Goa: BJP MLA blames his party’s government for failing to act against cow vigilantes

Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo accused ‘so-called cow protectors’ of blocking beef being brought into Goa at the border.

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· Jul 26, 2018 · 09:47 am

Goa’s cow politics: How gau rakshaks and NGOs have worked to starve the state of beef

Vigilantes are halting consignments of meat and cattle coming across the border from Karnataka. As a result, Goa’s only legal abattoir is struggling.

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· Jan 15, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Goa beef traders call off strike after government assures them of police protection

Qureshi Meat Traders Association of Goa said beef will be available in the state from Wednesday.

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· Jan 09, 2018 · 07:55 pm

Goa: Beef traders’ body will go on strike from Saturday to protest harassment by vigilante groups

The association said the strike would go on until the government eases procedures to bring beef into the state.

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· Jan 05, 2018 · 10:28 pm

Beef exported from the US is creating a hunger for meat in Asia, and that’s a climate change problem

Across the globe, beef consumption is seeing rapid growth, fed by cheap imports and served by an industrialised agricultural trade model.

Sean Mowbray

· Oct 27, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Kerala will continue to eat beef, says new Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam

He said if a state like BJP-ruled Goa could eat the meat, then there was no problem with it in Kerala.

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· Sep 05, 2017 · 10:31 am

Maharashtra government wants to make storing beef at home an offence again

In an appeal at the Supreme Court, the state has sought to revive a section of a law that will also allow the police to conduct searches for the meat in houses.

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· Aug 11, 2017 · 07:40 am

Tamil Nadu will implement court rulings on new cattle trade rules, says chief minister

Palaniswami made the comments in the Assembly when Opposition parties demanded the state spell out its stance on the matter.

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· Jun 20, 2017 · 05:35 pm

Jharkhand: Principal, aide arrested for allegedly cooking beef in school, hurting sentiments

The administrative head said she had been ‘falsely implicated’ in the case.

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· Jun 18, 2017 · 11:11 am

Kerala: Youth Congress workers arrested for holding beef festival ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit

The prime minister was in Kochi to inaugurate the city’s metro rail system.

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· Jun 17, 2017 · 07:25 pm

Meghalaya passes resolution against Centre’s notification on sale of cattle for slaughter

The Assembly reportedly said the order will hamper the rights of the people.

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· Jun 12, 2017 · 05:33 pm

Beef politics: Kerala Assembly passes motion against Centre’s new rule on cattle sale

O Rajagopal, the BJP member in the House, was the only one to oppose the motion moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

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· Jun 08, 2017 · 02:58 pm