Assam Beef

Congress MLA Kamalaksha Dey Purkayastha lodged a police against Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for allegedly hurting feelings of Hindus after his controversial beef remark.

"We have moved this bill on the first day of the assembly session and the intervening period was of almost 30 days. We were ready to consider all the amendments. In fact for one-two amendments, however, the opposition could not present them with prop

A woman from a village in Assam was briefly arrested for allegedly uploading an "objectionable post" proposing to "gift" cow meat to state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said the police.

The new Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, if passed by the state Assembly where it was placed today, will replace a 1950 law. It is aimed primarily at stopping the movement of cattle from other parts of the country into Assam and vice-versa.

Hardline Assam BJP leader Satya Ranjan Borah has a problem with serving beef - not just to people, but also to carnivorous animals in zoos, specifically tigers

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Assam government to pay Rs 1 lakh to a person, who was beaten up by a mob for selling cooked beef at his tea stall in the Biswanath district.

A two-year-old Facebook post that seems to express support for Pakistan and encourage beef consumption has landed a Gauhati University research scholar in trouble, with Assam police filing a case against her. The accused - Rehna Sultana - claims that the post had been "misinterpreted", and was deleted minutes after it was originally posted in June ...

Assam Police on Wednesday registered a suo motu case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating, which was claimed to have been deleted long back.

One more person was arrested for allegedly beating up and force-feeding pork to a Muslim man for selling beef in Assam, taking the total number arrests to 12 including a BJP ward member, the police said.

A Muslim man was abused and heckled for allegedly selling beef in Assam's Biswanath district on Sunday. Police detained one person after a video of the the man on his knees in deep slush, begging to let him go, was widely shared on social media.

The Centre has sent over 22,000 central paramilitary troops in order to beef up security in Assam and adjoining states in view of the publication of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Three persons including a minor have been arrested for openly carrying beef through a street in Jorhat town in Upper Assam on Tuesday. The police said the three have been charged with hurting religious sentiments. The incident took place on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a day-long visit to Assam. Security has been beefed up in the state after the United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) anti-talk faction called a 12-hour Assam bandh in protest. Police and para-military personnel have been posted on all major thoroughfares, vital installations and patrolling has been intensified...

Congress MLA Kamalaksha Dey Purkayastha lodged a police against Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for allegedly hurting feelings of Hindus after his controversial beef remark.

"We have moved this bill on the first day of the assembly session and the intervening period was of almost 30 days. We were ready to consider all the amendments. In fact for one-two amendments, however, the opposition could not present them with prop

A woman from a village in Assam was briefly arrested for allegedly uploading an "objectionable post" proposing to "gift" cow meat to state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said the police.

The new Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, if passed by the state Assembly where it was placed today, will replace a 1950 law. It is aimed primarily at stopping the movement of cattle from other parts of the country into Assam and vice-versa.

Hardline Assam BJP leader Satya Ranjan Borah has a problem with serving beef - not just to people, but also to carnivorous animals in zoos, specifically tigers

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Assam government to pay Rs 1 lakh to a person, who was beaten up by a mob for selling cooked beef at his tea stall in the Biswanath district.

A two-year-old Facebook post that seems to express support for Pakistan and encourage beef consumption has landed a Gauhati University research scholar in trouble, with Assam police filing a case against her. The accused - Rehna Sultana - claims that the post had been "misinterpreted", and was deleted minutes after it was originally posted in June ...

Assam Police on Wednesday registered a suo motu case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating, which was claimed to have been deleted long back.

One more person was arrested for allegedly beating up and force-feeding pork to a Muslim man for selling beef in Assam, taking the total number arrests to 12 including a BJP ward member, the police said.

A Muslim man was abused and heckled for allegedly selling beef in Assam's Biswanath district on Sunday. Police detained one person after a video of the the man on his knees in deep slush, begging to let him go, was widely shared on social media.

The Centre has sent over 22,000 central paramilitary troops in order to beef up security in Assam and adjoining states in view of the publication of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Three persons including a minor have been arrested for openly carrying beef through a street in Jorhat town in Upper Assam on Tuesday. The police said the three have been charged with hurting religious sentiments. The incident took place on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a day-long visit to Assam. Security has been beefed up in the state after the United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) anti-talk faction called a 12-hour Assam bandh in protest. Police and para-military personnel have been posted on all major thoroughfares, vital installations and patrolling has been intensified...