Kerala Beef Row

The Keralagovernment has "no interest in hurting religious beliefs of any group,"a ministerclarified today amid controversy over a tweet shared by his department over a popular delicacy. "In Kerala, no one links food with religion," Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said.

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...

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.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today wrote his second letter in three days to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kerala House 'raid' episode pointing out legal violation by Delhi police and maintained that the state would resort to legal action if it did not receive a satisfactory reply from the Centre.

Under attack for "breach of protocol" in connection with the Kerala House episode, the Delhi Police has issued a circular, asking officials to contact the Residence Commissioners of state bhavans, in case of situations requiring preventive action.

The Home Ministry will submit a report to the Prime Minister's Office on the row over the Delhi police 'raid' at Kerala House on a complaint that its canteen allegedly served 'beef'.

The Delhi Police today submitted a detailed report to the Union Home Ministry over "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in New Delhi over allegations that beef was being served there.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday demanded Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi's resignation for "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in Delhi over allegations that beef was served there.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Kerala House beef controversy and the Dalit killings in Haryana were examples of "channel-driven news as opposed to actual news". These and the row over reservation would have no impact on the ongoing Bihar election, he said.

The Delhi Police was doing its duty and a "wrong impression was created" that it carried out a raid at Kerala House, said its chief BS Bassi this evening.

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.

The backlash in Kerala over the beef row today singed activist and television personality Rahul Eashwar, who said he was roughed up and his car vandalised as he was against "beef or pork festivals".

The Keralagovernment has "no interest in hurting religious beliefs of any group,"a ministerclarified today amid controversy over a tweet shared by his department over a popular delicacy. "In Kerala, no one links food with religion," Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said.

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...

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.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today wrote his second letter in three days to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kerala House 'raid' episode pointing out legal violation by Delhi police and maintained that the state would resort to legal action if it did not receive a satisfactory reply from the Centre.

Under attack for "breach of protocol" in connection with the Kerala House episode, the Delhi Police has issued a circular, asking officials to contact the Residence Commissioners of state bhavans, in case of situations requiring preventive action.

The Home Ministry will submit a report to the Prime Minister's Office on the row over the Delhi police 'raid' at Kerala House on a complaint that its canteen allegedly served 'beef'.

The Delhi Police today submitted a detailed report to the Union Home Ministry over "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in New Delhi over allegations that beef was being served there.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday demanded Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi's resignation for "illegally raiding" the Kerala House in Delhi over allegations that beef was served there.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Kerala House beef controversy and the Dalit killings in Haryana were examples of "channel-driven news as opposed to actual news". These and the row over reservation would have no impact on the ongoing Bihar election, he said.

The Delhi Police was doing its duty and a "wrong impression was created" that it carried out a raid at Kerala House, said its chief BS Bassi this evening.

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.

The backlash in Kerala over the beef row today singed activist and television personality Rahul Eashwar, who said he was roughed up and his car vandalised as he was against "beef or pork festivals".