UP slaughterhouses

UP meat traders extend support to Yogi Adityanath, appeal to protesters to return to work with license

A delegation of meat traders who met the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in Lucknow on Thursday have extended their support to the state government's view in the matter and seconded the move of banning illegal slaughterhouses in the state. 

Mar 30, 2017, 22:15 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh meat sellers go on indefinite strike; crackdown only against illegal slaughterhouses, says government

Thousands of meat sellers in Uttar Pradesh shut shops for an indefinite period from Monday.

Mar 27, 2017, 23:33 PM IST

No ban on cow slaughter in three Northeast states if party comes to power next year: BJP

Clearing confusion over its action against slaughter houses in the state, UP government said on Monday that it was acting only against the illegal abattoirs.

Mar 27, 2017, 17:03 PM IST

Azam Khan demands ban on cow slaughter across India, says Muslims should stop eating beef

'All slaughterhouses should be shut. No animal should be slaughtered.'

Mar 27, 2017, 15:55 PM IST

UP govt defends crackdown on slaughterhouses, says 'no order to shut down chicken, egg shops'

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday defended the action taken against illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses and meat shops running in the state and said that crackdown has been ordered against those who have been operating without a license. 

Mar 27, 2017, 11:09 AM IST