• 

  Clashes in Mumbai's Mira Road over goats kept for Eid sacrifice, Hindu outfits bring pig in protest

  Maharashtra | May 26, 2026 18:44 IST

  Tension erupted at Mumbai’s Mira Road ahead of Bakrid after a dispute over goats brought to the Poonam Estate Cluster 1 society escalated into clashes. The controversy began after residents objected to a temporary shed allegedly built for keep goats for sacrifice.

• 

  Pakistan: 36 members of persecuted Ahmadi community arrested for animal sacrifice on Eid al-Adha

  World | June 18, 2024 22:30 IST

  While animal sacrifice is common in Pakistan during Eid, Ahmadis are banned from the practice as they are considered non-Muslims in the country. Members of the Ahmadi minority community routinely face persecution from extremist groups and law enforcement officials.

• 

  Animal sacrifice prohibited in public in Surat, Ahmedabad ahead of Eid-al-Adha

  India | July 27, 2020 13:23 IST

  Days ahead of Bakri Eid, police commissioners of Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat have issued orders prohibiting animal sacrifice in public places and at private places where it would be visible to the public. The notifications, having similar content, were issued on Sunday by Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Ashish Bhatia and his Surat counterpart RB Brahmbhatt. 

• 

  Noise a 'global pollutant' threatening over 100 animal species: Study

  Science | November 20, 2019 18:21 IST

  The study, published in the journal Biology Letters, provides the first quantitative evidence for legislative bodies to regulate noise pollution more effectively. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the noise is one of the most hazardous forms of pollution, the researchers noted

• 

  SC refuses to entertain plea against animal sacrifice

  India | September 28, 2015 20:31 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking striking down of a provision in law that allows animal sacrifice for religious purposes, saying it cannot close its eyes to “centuries

• 

  271 animals seized ahead of Nepal ritual sacrifice

  India | November 20, 2014 13:37 IST

  Patna: The authorities in Bihar have arrested 47 people and confiscated 271 animals along the India-Nepal border ahead of animal sacrifice in Nepal's Gadhimai festival, an animal protection group said here Thursday.Humane Society International (HSI)

• 

  Live and let live: Himachal court bans animal sacrifice

  India | October 03, 2014 11:58 IST

  Shimla: Live and let live. This idiom has summed up the landmark 110-page humane judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court that banned the age-old tradition prevailing in most areas of the hill state to

• 

  Himachal Pradesh High Court bans animal sacrifice in public places of worship

  India | September 02, 2014 12:02 IST

  Shimla: Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday put a ban on animal sacrifice to ‘appease deities' and ruled that ‘no person throughout the state shall sacrifice any animal in any place of public religious worship'.Disposing