Key Points
Governments are spending massive amounts for cow protection schemes, ranging from running shelters to taking care of strays and other allied activities..
The Congress governments schemes in Chhattisgarh for cow protection include purchase of cow dung and cow urine by the State...
However, a new network of economic vested interests that profits from cow protection schemes has emerged..
There is no clear information about thesengol (sceptre), which was presented to Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy to India, before it was handed over to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of Indias independence, the head of theThiruvavaduthurai Adheenamin Tamil Nadus Mayiladuthurai district toldThe Hinduduring an interview...
In Karur district in Tamil Nadu, protesters, most of them belonging to intermediate castes, were up against the decision of Revenue Department officials to seal the Kaliamman Temple at Veeranampatti, where a clash broke out over the denial of permission to Dalits to offer prayers at the temple..
