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Why gau rakshaks are not unconditionally backing BJP in Haryana’s elections
Vineet Bhalla
· Oct 04, 2024 · 06:30 am
Madhya Pradesh: Three held for attacking cattle transporters get bail, assaulted men still in jail
Aarefa Johari
· Jul 09, 2019 · 07:54 pm
Gujarat: Cow vigilante arrested for assaulting train driver after cow is run over
Scroll Staff
· Jul 09, 2019 · 06:48 pm
Before crackdown on gau rakshaks, Congress government in MP charged cow slaughter-accused under NSA
Aarefa Johari
· Jun 28, 2019 · 09:00 am
Cow-related violence has scuttled India’s beef, leather exports and eroded incomes, says new report
Alison Saldanha, IndiaSpend.com
· Feb 19, 2019 · 12:15 pm
Alwar lynching shows the government has put the burden of ending mob killings on victims themselves
Harsh Mander
· Jul 31, 2018 · 09:00 am
The Daily Fix: Pehlu Khan case casts doubt on the government’s will to crack down on lynchings
Ipsita Chakravarty
· Sep 15, 2017 · 09:30 am
No matter how many cows gau rakshaks save (if any), cows in India might die of starvation
Neelima Sujit Lad
· Sep 14, 2017 · 09:00 am
Cow vigilantism: RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya says it does not support violence
Scroll Staff
· Jul 21, 2017 · 03:56 pm
Video: Meet the gaurakshak who runs a newspaper on cows
Shone Satheesh
· Jul 05, 2017 · 09:00 am
‘Those who are violent can’t be gau rakshaks,’ says man who fought to end cow slaughter for 33 years
Mridula Chari
· Apr 30, 2017 · 09:00 am
The vigilante-activists: Meet the new poster boys of cow protection politics
Abhishek Dey
· Apr 26, 2017 · 06:30 am
Delhi police fail to identify men who beat up buffalo traders, but book victims for animal cruelty
Abhishek Dey
· Apr 24, 2017 · 06:30 am
Chilling video seems to show how Jammu cow vigilantes brutally attacked a family of nomadic herders
Scroll Staff
· Apr 23, 2017 · 10:47 pm
Readers’ comments: The Kashmir problem needs a political solution, not a military one
Scroll
· Apr 23, 2017 · 10:30 pm
Why has the Rajasthan police filed an FIR against the victims of the Alwar lynching?
Aarefa Johari
· Apr 06, 2017 · 10:05 pm
In Rajasthan, a sadhvi and her cow vigilante group are slowly gaining popularity
Abhishek Dey
· Mar 24, 2017 · 09:00 am
Readers' comments: Biased media, Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize and caste-based discrimination
Scroll
· Oct 16, 2016 · 08:30 pm
A gau rakshak-style assault brings the violence of intolerance to the capital
Abhishek Dey
· Sep 18, 2016 · 07:30 am
Looking back: The first Parliament attack took place in 1966 – and was carried out by gau rakshaks
Shoaib Daniyal
· Aug 28, 2016 · 10:30 am
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