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 ...

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 ...

The state has also made it clear that animal slaughter in open public places would be "strictly prohibited". The guidelines, the government said, were in compliance with the West Bengal Animal ...

"If the government cannot provide the required infrastructure, then it should declare cow the national animal while imposing a complete ban on its slaughter and beef exports," Maulana Mohammad Shafiq ...

The impact is likely to be visible after Eid al-Adha, traditionally a peak season for hide availability, as Muslim clerics claimed that cow sacrifice during the Eid celebrations in the state on ...