. KOLKATA: Cow sacrifice is neither a part of Eid-uz-Zuha nor a religious requirement under Islam, Calcutta HC said on Thursday while refusing to quash the Bengal govt’s order regulating cattle slaughter ahead of the festival or grant interim relief based on a batch of PILs challenging the administration’s directive.The division bench of Chief Justice…
Kolkata: State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar on Friday urged Bengal govt to consider amending the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, with the livelihood of hundreds of people involved with the cattle and milk trade at stake.“There are thousands of people in the villages who are involved in cattle-rearing and milk trade. They are…
Kolkata: There is no basis of linking cattle slaughter rules with Eid or religious practices like ‘qurbani’, said Bengal animal resources development minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday. He added that stricter norms being enforced by state govt are meant to prevent cattle smuggling and illegal slaughter.“There is no basis for linking cow slaughter with festivals…
KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as the “remaining animals did not meet govt guidelines”.The newly elected state govt on Wednesday had issued…
