Intricate and expressive, Assam’s bamboo masks continue to breathe life into centuries-old storytelling and theatrical ...

Several states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - which is also in power in Assam - have cracked down heavily on cow slaughter in recent years.

Hearing a case linked to the alleged transportation of beef, the Supreme Court pulled up the Assam government on Friday, saying it "should have better things to do" than chasing such people.

NEW DELHI: Kerala BJP vice president Major Ravi took a jibe at Assam chief minister Himanta Sarma's beef ban move, suggesting the importance of distinguishing between beef and cow meat.

was confiscated in Kokrajhar district of Assam, Goswami said. The meat was sent for forensic analysis, which found that the processed meat contained cow antigen – a chemical present in both beef and ...