Cow Protection Bill

Hitting out at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the cow protection bill, MLA Akhil Gogoi said he will be remembered as the "most communal and divisive CM" in the history of Assam.

Assam, which is a hub for cattle smugglers, passed a new cattle protection bill, which once made into law, will replace an older one. While the opposition has alleged that the move was purely a religious one, the government denied any ill intentions.

To increase the population of milk-giving cows in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state will start selective insemination of cows by using sex-sorted sperm instead of the natural process where the offspring's gender can

The bill was introduced to further the agenda of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, Congress Lok Sabha MP Abdul Khaleque has said.

Congress leader and MP from Assam's Kaliabor Gaurav Gogoi today alleged that the BJP government in the state introduced the Cattle Preservation Bill to deflect attention from its failure to manage the Covid situation and vaccine supply.

The Assam government plans to bring in a law to protect cows by banning transport of cattle outside the state, among other measures.

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday said the government is planning to introduce a cow protection bill in the next assembly session to ban transport of the animal outside the state.

The BJP government in Karnataka, which is short of numbers in the Upper House of the legislature, today took the ordinance route to bring in its stringent cow protection law. Seeking harsher punishments for illegal slaughter, sale, and transport of cattle, the bill was passed without even a discussion on December 9 in the state Assembly, where the ...

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today performed cow puja at his official residence in Bengaluru. His party is celebrating the passing of a new cow protection bill by the state Assembly, though the BJP lacks the numbers to sail it through the Legislative Council, a move necessary to make it a law.

"Earlier, life was at risk for vigilantes... not those who were in the (cattle) trade," CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka told NDTV, in response to concerns that the state's new anti-cow slaughter bill will protect and embolden 'Gau Rakshaks'.

Karnataka's controversial new cow protection act - which replaces legislation from 1964 that also prohibited the slaughter of cows - has been red-flagged for both tougher punishments and provisions that many are calling "undemocratic"

As many as 20 private members bills including those seeking to introduce compulsory voting, protection of cow and prevention of acid attacks were introduced in the Lok Sabha today.

Hitting out at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the cow protection bill, MLA Akhil Gogoi said he will be remembered as the "most communal and divisive CM" in the history of Assam.

Assam, which is a hub for cattle smugglers, passed a new cattle protection bill, which once made into law, will replace an older one. While the opposition has alleged that the move was purely a religious one, the government denied any ill intentions.

To increase the population of milk-giving cows in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state will start selective insemination of cows by using sex-sorted sperm instead of the natural process where the offspring's gender can

The bill was introduced to further the agenda of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, Congress Lok Sabha MP Abdul Khaleque has said.

Congress leader and MP from Assam's Kaliabor Gaurav Gogoi today alleged that the BJP government in the state introduced the Cattle Preservation Bill to deflect attention from its failure to manage the Covid situation and vaccine supply.

The Assam government plans to bring in a law to protect cows by banning transport of cattle outside the state, among other measures.

Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday said the government is planning to introduce a cow protection bill in the next assembly session to ban transport of the animal outside the state.

The BJP government in Karnataka, which is short of numbers in the Upper House of the legislature, today took the ordinance route to bring in its stringent cow protection law. Seeking harsher punishments for illegal slaughter, sale, and transport of cattle, the bill was passed without even a discussion on December 9 in the state Assembly, where the ...

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today performed cow puja at his official residence in Bengaluru. His party is celebrating the passing of a new cow protection bill by the state Assembly, though the BJP lacks the numbers to sail it through the Legislative Council, a move necessary to make it a law.

"Earlier, life was at risk for vigilantes... not those who were in the (cattle) trade," CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka told NDTV, in response to concerns that the state's new anti-cow slaughter bill will protect and embolden 'Gau Rakshaks'.

Karnataka's controversial new cow protection act - which replaces legislation from 1964 that also prohibited the slaughter of cows - has been red-flagged for both tougher punishments and provisions that many are calling "undemocratic"

As many as 20 private members bills including those seeking to introduce compulsory voting, protection of cow and prevention of acid attacks were introduced in the Lok Sabha today.