Gau Rakshaks

A 23-year-old man transporting cattle died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of 'gau rakshaks' (cow vigilantes) in Maharashtra's Nashik district following which six persons have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

Three alleged cattle smugglers were arrested Thursday after being chased by 'gau rakshak' in Sector 56 area when their car overturned, police said.

A Muslim man in the business of transporting and selling meat was assaulted Sunday afternoon in western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district by a group of men led by a person calling himself a "gau rakshak (cow vigilante)"

"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'.

A villager in Palwal district of Haryana was shot dead on Monday eveningin an incident the police say has no connection to cattle smuggling, despite the victim's brother alleging he was shot dead by cow smugglers who held a grudge

Two men were tied to a tree one by one and thrashed by a group for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw at a village in Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident shot by an eyewitness on a mobile phone, a woman was also seen being hit repeatedly with a slipper on her head, covered with a piece of cloth, as she curled up on the gravel and too...

Following the arrest of "gau rakshak" Vaibhav Raut and two other right-wing activists, which led to seizure of arms and bomb-making equipment by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS near Mumbai, the agency has confiscated motorcycles, mobile phones, pen drives and documents related to the case in Pune today.

Yoga guru and entrepreneur Baba Ramdev said today that 'gau rakshaks' (cow protectors) have to come out on streets if police and civil administrations fail to deal strictly with the menace of cow smuggling.

There has been a rise of vigilantism in the country and if "gau rakshaks" (cow vigilantes) are not listening to even Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then it is a matter of concern, says former Vice President Hamid Ansari.

A year ago, Parmar created a life size model of a cow with its intestines spilling out. For a heavy dose of reality, he hung next to the model actual blood and flesh-soaked plastic that charmakars had peeled out from the tangled intestines of dead cattle.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is in Gandhinagar today to take part in a rally organised by young Gujarat Other Backward Classes leader Alpesh Thakore, who is joining the party in his presence.

A farmer in Rajasthan's Alwar - where a man had been beaten to death earlier this year by cow vigilantes -- has alleged that his milch cows, 51 of them

Azad, the disabled auto rickshaw driver thrashed in Faridabad on Friday on suspicion that he was transporting cow meat, has alleged his attackers had poured petrol on his face and were about to light the matchstick

Five people were thrashed by cow vigilantes in Faridabad on the outskirts of the national capital Delhi on Friday morning on the suspicion of carrying beef in an auto rickshaw. Azad, the disabled rickshaw driver who had been hired to deliver the meat, bore the brunt of the attack.

Cow protection goes beyond religion and "pious" cow protectors needn't worry or get distracted due to "well-intentioned statements" by highly-placed persons in the government or the Supreme Court, Mohan Bhagwat, who heads the ruling BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, said,

A 23-year-old man transporting cattle died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of 'gau rakshaks' (cow vigilantes) in Maharashtra's Nashik district following which six persons have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

Three alleged cattle smugglers were arrested Thursday after being chased by 'gau rakshak' in Sector 56 area when their car overturned, police said.

A Muslim man in the business of transporting and selling meat was assaulted Sunday afternoon in western Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district by a group of men led by a person calling himself a "gau rakshak (cow vigilante)"

"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'.

A villager in Palwal district of Haryana was shot dead on Monday eveningin an incident the police say has no connection to cattle smuggling, despite the victim's brother alleging he was shot dead by cow smugglers who held a grudge

Two men were tied to a tree one by one and thrashed by a group for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw at a village in Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident shot by an eyewitness on a mobile phone, a woman was also seen being hit repeatedly with a slipper on her head, covered with a piece of cloth, as she curled up on the gravel and too...

Following the arrest of "gau rakshak" Vaibhav Raut and two other right-wing activists, which led to seizure of arms and bomb-making equipment by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS near Mumbai, the agency has confiscated motorcycles, mobile phones, pen drives and documents related to the case in Pune today.

Yoga guru and entrepreneur Baba Ramdev said today that 'gau rakshaks' (cow protectors) have to come out on streets if police and civil administrations fail to deal strictly with the menace of cow smuggling.

There has been a rise of vigilantism in the country and if "gau rakshaks" (cow vigilantes) are not listening to even Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then it is a matter of concern, says former Vice President Hamid Ansari.

A year ago, Parmar created a life size model of a cow with its intestines spilling out. For a heavy dose of reality, he hung next to the model actual blood and flesh-soaked plastic that charmakars had peeled out from the tangled intestines of dead cattle.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is in Gandhinagar today to take part in a rally organised by young Gujarat Other Backward Classes leader Alpesh Thakore, who is joining the party in his presence.

A farmer in Rajasthan's Alwar - where a man had been beaten to death earlier this year by cow vigilantes -- has alleged that his milch cows, 51 of them

Azad, the disabled auto rickshaw driver thrashed in Faridabad on Friday on suspicion that he was transporting cow meat, has alleged his attackers had poured petrol on his face and were about to light the matchstick

Five people were thrashed by cow vigilantes in Faridabad on the outskirts of the national capital Delhi on Friday morning on the suspicion of carrying beef in an auto rickshaw. Azad, the disabled rickshaw driver who had been hired to deliver the meat, bore the brunt of the attack.

Cow protection goes beyond religion and "pious" cow protectors needn't worry or get distracted due to "well-intentioned statements" by highly-placed persons in the government or the Supreme Court, Mohan Bhagwat, who heads the ruling BJP's ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, said,