After beef, will vegetables be also banned during Bakr-Eid festival?
In the backdrop of a blanket ban on slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks, a Bangalore based short filmmaker, in a sarcastic way, has allegedly filed a petition asking the government "to ban vegetables also on the occasion of Muslim festival Bakr-Eid".
Sep 22, 2015, 18:20 PM IST
Beef ban issue creates divide between PDP, BJP
The issue of beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir has created a divide between the ruling coalition partners, with PDP saying the prohibition cannot be accepted while the BJP is pressing for strict implementation of the 150-year prohibitory rule.
Sep 22, 2015, 16:34 PM IST
Beef and meat bans cast shadow over Eid-ul-Azha
With hundreds of families across the country preparing Eid-ul-Azha in the last week of September, the ban on sale of meat, including beef, has come as a huge setback for the traders who were expecting a good business during the festive season.
Sep 19, 2015, 15:51 PM IST
BJP MLA moves resolution calling for capital punishment for cow slaughter
Calling for a state wide implementation of the High Court order banning sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir, a BJP MLA on Friday moved a resolution in the legislative assembly demanding capital punishment for those found slaughtering the bovine animal in the state.
Sep 18, 2015, 22:27 PM IST
VHP threatens stir if J&K assembly allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill
VHP on Friday threatened to launch a massive agitation and enforce an economic blockade in Jammu and Kashmir if the assembly allowed a discussion to revoke provisions criminalizing bovine slaughter and sale of beef in the state.
Sep 18, 2015, 16:14 PM IST
Beef ban row: J&K HC issues notice to state govt
Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday gave a week's time to the state government to file its response to a writ petition seeking to strike down the Constitutional provisions criminalising bovine slaughter in the state.
Sep 16, 2015, 14:06 PM IST
AAG shunted out by Sayeed govt over handling of beef ban case
Days after Jammu and Kashmir High Court banned sale of beef, the state government has shunted out Additional Advocate General Vishal Sharma apparently for "failing to defend" its stand on the matter before the court.
Sep 15, 2015, 14:34 PM IST
HC decision on beef ban must be strictly implemented: Balyan
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan on Monday said the decision of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on beef ban in the state should be strictly implemented, and action must be taken against any individual who defies the court ruling.
Sep 14, 2015, 16:33 PM IST
BJP leader to organise beef party in South Kashmir
Even as BJP, a coalition partner in Jammu and Kashmir government, has welcomed the High Court ruling asking police to strictly implement beef ban in the state, a party leader from south Kashmir will organise a beef party to send across a message of religious tolerance.
Sep 13, 2015, 19:18 PM IST
Implement beef ban strictly, without fear: J&K BJP
The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday said that the ban imposed on the sale of beef by High Court in the state should be implemented in letter and spirit.
Sep 12, 2015, 21:48 PM IST
Strike in Srinagar against J&K High Court beef ban directive
Authorities Saturday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to maintain law and order in view of the strike called by separatist groups to protest the High Court order on implementation of beef ban in the state.
Sep 12, 2015, 10:31 AM IST
J&K beef ban: Clashes in Srinagar, separatists detained, ISIS flags raised
Clashes broke out here on Friday between police and people protesting against the Jammu & Kashmir high court directive to ban beef in the state with some youth displaying Pakistani and ISIS flags.
Sep 11, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Beef ban protests: Kashmiri separatist leaders detained
Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders were on Friday placed under house arrest in the Kashmir Valley in a bid to curb protests called by separatists against a high court order reasserting a ban on beef in the state, police said.
Sep 11, 2015, 15:17 PM IST
J&K separatists defy HC ban, call for beef consumption on Eid
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court order banning the sale of beef has irked the separatists and Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani has called for protest and a day-long strike in the Valley against the court’s decision on Friday.
Sep 10, 2015, 20:21 PM IST
