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Topic: Gau Rakshaks

Karnataka man, 11-yr-old daughter waylaid by vigilantes. Father booked for ‘carrying beef without bills’

In statement recorded in hospital, girl says she got injured after fall from bike as 2 men blocked them with their car & assaulted her father. Case to be lodged for 'moral policing' too.

Another Hindu man lynched for cows in Haryana. Gau rakshaks are now narbhakshaks

The Haryana police tip-off gau rakshaks, even when trucks show them the necessary paperwork for transporting cows, like in the Palwal case.

Haryana is the hotbed of gau raksha influencers and crimes of religious passion

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.

Nexus of informers to govt-enabled patrol, Haryana gau rakshaks in focus after Faridabad teen’s killing

After a lull, Haryana has seen a sudden surge in cow-related vigilantism in the past few weeks. Former bureaucrat says this wasn't a part of the state's culture 'before 2014'.

NCR gau rakshaks are a different lot. Engineer, environmentalist, Christian banker

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.

Gaurakshaks go beyond Mewat, popping up across Haryana’s toll plazas. Hindu farmers angry

The FIR filed against seven gau rakshaks in Hisar, after farmers gathered outside the police station, is the first of its kind since past year.

At Bhiwani Hindu mahapanchayat for Monu, call for Hindu unity repeated but only handful attend

At previous mahapanchayats, held Tuesday & Wednesday at Gurgaon and Palwal, the speakers addressed thousands and spoke about distrust in Rajasthan Police's Junaid-Nasir murder probe.

What happened to Junaid-Nasir: Rajasthan Police say duo assaulted by 2 groups of gau rakshaks

Confirming cow vigilantes alert police about movement of cattle smugglers, police say accused didn’t inform them about Nasir and Junaid on night of alleged abduction and murder.

Not just vigilantes: How gau rakshaks like Monu Manesar fuel Haryana govt’s cow protection drive

Manesar, accused in deaths of 2 alleged cattle smugglers, is part of Haryana govt’s Gurugram Special Cow Protection Task Force. Cow protection ecosystem includes thousands of ‘volunteers’ too.

‘Better to have killed me’ — man thrashed by cow vigilantes says won’t transport meat again

Lukman Khan, 25, was beaten by a mob last week with hammers for transporting meat in Gurugram. Now, he doesn't know when he will be able to feed himself again, let alone walk.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.