Avimukteshwaranand has been in the spotlight ever since he locked horns with Yogi govt over allegedly being stopped from taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on Mauni Amavasya.
Vikarabad district official says case has been registered and sample sent for forensic testing. ‘Since it was raw meat, few students could not bear smell and vomited,’ he adds.
The initiative is meant to improve livestock management and animal welfare in the state & was prompted by recent deaths of bovines at the Vemulawada temple.
PM’s pet project Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog was formed in 2019 but has been without chairman due to ‘lack of govt interest’ with funds unutilised. Cow welfare bodies lacking in states too.
CM Nayab Singh Saini highlighted increase while announcing a slew of incentives to promote cow protection and support industries manufacturing products using cow dung and urine.
Local residents, gau rakshaks and right-wing groups allege cow slaughter on the rise in area due to failure of police and UP government, call for probe and arrests.
From toll booth informants to Instagram warriors to election candidates, Haryana’s gau rakshaks are blurring the lines between religion, law, and politics—and leaving chaos in their wake.
There is a shift from love for dogs to love for cows among the elites now, says Christy, a Christian woman who wants to one day start an all-women gau raksha dal.
In FY 2025-26, AoN for 55 proposals amounting to Rs 6.73 lakh cr has been accorded by DAC. Both the quantum of AoN given and capital contracts signed, so far, have been the highest in any FY.
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