Cow Protection Cell

On the Gurgaon-Alwar highway, the biryani shops that dot the roadside may just shut down soon. For a week, in the run-up to Bakr Eid, when biriyani is most in demand, the local police have been raiding these shops following a complaint about the use of beef.

In a first, a cow census is being conducted in Bengal - one of the few states where cow slaughter is not banned -- by an outfit that calls itself the Cow Protection Cell that's headed by a state BJP member, but is not linked to the BJP.

On the Gurgaon-Alwar highway, the biryani shops that dot the roadside may just shut down soon. For a week, in the run-up to Bakr Eid, when biriyani is most in demand, the local police have been raiding these shops following a complaint about the use of beef.

In a first, a cow census is being conducted in Bengal - one of the few states where cow slaughter is not banned -- by an outfit that calls itself the Cow Protection Cell that's headed by a state BJP member, but is not linked to the BJP.