For centuries, cows have been considered sacred by India’s majority Hindu population, a symbol of both the Earth and the divine. Indeed, so revered are the animals that authorities had planned to ...

Cow dung, widely used as a fuel and in rituals in India, is likely behind an epidemic of black fungus that killed or maimed thousands of patients treated in the country for COVID-19 in 2021, say ...

On August 27, Sabir Malik, a migrant worker in the Indian state of Haryana, was lured from his home and beaten to death by a mob of at least 10 Hindu men. They suspected that Malik, a Muslim, had ...

In India, cows are sacred. They roam unharmed through the streets as crowds of people and clusters of traffic ebb and flow around them. The Hindu religion regards cows and bulls as holy because they ...

The lynching began with an announcement over the loudspeaker of the local temple: a calf had been slaughtered. It was 28th September 2015, around the Eid holiday, and Hindu-Muslim tensions were ...

Many hardline cow protectors enter local politics ahead of 2024 elections Activists say voters trust their religious commitment Politicians and parties court their support Some of India's minorities ...