Cow

Muslims often attacked on suspicions of killing cows for meat or leather

Justice Shekhar Kumar urges the Modi government to declare cow national animal of the country

Eyewitnesses caught the accused in the act, informed police

Prices for feeds for cows and goats have skyrocketed

The animals were dirty as they had been sitting in the mud amid the recent spell of rain

The dead - at least one of them Muslim - were suspected of stealing cattle

Traders barred from selling their animals on streets and open plots

Sadhvi, an accused in a 2008 deadly blast, claims rubbing a cow's back helps in curing blood pressure issues

Christian men skinning carcass of an ox attacked

The slaughter of cows, which are revered by Hindus is a powder-keg issue in secular India