The protesting employees said that Hindu delivery boys were not comfortable in delivering food containing beef while Muslim employees said they do not want to deliver food that has pork in it.

Incidents of lynching have hurt India's image, Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, who is in China to draw in more tourists, has admitted.

Even as beef traders and both ruling and opposition MLAs have alleged shortage of beef in the state, a Goa Minister on Wednesday said that there was no beef shortage reported to the state's only legal abattoir.

Strict action will be taken against cow smugglers and cow vigilantes engaging in hooliganism in the state, said Rajasthan Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) N.R.K. Reddy on Tuesday.

Three women were arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar with 40 kg beef on Monday, police said.

According to the second budget presented by Pinarayi Vijayan government, liquor with cost of upto Rs 400 will be taxed 200 percent while 210 percent tax will be levied on liquor costing above Rs 400.

Fish and not beef is Goa's most preferred cuisine and therefore, the Centre's notification on cattle trade will have no impact on the coastal state's tourist inflow, state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar has said.

In the video, Kajol's friend Ryan can be seen explaining the dish and the ingredients. Ryan says, "That's the beef with water, dry lentil and dry beef."

But, its candidate in a by-election in Kerala is traversing a different path from the party. N Sreeprakash, the party candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha by-election in Malappuram, is promising voters that if elected, he will ensure the supply of good beef in the constituency.