Cow

Declare cow a protected national animal, says Allahabad HC to Centre

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has said that the Centre should take an appropriate decision to ban cow slaughter and declare it as a 'protected national animal'

UP minister urges public to worship cow on this Valentine's Day

An Uttar Pradesh Minister on Sunday asked the people of the state to celebrate Valentine's Day by offering cows "gud and roti" and taking their blessings. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) had last Monday appealed to the public to celebrate February 14 as 'Cow Hug Day'. The directive was later cancelled after the move became the subject of memes on social media. "Valentine's day, known as love day, on Feb 14 should be celebrated by expressing love and faith towards cows by offering them 'gud and roti'. Besides, their blessing should be taken by touching their head and neck," State Animal Husbandry Minister Dharmpal Singh said in a statement. "Gavo Vishwasya Matarah" in vedas means "Cow is the mother of the world," he said. "Therefore, on this day, a resolution should also be taken to serve the mother cow regularly," he added. "Cow products are used in every fast, festival, worship and rituals in Indian society. Cow has been paramount not only because of emotional or religio

Supreme Court rejects plea seeking declaration of cow as national animal

'It is not the job of the court to decide on such matters,' the SC bench commented while enquiring which fundamental right of the petitioner was affected

After dung, Chhattisgarh's Congress govt to use cow urine as fertiliser

About two months ago, Chief Minister Baghel had envisaged using cow urine for strengthening the rural economy and organic farming

MP govt to give Rs 900 per month to farmers rearing indigenous cows

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also informed that the MP government is going to start special activities to promote natural farming in 100 villages each across 52 districts of the state

Animal lovers

Under the new dispensation, animals have acquired a new halo - we are being asked to do things vis-a-vis animals for political reasons as well

Suspected cow slaughterers held after gunfight with police in Muzaffarnagar

Upon receiving information about the alleged incident of cow slaughter, a police team reached the spot and surrounded the suspected cow slaughterers, who opened fire on the personnel

Protein content makes cow milk harmful for toddlers below one year: Experts

The infants are given cow milk in India as awareness is low among the people especially in rural are

IIT-Delhi gets 50 proposals for research on cow milk, urine, dung and ghee

The proposals from different academic and research institutions were made under the Scientific Validation and Research on Panchgavya

RSS, VHP members in govt panel researching benefits of cow urine, dung

Panel tasked with selecting projects that scientifically validate research on indegenous cow

Cow as leverage

Top executive of a brokerage firm suggested that they propagate sacredness of the cow