea states that there are 15 districts in Delhi which have approximately 206 police stations and 52 police posts (chowkis), adding that Delhi Police has 38,000 police personnel deputed there.

Cow-hug Day: What cow ‘protectors’ and mocking elites both don’t get

February 20, 2023 9:00 am

Ethnographic accounts highlight that people in rural India form deep bonds with their cows. 'Protectors' like the image of a cow but rarely engage with the creature. And those for whom hugging a cow was laughable, failed to see that one person’s pest could be another’s pet

The Express View on 'Cow Hug Day': Spare a thought for an overworked mother

February 10, 2023 1:16 pm

Like so many real and symbolic mothers, must the cow take on emotional, economic, social and civilisational burdens with no “me time”?

Lumpy skin disease: Seers perform 'havan' in Rajasthan to save cows

September 19, 2022 12:35 pm

A 'puja' and 'havan' were organised at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage headquarters on September 13, during which several councillors, including Mayor Munesh Gurjar, participated.

Allahabad HC judge to Centre: Make cow national animal

September 02, 2021 7:27 am

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav said ‘scientists believe that the cow is the only animal that inhales oxygen and exhales oxygen too’.

Assam Cabinet approves cow protection Bill; to be introduced in coming House session

July 08, 2021 8:14 pm

The move is ostensibly aimed at ending illegal cattle smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam.

Oximeters, thermal scanners at UP's 'gaushalas'

May 07, 2021 4:02 pm

Amid the rise in corona virus cases, the state government has set up oximeters and thermal scanners for livestock. However, the official clarified, the equipment was meant for those who labour at the "gaushals."

Uttarakhand: 277 held by cow protection squads since 2017

January 02, 2021 9:06 am

According to the data, 88 cases under the two Acts were lodged in Kumaon region and 176 people were arrested while 101 people were arrested in 83 cases lodged in Garhwal region in the three year period — Oct 2017-till date.

Kerala HC puts curbs on activist Rehana Fathima for referring to meat as ‘gomatha’ in show

November 24, 2020 7:22 pm

The activist, who has repeatedly courted controversies on social media, had used the term 'gomatha' a number of times as a synonym for the meat that she was cooking on the show. Uploaded on YouTube in February this year, the show was even titled 'gomamsam ulathiyath’.

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