As a truck screeches to a halt on an Indian highway in the middle of the night, devout young Hindus armed with sticks scramble inside, searching for cows they consider sacred. Almost every night, the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) - As she patrols for cow smugglers, Sadhvi Kamal, a Hindu holy woman in a saffron robe, rides in a white SUV with a sticker on the rear window displaying a cow framed by swords and ...

(RNS) Four Muslims living in India have been killed by Hindu mobs after they were suspected of either eating beef or slaughtering a cow. What is behind the religious beliefs underpinning these ...

Animals are not just a part of nature in Hindu beliefs; they are intimately linked to divine narratives and spiritual symbols ...

I met Alok Dubey during an interview meeting with Hindutva ideologue KN Govindacharya, who is in the throes of a cow protection campaign. Alok’s face was pale, eyes keen, his aspect serious. He moved ...

Recent outbreak of swine flu cases in india was due to the mutated strain but the on-going communal tension around the nation is more than just any mutated strain,for the religious manipulation is ...

Sankar Sastri, who founded Lakshnmi Cow Sanctuary in 2000, leads a tour Sept. 26, 2014, at the farm when it was located in Upper Mount Bethel Township. He moved the sanctuary to Monroe County in early ...

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