Beef

UK: Now, fast food giant Taco Bell caught in horse meat row

Taco Bell is the latest restaurant chain to acknowledge that its food has been adulterated with horse meat, yanking a variety of ground beef products from its three British outlets and issuing an apology to its patrons on Friday. Meanwhile, in Iceland, a food official said his team had found a beef product from a local producer that contained no meat at all. ...  

Nestle finds horsemeat in beef pasta meals

Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread across Europe since January, prompting product withdrawals, consumer anger and government investigations into the continent's complex food-processing chains. ...  

Ireland: 10 mn burgers recalled over horsemeat fears

An Irish meat processor says it's recalling 10 million burgers from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain because of fears that some could contain horsemeat. Government authorities say Spanish or Dutch ingredients suppliers are suspected of causing the contamination. ...  

No beef, pork festival: High Court tells JNU

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and city police to ensure that no "beef and pork" festival takes place in the campus on September 28. A student organisation of the university had announced plans to hold a beef-and-pork festival on September 28. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said, "The JNU and police are directed...  

Hyderabad: VHP, Bajrang Dal purify Osmania campus

HYDERABAD: Just when the dust seemed to have settled at the Osmania University following the controversial beef festival, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal on Thursday conducted a ritual at a temple adjacent the Arts College to purify the campus. Calling it a symbolic move, the VHP and Bajrang Dal activists conducted a Saraswati Puja at the temple near the Arts College and a Gomatha Puja at...  

FTN: Is serving beef in public against Indian culture?

A student of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels. ...

FTN: Osmania University row: Is serving beef in public against Indian culture?

Osmania University row, tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, is serving beef in public against Indian culture? 

Hyderabad: OU, a trendsetter! For good or bad?

HYDERABAD: A day after the beef festival turned violent on the Osmania University campus, the varsity as well as the festival became hot topics of discussion on the micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday.Users from across the country aired opinions, debated and without hestitation threw muck at one another and importantly, against the university.Noted Dalit activist Meena Kandasamy, who attended the festival, had live Twitter updates on the proceedings and there...  

Osmania Univ campus peaceful, police vigil on

Hyderabad: A day after witnessing a clash between rival groups of students over organising a 'beef festival' in the campus, the Osmania University remained calm on Monday even as police continued to keep strict vigil. The situation is normal in the university campus and the group of students opposed to the 'beef festival' boycotted the classes today, a police official said. A 'beef festival' organised by a group of students...  

Beef fest row: One ABVP student stabbed

Hyderabad: An ABVP student was stabbed during clashes over a beef festival organised by several student groups in Osmania University opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. The beef festival saw clashes, which saw five students being injured, and even led to vehicles being burnt. The situation in the university was tense as violence continued in the campus past midnight with a group of students attacking the 'C'...  

Osmania University students clash over 'beef fest'

Hyderabad: A student of the Osmania university was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing "food fascism" in hostels, police said on Monday. There were reports of clashes in Hyderabad where students battled each other at the Osmania University. The clashes came after a group of students decided to organise a 'beef festival' to protest the non-inclusion of beef in the University's menu, while another...  

Jaya files case against Nakkeeran

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has filed a defamation case against Tamil magazine Nakkeeran for reportedly carrying a report about her eating beef. Nakkeeran reportedly published a cover story about the chief minister eating beef and The Hindu carried the article the very next day. Enraged AIADMK workers vandalised Nakkeeran's office after the story went viral. ...  

No beef during Commonwealth Games: Kalmadi

Some organisations had raised concerns that beef would be served during the Games. ...  

Blast Aftermath: Security beefed up in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Leaves of all policemen have been cancelled following the attack. ...  

Beef at 2010 Games? Organisers not yet sure

During the Commonwealth Games in October 45 different cuisines will be served. ...

South Koreans continue to protest beef imports

Kolkata: Coming down heavily on the current crop of Indian pacers, former captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that they lacked the attitude and strength to bowl fast. Our bowlers have no strength. When Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan arrived they had a lot of pace but gradually they dropped down. It's an attitude thing, to bowl fast. But the Indian bowlers think much rather than bowling fast, Ganguly said. They...  

US sting operation leads to largest beef recall

New Delhi: Former physio of the Indian cricket team John Gloster feels that the BCCI should think of appointing atleast three physios for the senior team instead of one so that the injury management issues are taken care of in a smooth manner. The Indian team should have a chief physio along with two assistant physios. If you just look at the amount of workload that is put on India...  

MP: 'Beef-carrying' foreigners looted

The mob that attacked W A Jacob and Gordon M M C is suspected to be linked to a Hindu organisation. ...  

Ravi Shashtri beef byte sparks row

The smallest whiff of a controversy is making some citizens in Indore sit up and file petitions against celebrities. ...  

Row over Ravi Shastri 'eating beef'

A TV channel reports the beef eating by Shastri during the India-South Africa test match in Johannesburg. ...