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

Since coming to office, Modi's nationalist party had launched a crackdown against the slaughter of cows

Cow went missing, later found bleeding and tied to a tree at a nearby field

Police arrest four of 27 men named in complaint after police officer and a man are killed in Uttar Pradesh

A group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified as Akbar, as he led the cows to his village in Haryana

The animal was spotted roaming the streets and enjoying the park facilities

FIR filed against unknown persons

Judge observes present laws provide more strict punishment to perpetrators of cow-related crimes than drivers who kill

The Modi-led government has been dilatory in respect of the vigilante groups that have in some cases murdered Muslims

India's meat and leather industries are worth more than $16 billion in annual sales

Man and his two cousins were attacked with a knife after heated dispute

The ban is likely to further alienate Muslims who make up 14% of India's 1.3 billion people

Nearly 175,000 cattle are seized annually on the largely porous borders with Bangladesh and Nepal

Anti-meat drive cooked up to steer India away from secular grounding will have profound consequences for entire region

Ramu threw himself in front a train in Itiyahthok area of Gonda in India

The Muslim men were attacked by cow vigilantes

Cows are considered sacred in Hindu-majority India, and their slaughter is illegal in most states

The crisis in India with respect to the meat ban is opening communal wounds that will not be healed soon

Anyone caught transporting cows for slaughter could also face up to 10 years in jail

Cows are revered by Hindus and slaughtering them is illegal in most Indian states

Stray cattle are a major traffic menace in India, with hundreds of bovines roaming freely on roads across the country