Goa is facing the possibility of a beef shortage as meat traders have gone on strike to protest against increasing harassment by cow vigilante groups. The strike, initiated by the Quraishi Meat Traders Association, began on Monday, with traders demanding government protection after a series of attacks on shops selling beef legally. Here are the key points: Strike Against Harassment: …
The Haryana government last week directed local administrations to set up special committees for cow protection and promised to crack down on private cow vigilante groups. The move came after this newspaper reported how lack of enforcement of a section of the Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015, and the failure of the state government to set up district cow …