Kerala Beef Protest

A controversy that began over beef cutlets a week ago has led to an indefinite shutdown of the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala's Kuttanad. Around 200 students, mostly from outside the state, today boycotted internal examinations and protested outside the vice-chancellor's office on the university's main campus located 80 kilometr...

A college magazine in Kerala is back in the news, this time because students are protesting the college authorities banning words such as beef, dalit and fascism from the publication.

The one-day special session of the Kerala Assembly to discuss the Centre's new cattle trade rules, began with a quick beef fry breakfast this morning. Kerala, along with Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and a few northeastern states, where beef is staple, has witnessed hundreds of protests since the rule was introduced.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Centre's rule on cattle trade has nothing to do with state rules on animal slaughter. The rule, which bans sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets, has triggered widespread protests in southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and in the northeast, where beef is a staple.

A large number of students held a protest at the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT Madras against an attack on a research scholar who participated in a "beef fest" earlier this week. The beef fest was organised to protest against the Centre's new cattle rules, which the students say infringe on their right to eat what they want. There have been...

A research scholar at IIT-Madras was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday, reportedly because he had led Sunday's "beef fest" at the IIT-Madras (Indian Institute of Technology) campus against the Centre's cattle trade rules last week.

After strident criticism and protests in many states over its decision to ban the trade of cattle for slaughter, the centre is reportedly considering a revision to its order to exclude buffaloes from the new restrictions.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

Around 80 students participated in a "beef fest" at the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras last night, where they also discussed the Central government's recent ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at cattle markets.

The Kerala Police have filed a case against a Youth Congress leader and other workers after a video was circulated of a group of men slaughtering a calf in public. The workers, whose number is unspecified, were led by Kannur Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty, the police said. The men are accused of slaughtering an animal in a way that causes pub...

Fuelling the beef debate further after the Kerala House controversy, the right wing group, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor demanding that alleged beef sale in hotel and restaurants in the national capital should be checked immediately.

A day after Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy wrote his second protest letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre today assured action against Delhi police officials who conducted 'the raid' at the Kerala House on complaints of cow meat being served there.

The row over a 'beef raid' at Kerala House in New Delhi intensified after parliamentarians from the state protested outside the official state house today.

Politics over beef found a new address today as the Kerala House in Delhi took buffalo meat, which is not illegal, off the menu after a "raid" by a team of policemen following a complaint by a fringe group.

Social activist and author Rahul Easwar's car was today damaged and his path blocked by some students after he refused to lend support to a 'beef festival' being organised in various colleges in Kerala to protest against the Dadri lynching incident.

A controversy that began over beef cutlets a week ago has led to an indefinite shutdown of the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala's Kuttanad. Around 200 students, mostly from outside the state, today boycotted internal examinations and protested outside the vice-chancellor's office on the university's main campus located 80 kilometr...

A college magazine in Kerala is back in the news, this time because students are protesting the college authorities banning words such as beef, dalit and fascism from the publication.

The one-day special session of the Kerala Assembly to discuss the Centre's new cattle trade rules, began with a quick beef fry breakfast this morning. Kerala, along with Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and a few northeastern states, where beef is staple, has witnessed hundreds of protests since the rule was introduced.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Centre's rule on cattle trade has nothing to do with state rules on animal slaughter. The rule, which bans sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets, has triggered widespread protests in southern states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and in the northeast, where beef is a staple.

A large number of students held a protest at the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT Madras against an attack on a research scholar who participated in a "beef fest" earlier this week. The beef fest was organised to protest against the Centre's new cattle rules, which the students say infringe on their right to eat what they want. There have been...

A research scholar at IIT-Madras was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday, reportedly because he had led Sunday's "beef fest" at the IIT-Madras (Indian Institute of Technology) campus against the Centre's cattle trade rules last week.

After strident criticism and protests in many states over its decision to ban the trade of cattle for slaughter, the centre is reportedly considering a revision to its order to exclude buffaloes from the new restrictions.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

Around 80 students participated in a "beef fest" at the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras last night, where they also discussed the Central government's recent ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at cattle markets.

The Kerala Police have filed a case against a Youth Congress leader and other workers after a video was circulated of a group of men slaughtering a calf in public. The workers, whose number is unspecified, were led by Kannur Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty, the police said. The men are accused of slaughtering an animal in a way that causes pub...

Fuelling the beef debate further after the Kerala House controversy, the right wing group, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor demanding that alleged beef sale in hotel and restaurants in the national capital should be checked immediately.

A day after Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy wrote his second protest letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre today assured action against Delhi police officials who conducted 'the raid' at the Kerala House on complaints of cow meat being served there.

The row over a 'beef raid' at Kerala House in New Delhi intensified after parliamentarians from the state protested outside the official state house today.

Politics over beef found a new address today as the Kerala House in Delhi took buffalo meat, which is not illegal, off the menu after a "raid" by a team of policemen following a complaint by a fringe group.

Social activist and author Rahul Easwar's car was today damaged and his path blocked by some students after he refused to lend support to a 'beef festival' being organised in various colleges in Kerala to protest against the Dadri lynching incident.